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December 14, 2010

Healthcare Technology and News: Nuance Releases Dragon Medical Mobile Recorder to App Store


The Dragon Medical Mobile Recorder by Nuance Communications, Inc. is now available on the iTunes App Store, according to a press release.

The recorder expands its healthcare suite of speech solutions for smartphones, building upon the recent success of Dragon Medical Mobile Search. Dragon Medical Mobile Recorder enables mobile point-of-care dictation that is connected to speech-enabled transcription platforms, eScription and Dictaphone Enterprise Speech System, and the fully-outsourced Nuance Transcription Services offering.

Manhattan Research suggests that 72 percent of U.S. physicians now use smartphones and by 2012, adoption will increase to 81 percent. Seeing the trend, Nuance empowers clinicians with a documentation method that they prefer – dictation on the iPhone. This is done by applying its award-winning speech recognition and dictation capabilities to Dragon Medical Mobile Recorder. Clinicians now can conveniently and efficiently dictate into the iPhone at the point-of-care or on-the-go without compromising the quality, accuracy or turnaround time of their reports.

“As the demand for mobile, point-of-care solutions grows, so does Nuance’s commitment to deliver innovative healthcare applications for smartphones and other leading mobile devices that advance and improve the mobile clinical experience,” said Janet Dillione, executive vice president and general manager for Nuance Healthcare, in a press release. “We believe the interaction of speech technology and healthcare mobility is crucial. Nuance’s Dragon Medical Mobile solutions speed and simplify the use of mobile devices and applications in healthcare settings, as well as improve the overall clinical experience for both the care provider and patient.”

With Dragon Medical Mobile Recorder, clinicians can initiate rapid medical record creation with the iPhone’s touch-based interface rather than dictating from a workstation, landline phone or carry a separate mobile dictation device. The recorder can easily optimize the eScription, Dictaphone Enterprise Speech and iChart workflow platforms.

 “Dragon Medical Mobile Recorder has been our hospital’s first introduction to dictation via a smartphone. Members of our hospitalist group and pulmonary physician assistants have been using the App as part of their clinical documentation workflow; feedback has been positive,” said Jean Blain, CMT, HIM Manager, Transcription Services at Eastern Connecticut Health Network, in a statement. “Clinicians with iPhones can easily download the app without IT department support. Also, the quality of dictation capture and speech recognition accuracy on the eScription platform has been great, showing no difference from telephone dictations. We expect additional adoption across the hospital, mostly driven through word-of-mouth.”


Rahul Arora is a HealthTechZone contributor. He has worked as an editor and freelance writer for several reputed organizations in India. To read more of his articles, please visit his columnist page.

Edited by Tammy Wolf

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