Nuance Announces Free COVID-19 Documentation Templates for all Dragon Medical Users and Mobile Solutions for Care Teams
March 26 2020 - 9:00AM
Nuance® Communications, Inc. (NASDAQ: NUAN) today announced
immediate availability of the free COVID-19 Content Pack for all
Nuance Dragon® Medical users, which comprises more than 500,000
physicians worldwide. Developed by and for physicians, the
electronic health record (EHR)-agnostic COVID-19 Content Pack is
based on the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and
the American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA)
guidelines for coding and reporting. The company also is offering
no-cost software add-on licenses and other services to support
growing patient volumes, telehealth visits, and remote-work
initiatives in response to the pandemic.
The COVID-19 Content Pack includes easy-to-use
templates to boost provider efficiency and help ensure the capture
of crucial datapoints for COVID-19 patients. Rather than require
clinicians to repeatedly enter data for each case, the COVID-19
templates allow them to enter key information to accurately and
quickly capture patient acuity, complexity of symptoms, and risk of
mortality. Physicians at Nebraska Medicine, a research and
educational partner to the University of Nebraska Medical Center
(UNMC), which also houses one of the nation’s leading
biocontainment facilities, requested the specialized content and
templates for Dragon Medical to speed entry of patient data into
the EHR system, increase their ability to see more patients, and
lower stress on overtaxed care teams.
“We asked Nuance to create a solution that we
could securely deploy via the cloud and enable doctors to capture
the patient stories accurately while under extraordinary pressure.
The Nuance team quickly delivered the capabilities our clinicians
needed to improve their ability to provide care now and inform
treatment decisions as the pandemic evolves,” said Dr. Michael Ash,
EVP-Chief Transformation Officer of Nebraska Medicine and Vice
Chancellor of Information and Technology for the University of
Nebraska Medical Center.
“These unprecedented circumstances call on
everybody to contribute their strengths and expertise to help
overcome the challenges,” said Joe Petro, Nuance CTO. “We are able
to step up immediately because of our healthcare domain knowledge
and deep experience in understanding and creating solutions for the
very complex problems our customers face. It’s a continuous process
of listening and innovating that takes on even greater meaning and
importance in times like these.”
The COVID-19 Content Pack for Dragon Medical is
one of multiple steps Nuance is taking to help healthcare systems
address the increased intensity and operational stress that
COVID-19 is placing on care teams. Other offers include free add-on
licenses across several critical solutions.
“We have taken steps to simplify COVID-19
patient documentation, but the Nuance Dragon Medical templates are
steps ahead,” said Dr. Anthony Dunnigan, MD, Chief Medical
Information Officer at Valleywise Health in Arizona. “With our
telehealth framework in place, it is our next step toward crafting
specific ‘COVID care’ services. I think all of my colleagues will
want to leverage this.”
The COVID-19 Content Pack is immediately
available for all Dragon Medical One, Dragon Medical Network
Edition, and Dragon Medical Practice Edition users. To learn more
or to access any of these solutions, click here.
About Nuance Communications,
Inc. Nuance Communications (NASDAQ: NUAN) is the pioneer
and leader in conversational AI innovations that bring intelligence
to everyday work and life. The company delivers solutions that
understand, analyze, and respond to people – amplifying human
intelligence to increase productivity and security. With decades of
domain and AI expertise, Nuance works with thousands of
organizations globally across healthcare, financial services,
telecommunications, government, and retail – to create stronger
relationships and better experiences for their customers and
workforce. For more information, please visit www.nuance.com.
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