Nuance releases PowerScribe 360 radiology reporting and communications platform

Nuance Communications, Inc. (NASDAQ: NUAN) today announced PowerScribe 360, an advanced radiology reporting and communications platform that combines the best capabilities of PowerScribe and RadWhere into a unified solution. PowerScribe 360 was designed based on feedback and the extensive experience from Nuance's growing list of radiology customers, which today accounts for more than one third of all radiologists in the United States. This new platform offers unmatched speech recognition accuracy and introduces extensive productivity, communication and administration features that will redefine the industry standard for optimizing the multifaceted radiology workflow.

“We have been very satisfied users of Nuance radiology speech recognition for years”

With PowerScribe360, customers can seamlessly combine the most accurate speech recognition engine in the market, Dragon Medical, for core radiology reporting with options for critical test result management (CTRM), external data capture, multi-site workflow support and structured reporting into a single solution. With workflow and communication tools never before offered as part of a traditional radiology speech recognition system, PowerScribe 360 gives radiology departments and imaging groups the power to create high-quality documentation and turnaround diagnostic imaging interpretations faster and more efficiently than ever before.

"I am amazed at how well the development and engineering staff at Nuance have listened to suggestions and requests from clinical users," said Christopher L. Sistrom, MD, MPH, PhD Vice Chair and Associate Professor, Department of Radiology at University of Florida, Gainesville. "The new features in PowerScribe 360 represent an 'embarrassment of riches' with a modular design and customizability that allows system administrators and users to modify their organizational and personal instances of the platform to an almost infinite degree."

PowerScribe 360 offers industry leading speech accuracy rates, as well as radiology-specific language models to ensure word-error rate is low and editing time is minimized. The platform also comes standard with a library of structured report templates including the RSNA's best practice radiology templates, auto-formatting, voice commands and other options, allowing for customized user profiles, interface views, report queue prioritization, system access and much more. Additional features and optional modules include:

• Fast, Easy, Speech-enabled Access to Key Diagnostic Information - Assisted Diagnosis runs in the background while radiologists report; when needed, a reference search can be initiated with a simple voice command. Radiologists can access disease details, differential diagnoses, radiology and anatomy e-books, medical image searches, Internet content, Radiology search engines, annotated anatomical atlases and more.
• Flexible Speech-Enabled Reporting Workflows - Radiologists select their reporting style based on preference or based on report priority. Workflows include speech recognition with delegated editing, speech recognition with self-editing, or speech recognition with advanced macros and auto-structured reporting.
• Workflow Orchestrator - Radiologists can easily access and view images from multiple worksites on the same platform and at the same viewing station, even when multiple RIS, PACS and Advanced Visualization applications are in play.
• Improved Communication Tools - Radiologists, technologists, nurses and administrators can capture and share relevant information that can be automatically merged into radiology reports and exported to third party systems.
• Enhanced Radiologists' Experience - A reporting interface and web-based user portal allow radiologists to easily access prior reports, report/patient attachments, report/patient notes, associated order data, report status queues and more.
• ACR RADPEER™ Integrated Peer-Review Capabilities - PowerScribe 360 automates quality assurance initiatives by enabling data collection, a peer review portal and one-click access to guidelines based on American College of Radiology criteria. This integration contributes to improved workflow efficiency for the radiologist during reporting.
• Option to Integrate with Nuance's Best in KLAS eScription Platform - PowerScribe 360 can integrate with Nuance's eScription background speech recognition platform, which has received a Best in KLAS award for six years in a row. This integration allows for a single, enterprise wide medical transcription platform for shared medical transcription resources across departments.
• Web Services API - Healthcare provider organizations and third party solution providers can integrate applications directly into the platform. For example, modality generated measurements can be easily inserted into the PowerScribe 360 system. Automatically adding real-time biometric data to radiology reports eliminates the need for radiologists to re-enter data via manual typing or dictation. Additionally, reports are more comprehensive and accurate, improving patient safety and care.

"We have been very satisfied users of Nuance radiology speech recognition for years," said David Mendelson, MD, FACR Chief of Clinical Informatics and Director of Radiology Information Systems at Mount Sinai Medical Center. "The new PowerScribe 360 platform provides improvements in speech recognition accuracy and user customization while offering a complementary set of tools that assist with accurately capturing, documenting and delivering patient results."

PowerScribe 360 seamlessly integrates with Nuance's entire radiology portfolio including Veriphy for automated communication and reporting of high-priority patient findings, RadPort and RadCube for end-to-end workflow optimization for appropriate image ordering and outcomes analysis. PowerScribe 360 supports workstations with 64-bit OS, as well as the latest technologies including Windows Server 2008, SQL Server 2008, Microsoft Windows 7, Internet Explorer 8.0, Microsoft Cluster Services (MSCS) and VMware.

Availability

PowerScribe 360 will be on public demonstration at booth #4044 at RSNA 2010 in Chicago, November 28 - December 3 and will be available for purchase immediately. Nuance will continue to actively support PowerScribe 4.x and 5.0 along with RadWhere 3.0 according to its standard service and support policies. Nuance's entire diagnostic solutions suite will also be on demonstration at RSNA including Veriphy, RadCube, RadPort and SpeechMagic. A special license conversion pricing program has been created for existing customers of PowerScribe and RadWhere who want to migrate to PowerScribe 360. For further information, please call 1-800-350-4836 or visit: http://www.nuance.com/products/powerscribe360.

Nuance's Healthcare Business

Nuance's healthcare portfolio of proven, speech-enabled clinical documentation and communication solutions enable healthcare provider organizations to improve financial performance, enhance patient care, and increase patient safety. With more than 10,000 healthcare provider organization customers and 450,000 clinician customers worldwide, Nuance has the experience and solutions that meet the individual needs of any size healthcare provider organization.