Nuance Launches the Industry’s First Evidence-Based Computer-Assisted Reporting Solution for Radiologists
May 28 2015 - 8:00AM
Business Wire
Leading Healthcare Organizations Look to
PowerScribe 360 Solution & American College of Radiology for
Precision Medicine in Radiology
Nuance Communications, Inc. (NASDAQ: NUAN) today announced the
general availability of PowerScribe 360® Reporting version 3.0,
delivering the industry’s first integrated computer-assisted
reporting solution at the point of clinical documentation for
radiologists. PowerScribe 360, the leading radiology reporting and
communication platform, enables radiologists to create higher
quality reports supported by real-time, evidence-based clinical
guidance using content developed by the American College of
Radiology (ACR). Coupled with quality check tools, PowerScribe
preserves radiologists’ natural workflow, and provides referring
physicians and patients with more consistent recommendations
following an exam. Nuance PowerScribe 360 Reporting 3.0 was tested
in advance of its release by Albert Einstein Medical Center in
Philadelphia, as well as The Mount Sinai Hospital — Mount Sinai St.
Luke’s and Mount Sinai Roosevelt in New York, and is now available
for the broader radiology community.
“Having all of the recommendations embedded into PowerScribe
adds tremendous value, and has the potential to dramatically
improve radiology reports across the country,” said Terence
Matalon, MD, chairman of the department of radiology, Einstein
Healthcare Network. “The ease of inserting evidence-based
guidelines into clinical documentation is unique in the
marketplace, yielding a more consistent report based on patient
outcomes. Having such guidelines one click away is a game changer
and extremely helpful in managing and justifying decision making
for patient care.”
Bringing Quality Guidance to the Radiologist
Radiology generalists review up to 100 imaging procedures per
day; however, recommendations for follow-up imaging vary widely
between radiologists especially with incidental findings seen on
patient images outside the primary reason a test was ordered. While
nationally-accepted guidelines have been available to radiologists
from industry associations, such as the ACR, until now, their use
was limited because radiologists lacked a real-time interactive
knowledge aid or means to incorporate guidelines into clinical
documentation where and when the information was needed.
“PowerScribe 3.0 with Quality Guidance overcomes a big issue we
have today, helping us make decisions based on clear guidelines no
matter what we see on images in the course of a day. The support
tool walks radiologists through ACR guidelines, delivering
recommendations in standard language into the report,” said Tarik
Alkasab, MD, Massachusetts General Hospital. “This delivers better
reports so patients and physicians can make better decisions.”
PowerScribe 360 Reporting 3.0 brings this real-time quality
guidance into the radiologists’ workflow by using the Nuance
PowerShare Network’s cloud technology to push updated clinical
guidelines from the ACR to radiologists, automatically triggering
clinical decision support when they are creating reports. This
reduces diagnosis time and provides radiologists with the certainty
needed to deliver consistent, evidence-based recommendations more
efficiently.
“PowerScribe 360 Reporting 3.0 arms the radiology community with
new tools to help improve the quality of patient care in
volume-driven workflows,” said Karen Holzberger, vice president and
general manager, Diagnostics, Nuance Communications. “With this
latest version of PowerScribe 360, quality-based tools ease access
to the right information, making it easy for physicians to do the
right thing for their patients based on evidence – giving
clinicians the confidence to make appropriate decisions and
strengthening medical and legal protection.”
Additional New PowerScribe 360 Reporting 3.0 Features
include:
- Streamlined longitudinal viewing
- PowerScribe 360 facilitates the communication and tracking of
changes in patient data, such as characteristics of lesions and
tumors over time, and supports presentation of patient radiation
dosing through easy-to-use tables;
- Improved access to prior studies
– Leveraging Nuance’s PowerShare Network™, rapid access to images
from prior studies improves patient care and reduces unnecessary
and redundant exams;
- Expedited report version comparisons
– New report comparison enables quick and easy identification
of changes between subsequent versions of radiology reports, which
improves resident training and allows administrators to easily
assess report quality;
- Award-winning speech recognition
– Incorporates the Nuance Dragon Medical speech recognition
engine, delivering unsurpassed speech accuracy of up to 99
percent.
Quality Guidance and other new features in Nuance PowerScribe
360 Reporting 3.0 will be demonstrated in Nuance booth #200 at the
Society of Imaging Informatics in Medicine (SIIM) 2015 Annual
Meeting May 28-30 at the Gaylord National Resort & Convention
Center in MD.
PowerScribe 360 Reporting version 3.0 is available immediately
to new clients or those interested in upgrading to this latest
version. To request a demo, visit the PowerScribe 360 webpage for
more information. For more insights on intelligent systems in
radiology, read this blog, “Getting the Right *Beeping* Results:
Innovations in Radiology” by Karen Holzberger. Connect with Nuance
on social media through the blog, What’s next, Twitter and
Facebook.
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