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 Canon and Datacap Publish New Survey On Distributed Capture

Report Presents a Comprehensive View Of Distributed Capture Today

In June, Datacap and Canon U.S.A. Inc. published an industry-wide survey exclusively focused on distributed capture benefits, success factors and barriers. Titled "Distributed Capture 2009," the report is the result of more than 300 responses by a cross-section of organizations involved in document processing. The report presents a picture of a vibrant and growing capture application.

Distributed capture is the practice of linking multiple imaging and capture devices - usually via the Internet - for organizations with dispersed documents to accelerate input, reduce shipping costs and increase accuracy. The survey sought to identify the benefits and key expectations for those with deployed distributed capture systems, as well as the barriers to entry for those not distributing capture.

Survey results were analyzed and interpreted by Power Decisions Group, a marketing research firm, based in San Francisco. The survey report has been researched and written by Kevin Craine of Craine Communications Group of Portland, Oregon.

Among the key findings:

  • MFP use in distributed capture applications has grown from 24% in 2005 to 33% in 2008
  • The use of fax servers dropped from 35% to 19%
  • Manual data indexing in distributed environments has dwindled by 20% over the past three years
  • Vendor selection time has grown overall
  • Most purchasing decision makers are middle management
  • Automated forms processing, using OCR, has doubled over the past two years

"Datacap and Canon recognize the importance of end-user research in one of the fastest growing segments of the capture market," said Scott Blau, CEO of Datacap. "This survey has confirmed some of our assumptions, and shed new light on the value of distributed capture to widely dispersed organizations. We are proud to partner with Canon on this important research."

To request a free copy of the Survey Report, click here. To see a recorded webinar with findings from the survey presented by author of the report, Kevin Craine, click here.

Information Access Systems Helps AMTIS Inc. Improve Data Collection

Part of a Nationwide Effort to Raise the Quality of Health Care for Veterans

AMTIS Inc. is a DOD and Federal agency solutions provider that was recently awarded a document management project with the US Department of Veterans Affairs. The contract required an intelligent capture solution to capture data from thousands of hand-filled surveys, which include checkbox, machine print, and handprint.

AMTIS turned to Datacap partner Information Access Systems, Inc., of Orlando, Florida, a leading systems integrator specializing in Imaging, Workflow, and Enterprise Content Management.

"AMTIS selected Information Access Systems based on extensive evaluation, strong government customer base and responsive technical support," said Chief Operating Officer Burt Williams. "This advanced capture solution will provide a rapid ROI for automating the time-consuming collection and manual processing of this business critical information."

AMTIS will support and streamline the paper intensive survey processing workflow, making it more accurate and efficient. The solution includes Datacap's award winning Taskmaster capture software integrated with Fujitsu document scanners, which work together to transform hardcopy documents to electronic format.

"IAS continues to see increasing demands in simplifying how organizations capture and access document information used in key business processes," said David Godiksen, President of Information Access Systems. "We look forward to our continuing relationship with AMTIS and supporting our joint commitment to delivering innovative solutions and services to our customers."

Datacap FastDoc Beta Program Filling Up

Users and Partners Eager to Test Datacap's New Indexing Solution 

FastDoc Capture is Datacap's new document capture solution that applies innovations developed for invoice capture to the task of automating indexing. When released in the fall, it will be the first recognition-assisted indexing solution that requires no complicated set-up.

But first, we need help from experienced capture specialists, using real world documents to push the product in all directions and giving us feedback. 

Designed with ease of use and simplicity in mind, Datacap FastDoc Capture boasts a sleek new interface, an easy way to add new documents and index fields, and tight integration with Microsoft SharePoint.  Index data can also be exported as a flat file and easily converted for any ECM repository on the market.

FastDoc Capture requires no programming to set up and runs completely on a single client. You do not need to install Taskmaster first; FastDoc is completely independent of Taskmaster. If you wish to test FastDoc with SharePoint, there will be some set-up of the tables, but Sharepoint integration is not required to be a FastDoc Beta tester.

Beta testers must be existing Datacap customers with up-to-date maintenance agreements or certified Datacap Channel partners. If approved, you will be asked to run FastDoc Capture for a period of several weeks, and then report findings to Datacap in a simple form. As thanks, beta testers will receive special benefits from Datacap, including discounts on purchasing FastDoc.

To volunteer, send an e-mail to marketing@datacap.com.

Taskmaster For Medical Claims 7.6 Represents A Major Step Forward

Flexible Architecture Makes It Faster To Implement and Easier to Extend to Other Applications

With the new release of Datacap Taskmaster for Medical Claims 7.6, Datacap has updated its flagship claims processing solution with the innovative architectural features that have won acclaim from users and awards from the industry.

Taskmaster for Medical Claims 7.6 brings all the latest innovations in Taskmaster and Rulerunner Service to bear on the task of claims processing. This new version is the first to take advantage of Datacap's Rulerunner Service architecture, with recognition, validation, and export rules configured in the Datacap Studio environment.

New features of note:

  • Supports and includes Web-based Verify screens
  • New recognition engine improves OCR accuracy
  • Rulerunner Service architecture makes Taskmaster for Medical Claims compatible with future Datacap products, such as Datacap DotEdit - a .NET-based verification panel builder

To learn more about the new release, please send an e-mail to sales@datacap.com. 

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In this Issue:
  1. Canon and Datacap Publish New Survey On Distributed Capture
  2. IAS Helps AMTIS Improve Data Collection 
  3. Datacap FastDoc Beta Program Filling Up
  4. Taskmaster For Medical Claims 7.6 Well Received

 

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