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Speech recognition application developer Nuance Communications has entered into a distribution partnership with London-based Dictate.it.
Nuance Communications has made available version 9 of its eScription on-demand platform for computer-aided medical transcription.
Allscripts, in conjunction with Nuance Communications, Cisco, Citrix, Dell, Intel and Intuit Microsoft, is co-launching the EHR Stimulus Alliance, aimed at educating 500,000 U.S. physicians about opportunities aligned with the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 by delivering virtual and physical education programs.
Nuance Communications has launched its Dragon Medical 10 speech recognition software in the United Kingdom and Ireland.
Nuance Communications has integrated its SpeechMagic technology into GE Healthcare's Centricity RIS in a Citrix environment.
Nuance Communications’ PowerScribe for Radiology has been rolled out at 10 of the 15 hospital facilities that form the Baptist Memorial Health Care (BMHC) network.
Nuance Healthcare (Booth 6215) is showcasing enhancements to RadCube for Radiology, the data mining and outcomes analysis package that integrates with existing RIS systems and Nuance’s reporting solutions; Veriphy, its critical test result management (CTRM) solution; and the newest release of RadPort for Radiology, its integrated decision support application for appropriate exam ordering.
With the acquisition of Philips Speech Recognition Systems, Nuance
Communications said it will increase its ability to deliver
speech-driven clinical documentation and communication solutions to
healthcare organizations throughout Europe.
Nuance Communications has submitted a proposal to the board of directors of Zi Corporation, a developer of interface solutions for mobile handsets and consumer electronic devices, to acquire the company for U.S. $0.80 per share in cash. The Associated Press reported that the offer will equate to approximately $40.4 million.
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Nuance Communications has acquired eCopy, a provider of solutions that integrates paper documents into business software applications, for approximately $54 million in Nuance common stock.
Nuance Communications reported that its speech recognition technology, SpeechMagic, has been deployed at the Royal Free Hospital in London.
Nuance Communications has released positive financial results for its fiscal 2009 second quarter, which ended March 31.
Nuance Communications saw an increase in both net losses and revenue for its fiscal 2009 first quarter, which ended Dec. 31, 2008.
Lantheus Medical Imaging has hired four new executives: David Pendleton as senior director, PET perfusion agent; Alexander Ehlgen, MD, PhD, as associate medical director of Definity; Daniel Griffin as director of compensation and benefits; and Erin Boyer as senior business partner and director of human resources.
Nuance Healthcare (Booth 6215) is displaying new versions of its speech recognition reporting solutions, PowerScribe 5.0 and RadWhere 3.0.
Microsoft reported that its licensing deal with Philips Speech Recognition Systems to integrate the firm's speech recognition technology in its Amalga health software is unaffected by the sale of the Philips business unit to Nuance.
Nuance Communications has unveiled its Dragon Medical 10 software, a real-time medical speech recognition software, offering new medical vocabularies, improved integration with EMR systems, updated regional accent support and customizable commands, like Voice Shortcuts and DragonTemplates.
Nuance Communications showcased its Dictaphone Healthcare division’s
RadCube, a web-based business intelligence tool for advanced clinical
data mining, analysis and classification as well as version 5.0 of
Dictaphone’s PowerScribe speech-enabled reporting
solution during the 2008 Society of Imaging Informatics in Medicine
(SIIM) meeting in Seattle.
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The use of health IT to reduce rehospitalizations will be welcome but also disruptive, said Stephen Jencks, an independent consultant in healthcare safety during a Feb. 24 webinar on the potential use of health IT to mitigate rehospitalizations, sponsored by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ).
During the Health IT Standards Committee meeting on Feb. 24 in Washington, D.C., the Clinical Operations Workgroup sought to gather comments on proposed recommendations on implementation specifications for content exchange, vocabulary and code set standards for the Interim Final Rule of meaningful use.
In 2006, the Center for Devices and Radiological Health (CDRH), a branch of the FDA, began examining the number of medical device reports they received. Over the past two years, the number of submitted reports has increased, sparking a demand for the CDRH to make a move to electronic reporting.
A new hospital breaking ground usually isn’t breaking news. But the vision of patient care at one new facility, tentatively named Palomar Medical Center West (PMC West), is currently illegal under California state law.