Nuance Introduces Diagnostic Imaging IT Innovations at RSNA 2015 Aimed at Driving Higher Quality Radiology Reports
November 17 2015 - 9:00AM
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Announcing PowerScribe 360 v 3.5 with
Multimedia Reporting and Lung Cancer Screening Capabilities
Nuance Communications, Inc. (NASDAQ: NUAN) today announced
several new innovations for its diagnostic imaging solutions
designed to help radiologists enhance patient care. These include
multimedia reports, advanced lung cancer screening registry
reporting and enhanced quality guidance content for radiologists at
the point of interpretation. Nuance will demonstrate PowerScribe
360 version 3.5 along with these new quality based innovations in
booth #4729 at RSNA 2015 November 29 – December 4 in Chicago.
Multimedia ReportingNuance PowerScribe 360 version 3.5
enables relevant PACS images to be embedded into reports for
sharing of multimedia reports between physicians, which provide a
more comprehensive picture of a patient’s condition, helping
referring physicians better understand findings and discuss
treatment options with specialists and patients. This rich
information at a glance goes beyond traditional text-based
radiology reports, helping ordering physicians and radiologists see
prior images, notations, captions as well as specific areas of
focus and comparison in patient cases. Multimedia reports are
particularly important in complex cases and specialty areas, such
as oncology where specialists are looking for growth of tumors and
need that information quickly.
“In radiology, a picture really is worth a thousand words,” says
Dr. Christopher J. Roth, assistant professor of radiology, vice
chair of information technology and clinical informatics, and
director of imaging informatics strategy at Duke University
Hospital. “Being able to show an actual image to referring
physicians and their patients, and walk through what that study is
telling us is a huge win for patient care. Having the right
information is critical to making the most informed decisions.”
Automated Lung Cancer Screening (LCS) Reporting &
Registry SubmissionIn 2015, the Centers for Medicaid and
Medicare Services (CMS) agreed to support Medicare coverage and
reimbursement for CT lung screening programs to slow deaths from
lung cancer; however, this ruling included strict criteria for
tracking and reporting, which have placed a steep burden on
hospitals and imaging centers trying to run these programs. Nuance
now offers a solution to bypass manual data extraction, and pull
data on LCS patients directly from PowerScribe 360 reports and
automatically transfer relevant data to the American College of
Radiology (ACR) National Radiology
Data Registry through a new PowerShare Registry Reporting
Service.
This one-of-a-kind lung cancer screening reporting tool uses the
combined power of the PowerScribe 360 reporting platform with
Nuance’s PowerShare™ Network to ease the creation and ongoing
management of lung cancer screening programs. This will make it
easier for physicians and hospitals to screen and follow high risk
patients and gain reimbursement for these services.
“This lung cancer screening registry reporting is a
revolutionary capability that will facilitate sites taking part in
this program because much of the information from the initial order
to data integration can be pulled out of PowerScribe 360 and shared
through the ACR portal. It would be extraordinarily difficult for
personnel to manually enter all the information required for
300,000 to 1 million exams a year without this technology,” said
Dr. Lincoln Berland, chair of the Body Imaging Commission for the
ACR. “Now, institutions can enter the CMS program without having to
hire an unknown number of people to achieve the reporting
requirements, ultimately saving lives.”
Enhanced Quality GuidancePowerScribe 360 version 3.5 also
includes updates to Quality Guidance providing evidence-based
clinical guidance to radiologists at their workstations using
recommendations from The American Joint Committee on Cancer (AJCC),
Society of Radiologists in Ultrasound (SRU), and American
Association for the Surgery of Trauma (AAST). Coupled with existing
content developed by the ACR on incidental findings (ACR Assist),
Nuance quality assurance tools deliver real-time clinical insights
to radiologists at the point of interpretation to save time, while
providing more consistent and clinically effective guidance
following an exam.
To request a demo of PowerScribe or learn more about the
PowerShare Network and Nuance’s leading Image Sharing Solutions,
read the peer 60 report or visit booth #4729 at the RSNA Annual
Meeting 11/29 – 12/4 in Chicago or visit
http://www.nuance.com/for-healthcare/capture-anywhere/radiology-solutions.
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Nuance Communications, Inc.Ann Joyal,
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