BEDFORD, Mass. and BURLINGTON, Mass., Aug.
24, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Nuance Communications,
Inc. (NASDAQ: NUAN) and MITRE today announced a strategic
collaboration to advance the mCODE™ (minimal Common Oncology
Data Elements) data standard for improved cancer research and
treatment using the AI-powered Nuance® Dragon Medical One solution.
Clinicians can now populate vital cancer data directly into
electronic health records (EHRs) using their voice, which will
improve the quality of documentation and reduce data entry burden
for oncologists. Improved cancer patient data is critical to
support analytics that can identify safer care, lead to improved
outcomes, and lower costs.
The Nuance-MITRE strategic collaboration brings together data
elements and technology solutions, including:
- mCODE – A core set of structured data elements for oncology
that establishes minimum recommended standards for the structure
and content of health record information across use cases and
users. The goal of mCODE is to improve the overall quality and
consistency of cancer data available to clinicians, patients,
researchers, and other stakeholders in the fight against
cancer.
- Nuance Dragon® Medical One – Trusted by thousands of healthcare
organizations and over 550,000 clinicians to improve documentation
and reduce administrative tasks, the cloud-based speech
recognition platform uses voice commands to quickly collect
and access oncology data, seamlessly integrates into existing
workflows, and will be configured to incorporate mCODE data
elements. Nuance Dragon Medical One is HITRUST
CSF-certified and provides a consistent and personalized
clinical documentation experience that spans solutions, platforms,
devices, and physical locations.
"Every interaction between a clinician and a cancer patient
provides high-quality data that could lead to safer care, improved
outcomes, and lower costs," said Dr. Jay
Schnitzer, MITRE's chief medical and technology officer.
"But first, we need data that is standardized and collected in a
computable manner so it can be aggregated with data from many other
patients and analyzed for best practices. And it must be collected
in a streamlined way that doesn't burden the clinicians. The Nuance
offering will enhance this effort."
Diana Nole, Nuance
Communications, executive vice president and general manager of
healthcare, said, "Collecting clinical data specific to oncology
treatment has traditionally been a difficult task to overcome.
Combining Nuance's AI expertise with the mCODE data standard
provides oncologists with the ability to easily collect and gain
access to critical outcome data by simply using their voice to
securely dictate notes and search within the EHR using Nuance
Dragon Medical One. This will garner significant advancements in
data collection, which will, in turn, dramatically improve patient
treatment and care."
Recognizing that achieving interoperability in healthcare data
is a difficult problem to solve without consensus across
stakeholder groups, the mCODE initiative has worked since its
inception to engage with health care thought leaders and health
care alliances, medical associations, standards organizations,
providers, and vendor consortia.
mCODE is currently utilized in real-world settings across the
country, including in the Integrating Clinical Trials and
Real-World Endpoints data (ICAREdata®) project, a pilot for the use
of mCODE in oncology clinical trials seeking to close the gap
between EHR data and research, managed by the Alliance for Clinical
Trials in Oncology.
To learn more about Nuance Dragon Medical One, please visit:
https://www.nuance.com/healthcare/provider-solutions/speech-recognition/dragon-medical-one.html
About mCODE Initiative
The mCODE Initiative, a
collaboration between the American Society of Clinical
Oncology, Inc. (ASCO®), its wholly owned nonprofit subsidiary
CancerLinQ LLC, the Alliance for Clinical Trials in Oncology
Foundation (Alliance Foundation), The American Society for
Radiation Oncology (ASTRO), and MITRE, has developed and published
the set of common cancer data standards and specifications at
mCODEinitiative.org.
About MITRE
MITRE's mission-driven teams are dedicated
to solving problems for a safer world. Through our public-private
partnerships and federally funded R&D centers, we work across
government and in partnership with industry to tackle challenges to
the safety, stability, and well-being of our nation. For more
information, please visit www.mitre.org.
About Nuance Healthcare
Nuance provides intelligent
systems that support a more natural and insightful approach to
clinical documentation, freeing clinicians to spend more time
caring for patients. Nuance healthcare solutions capture, improve,
and communicate more than 300 million patient stories each year,
helping more than 550,000 clinicians in 10,000 global healthcare
organizations to drive meaningful clinical and financial outcomes.
Nuance's award-winning clinical speech recognition, medical
transcription, CDI, coding, quality, and medical imaging solutions
provide a more complete and accurate view of patient care.
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 empower a smarter, more connected
world. For more information, please visit www.nuance.com.
Trademark reference: Nuance and the Nuance logo are
registered trademarks or trademarks of Nuance Communications, Inc.
or its affiliates in the United
States and/or other countries. All other trademarks
referenced herein are the property of their respective
owners.
MITRE Media Contact:
Mike
Murphy
media@mitre.org
Nuance Media Contact:
Caitlyn
Keating
+ 781.565.8926
Caitlyn.Keating@nuance.com
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