BURLINGTON, Mass., June 9, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Nuance
Communications, Inc. (NASDAQ: NUAN) today announced that
SouthEast Alaska Regional Health Consortium (SEARHC) has
deployed the Nuance® Dragon® Ambient eXperience™ (DAX™) solution to
expand access to healthcare services. SEARHC physicians in
Juneau and Sitka using Nuance DAX are reducing the time
needed to complete clinical documentation and increasing their
ability to see more patients each day.
"Nuance DAX is an important part of our plans to increase
patient volumes by giving our providers a solution that reduces
clinical documentation and administrative workloads," said Dr. Cate
Buley, Medical Director of Primary Care Clinics at SEARHC. "Nuance
DAX empowers our providers to focus on patients instead of
paperwork while helping us expand care access for the communities
we serve. Physician satisfaction has been very high, including one
doctor who reversed plans to switch to part-time work after using
DAX, and another who called it 'the best thing that's ever
happened' for its practical benefits in everyday clinical use."
Based on the results of the initial Nuance DAX deployment,
primarily in family medicine, SEARHC hopes to increase typical
daily patient volumes from about 10 to 14 patients per day for each
physician. The health system also plans to expand the use of Nuance
DAX to providers in psychiatry and other specialties.
SEARHC is one of the oldest and largest Native-run health
systems in the United States,
providing a range of healthcare services to 27 Southeast Alaskan
communities. The health system also is planning a significant
expansion that includes the construction of a new 25-bed hospital
in Sitka with four operating
rooms, lab and radiology facilities, and a medical office
building.
"Improving the quality of patient care is a priority for all
healthcare providers. And while methods and resources may vary, the
desired outcomes are widely the same: quality care has been broadly
defined as effective, timely, equitable and patient-centered," said
Diana Nole, Executive Vice President
and General Manager of Healthcare at Nuance. "SEARHC and health
systems of all sizes nationwide that use Nuance DAX report that it
directly addresses their top priorities of providing high-quality,
patient-centered care, increasing provider satisfaction and
wellness, expanding healthcare access, and supporting long-term
financial integrity. We are proud to support SEARHC in its efforts
to expand healthcare access and improve the wellbeing of its
communities."
Nuance DAX extends the proven power of Nuance Dragon Medical,
named the #1 Best in KLAS conversational AI speech-recognition
solution and trusted by over 550,000 physicians globally, to create
a fully voice-enabled and ambient exam room environment. With
patient consent, the system securely captures the complete patient
story and automatically creates detailed clinical notes from
multi-party conversations during on-site and virtual encounters. It
enables physicians to stay fully engaged with patients and improves
clinical documentation quality and physician satisfaction by
reducing the time needed to document care.
To learn more about Nuance DAX and view the explainer video,
please click here.
About Nuance Communications
Nuance Communications
(NASDAQ: NUAN) is a technology pioneer with market leadership in
conversational AI and ambient intelligence. A full-service partner
trusted by 77 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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