Nuance and Epic Join Forces on Artificial Intelligence to Revolutionize Disabled Veterans Accessibility to Health IT
February 21 2017 - 8:30AM
Business Wire
Bringing Intelligent Virtual Assistant
Solutions to Array of Assistive Solutions for Nation’s Wounded
Warriors
Nuance Communications, Inc. (NASDAQ: NUAN) and Epic announce
that the companies are joining forces to create more access and job
opportunities for disabled persons scheduling medical appointments.
The new innovations, powered by Nuance’s artificial intelligence
(AI) technology and Epic’s Electronic Health Record (EHR) system,
include a hands-free virtual assistant, which is available for
demonstration at the Healthcare Information and Management Systems
Society (HIMSS) Annual Convention and Exhibition February 20-24 in
Orlando.
There are nearly 20 million military veterans in the U.S., and 4
million have service-connected disabilities. Scheduling medical
appointments for our nation’s veterans may be an extremely
difficult task without assistance. Together, Epic’s EHR paired with
Nuance’s healthcare virtual assistant technology, Florence, provide
an AI-powered conversational user interface and simple design that
makes technology easy to use by supporting intuitive voice-driven
interactions, such as scheduling an appointment in seconds.
Voice-driven workflows will be featured as part of the Medical
Appointment Scheduling System program (MASS), a nationwide
deployment of Epic scheduling software in VA Medical Centers,
improving veterans’ access to care.
Leveraging Nuance’s long history of delivering assistive
technology and conversational solutions with Epic’s award-winning
EHR will help people with disabilities gain independence and
improved access to the information they need fast and securely.
Nuance has delivered speech recognition technology to the U.S.
Veteran’s Health Administration System through long-standing
relationships across the health system, which includes 14,000
physicians across 152 hospitals supporting more than 8 million
patients annually. Timely and accurate information is critical to
enhance efficiency and patient care, and Nuance’s next-generation
clinical documentation solutions also support all branches of the
Department of Defense at hundreds of facilities across the U.S and
overseas.
“Nuance has invested heavily over the last decade to
develop conversational and cognitive virtual assistant and
AI technologies that will improve the experience of patients,
employees and providers to support our mission of delivering
solutions that help our clients deliver better patient care without
technology getting in the way,” said Satish Maripuri, executive
vice president and general manager of the Healthcare Division,
Nuance. “This is an important invaluable initiative to help our
nation’s veterans get what they need faster and to become more
independent. It is an honor and a privilege to do this work on
their behalf. We are very focused on such
deeply-embedded solutions to drive value for our clients.”
“We are very proud of our work with Nuance to embed their
advanced AI technology into Epic’s EHR to deliver next-generation
assistive capabilities to our nation’s veterans,” said Carl Dvorak,
president, Epic. “By going above and beyond what is required by
Section 508, Epic is focused on delivering a completely new
experience to those veterans that have suffered physical
disabilities due to their service to our country.”
To see a demonstration of the first step in empowering the
disabled veteran community, visit Epic Booth #1143 or Nuance booth
#2546 at HIMSS.
Nuance provides intelligent systems that support a more natural
and insightful approach to clinical documentation, freeing
clinicians to spend more time caring for patients. Nuance
healthcare solutions capture, improve and communicate more than 300
million patient stories each year helping more than 500,000
clinicians in 10,000 global healthcare organizations to drive
meaningful clinical and financial outcomes. Nuance’s award-winning
clinical speech recognition, medical transcription, CDI, coding,
quality and medical imaging solutions provide a more complete and
accurate view of patient care.
About Nuance Communications, Inc.
Nuance Communications, Inc. (NASDAQ: NUAN) is a leading provider
of voice and language solutions for businesses and consumers around
the world. Its technologies, applications and services make the
user experience more compelling by transforming the way people
interact with devices and systems. Every day, millions of users and
thousands of businesses experience Nuance’s proven applications.
For more information, please visit www.nuance.com.
About Epic
Epic Systems Corporation is a privately-held healthcare software
company helping to improve the quality and cost-effectiveness of
health services across the care continuum. Epic’s community of
customers provide care for nearly 60 percent of patients in the
U.S. and include the vast majority of the top ranked health
systems, physician groups and medical schools.
Trademark reference: Nuance and the Nuance logo are registered
trademarks or trademarks of Nuance Communications, Inc. or its
affiliates in the United States and/or other countries. All other
trademarks referenced herein are the property of their respective
owners.
© 2017 Nuance Communications, Inc. All rights reserved.
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