Articles from prior issues of The Advocate

July/August, 1998

Teledictation Proposals Evaluated
by Roger Flannery, Tennessee DDS

SINCE 1989, THE DDS HAS provided teledictation service to medical doctors and psychologists statewide. This clerical convenience allows them to dial toll-free and dictate Consultative Exam and Medical Evidence of Record reports which are transcribed promptly by the teledictation vendor. This also helps the DDS’s processing time. The current Vendor, whose contract expires June 30, is Medifax, part of the MRC Group. Several DDS employees have been working hard since early January on the complex Request for Proposals procedure. This entails evaluating and scoring both Technical and Cost portions of each bid submitted. Serving on the team were Ed Anderson, Ginger Farr, Martha Mays, and Stan Shelly. Lisa Cook provided secretarial support and Roger Flannery was the coordinator. Invitations to submit a proposal were sent to sixteen vendors, six of whom presented proposal packages for evaluation. The successful proposer will be announced soon.