BURLINGTON, Mass., Nov. 23, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Nuance
Communications, Inc. (NASDAQ: NUAN) today announced the
company has integrated the Common Data Elements (CDE) Steering
Subcommittee interoperability standards into Nuance®
PowerScribe One™ to generate and share actionable radiology
reporting data that improve patient and provider experiences.
Working closely with the CDE Steering Subcommittee, a joint team of
informatics experts from the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) and the American College
of Radiologists (ACR), Nuance has integrated the standardized data
element names and attributes to support clinical and translational
research, patient care, and performance improvements in diagnostic
and interventional radiology.
"Collaborating with Nuance and other leading solutions vendors
will accelerate the adoption of CDE and help radiologists turn the
wealth of information contained in radiology reports into
actionable data. This has the power to meaningfully improve patient
and financial outcomes, and transform the practice of radiology,"
said Marc Kohli, MD, associate
professor, associate chair of clinical informatics at the
University of California, San
Francisco, and the RSNA co-chair of the CDE Steering
Subcommittee initiative. "Nuance is an important partner in the CDE
project and in bringing the capabilities and benefits of the
standard to radiologists quickly and effectively."
The CDE interoperability standards define terms, data types,
allowable values, and other attributes commonly used in radiology
reports to standardize the reporting of findings such as anatomic
location, shape, and dimensions. Integrating the CDE
interoperability standards within cloud-based PowerScribe One
allows radiologists to automatically extract actionable, structured
clinical data in real-time while dictating findings and
recommendations. Data can then be shared seamlessly across
disparate picture archiving and communication systems (PACS),
electronic health records (EHR), and other downstream systems to
trigger appropriate clinical actions.
"Now is the time to get past the limitations of text-based
radiology reporting, empower radiologists with data-driven
solutions, realize the full clinical potential of radiology
findings, and enable the seamless flow of information across care
teams," said Tarik Alkasab, MD, PhD,
Diagnostic Radiology Specialist at Massachusetts General Hospital.
"We have been collaborating with Nuance and the RSNA on the
practical implementation of CDE for several years. The fact that
PowerScribe One is facilitating the move to the next generation of
data-oriented radiology and enabling us to deliver more information
to our referring providers and thus better care to our patients is
really exciting."
By integrating CDE standards support into PowerScribe One,
Nuance customers will realize many benefits including:
- Reduced radiologist burnout and higher provider
satisfaction by replacing manual searches for and re-entry of
data contained in previous radiology reports or in other systems
with automatic inclusion of data into appropriate areas of a report
template.
- Improved report consistency and communication of follow-up
recommendations with context-aware, workflow-integrated
presentation of evidence-based clinical decision support
information.
- More timely and effective care team coordination by
streamlining communication of radiology data and findings between
clinicians using radiology, EHR, and other computer systems.
- Synchronized, real-time, two-way data sharing between
PowerScribe One and disparate PACS, image viewer, EHR, and other
third-party systems and solutions available through the Nuance AI
Marketplace.
- Data-driven improvements in radiology workflow efficiency
and utilization as healthcare systems mitigate the effects of
delayed patient care during the pandemic.
- Reduced incidence of failed follow-up exams through
automated tracking of compliance with follow-up recommendations for
earlier detection and treatment of disease resulting in better
patient prognosis.
- Workflow optimization, triage-based prioritization of
time-sensitive cases through data-driven, real-time access to
AI models on the Nuance AI Marketplace.
- Increased availability of high-quality data for AI model
development and analytics across healthcare organizations to
power new, breakthrough applications in primary care, patient
outreach and population health, and other clinical areas.
"Working with the RSNA, ACR, and radiologists across the country
to integrate the CDE standard into PowerScribe One has been a
significant part of our radiology solutions roadmap," said
Karen Holzberger, Senior Vice
President and General Manager of the Diagnostic Division at Nuance.
"We are building on years of development and hard work by the RSNA,
ACR, and on our own ambient, conversational, and cognitive AI
innovations to turn the vision for the data-driven transformation
of radiology into a reality – and ultimately improve patient care,
reduce radiologist burnout and enhance financial outcomes for our
customers."
Nuance PowerScribe One is the nexus of an integrated,
cloud-powered diagnostic radiology ecosystem that includes the
Nuance PowerShare radiology image-sharing and teleradiology
network, the Nuance AI Marketplace for workflow-integrated access
to AI models for radiology, and mPower Clinical Analytics.
Nuance will demonstrate the power of PowerScribe One and the
"Radiology Experience of the Future" during the virtual 2020 RSNA
Annual Meeting from November 29 to December
5. To learn more about the PowerScribe One, click here.
About Nuance Communications, Inc.
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Communications (NASDAQ: NUAN) is a technology pioneer with
market leadership in conversational AI and ambient intelligence. A
full-service partner trusted by 90 percent of U.S. hospitals and 85
percent of the Fortune 100 companies worldwide, Nuance creates
intuitive solutions that amplify people's ability to help
others.
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