German medical information systems company medavis has integrated speech recognition into its Radiology Information System (RIS).
The company has fully integrated Nuance SpeechMagic into its medavis RIS software which will enable radiologists to quickly and efficiently produce reports using speech recognition technology.
The integrated solution will allow users to dictate into their familiar report template and see their words converted into output format text in real time. This allows all integrated data fields, text output and the implementation of speech commands to be instantly visible.
It also allows clinicians to directly access all system data, including patient’s previous findings, without having to switch between different applications.
Elmar Kussmaul, managing director of medavis GmbH, said: “The production of medical reports is the pivotal point of a radiologist’s day-to-day work.
“With the seamless integration of speech recognition into the medavis RIS workflow, we have managed to optimise this central working process even further. Our customers benefit from professional speech recognition technology which is simple, quick and easy to use.”
The integrated speech recognition in medavis RIS will be showcased at MEDICA 2009 in Duesseldorf, Germany from 18-21 November.
Holger Ladewig, partner manager at Nuance Healthcare, said: “In Radiology, speech recognition has by now become a standard tool, and integration is the key to its success.
“As a consequence, turnaround times are significantly reduced, and this has a positive impact on the quality and duration of care. Patients spend less time in hospital, which reduces general healthcare costs, but also cuts the efforts required for creating and managing documentation.”
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