Nuance Innovation Showcased at RSNA through Live Demos, Customer and Partner-Driven Presentations

Mobile Innovation, Integrating the Healthcare Enterprise (IHE) Image Sharing Demonstration and Collaboration with Customers and Partners Reinforces Nuance’s Leadership in Radiology

RSNA 2011 – CHICAGO – November 28, 2011 – This week, from booth 2816 at RSNA 2011, Nuance Communications, Inc. (NASDAQ: NUAN) will host the following activities:

Showcase the PowerScribe | 360 Mobile App – Nuance will introduce a radiology workflow-supporting mobile app that provides radiologists instant access to reports via their iOS device without the need to return to the workstation, thereby increasing efficiency and flexibility while on-the-go. Nuance will also showcase its intuitive voice-enabled radiology-specific search capability. Building off of the success of Dragon Medical Mobile Search, this feature within the PowerScribe | 360 Mobile App will allow radiologists to search medical references any time, any place and get results from online radiology-specific sites such as AuntMinnie.com, CHORUS, Medpix, PubMed and Yottalook, along with a default search engine of choice – Google, Yahoo or Bing – within seconds. The PowerScribe | 360 Mobile App will be offered for purchase as an add-on to the PowerScribe | 360 Reporting solution.

Provide Updates from Leading Vendors on Data Sharing and Integration – Based on Nuance’s work with industry leaders, the value and quality of radiology reports created within PowerScribe | 360 Reporting has increased, allowing for more streamlined data sharing. At RNSA, presentations will be hosted by the following Nuance partners:

MEDRAD’s Michael Farrell, marketing director, informatics to host session: “MEDRAD Certegra Informatics System Integration with Nuance PowerScribe 360,” Sunday, November 27 at 12:30 p.m. CDT
Imorgon Medical’s Lloyd Kreuzer, CEO to host session: “The Imorgon Report Connector,” Sunday, November 27 at 1:30 p.m. CDT
Siemens Healthcare’s Andy Milkowski, senior director, research and development, ultrasound, to host session: “PowerScribe 360 and Ultrasound – Beyond Dictation,” Monday, November 28 at 10:30 a.m. CDT
Sonultra Corporation’s Don Parker, CEO to host session: “Exporting U/S Biometric & Anatomical Data Directly into PowerScribe 360 Templates” Monday, November 28 at 2:30 p.m. CDT

For a full list of presentations that will be hosted by Nuance partners, please visit: http://www.nuance.com/ucmprod/groups/healthcare/@web-enus/documents/collateral/nc_019153.pdf

Foster Hot-Topic Discussions from Industry Leaders, including (full schedule can be viewed here):

Brian Gale, M.D., president, SaferMD to host: “Auditing Enhances CTRM by Further Reducing Liability Insurance Cost: The Veriphy and SaferMD Example,” Sunday, November 27 at 11:30 a.m. CDT
William Boonn, M.D., president, Montage Healthcare Solutions, Inc. to host: “Data Mining: Searching Radiology, Pathology and Beyond,” Monday, November 28 at 11:30 a.m. CDT
Greg Girard, senior product manager, Clinical Calgary Scientific to host: “Mobile Radiology, What’s Next,” Tuesday, November 29 at 2:30 p.m. CDT
Jonathan W. Berlin, M.D., clinical associate professor of radiology, University of Chicago, Pritzker School of Medicine, department of radiology to host: “Understanding and Responding to Proposed New Radiology Payment Systems,” Wednesday, November 30 at 10:30 a.m. CDT
Keith Dreyer, DO, Ph.D., vice chairman of radiology, Massachusetts General Hospital, assistant professor of radiology, Harvard Medical School to host session: “Meaningful Use in Radiology,” Wednesday, November 30 at 4:00 p.m. CDT

RSNA Scientific Formal Presentation by Nuance CMIO, Dr. Nick van Terheyden on the Application of Watson in Radiology:

Nick van Terheyden, M.D., chief medical information officer, Nuance Communications, to present: “Calling Dr. Watson to Radiology,” Tuesday, November 29 at 3:10 p.m. CDT at South Building Level 4 (S401 – S406).

Participate in the RSNA 2011 Integrating the Healthcare Enterprise (IHE) Image Sharing Demonstration – This demonstration will offer attendees a guided tour of the entire workflow of a typical radiology procedure and the benefits to quality, efficiency and patient safety that can be realized through state-of-the-art informatics. Nuance’s PowerScribe | 360 Reporting will drive the radiology diagnostic reporting component of the demonstration, using structured templates developed by the RSNA Reporting Committee; PowerScribe | 360 Reporting was selected based on interoperability specifications from the IHE initiative. The IHE Image Sharing Demonstrations will be held in the South Building, Hall A, booth 2851 throughout the duration of the show. For more information, please visit: http://www.rsna.org/Informatics/RSNA_Image_Share.cfm .

All of Nuance’s diagnostic solutions will be demonstrated in Nuance booth #2816 including, PowerScribe | 360 Reporting, PowerScribe | 360 Mobile App, PowerScribe | 360 Analytics, PowerScribe | 360 Critical Results, PowerScribe | 360 Decision Support and SpeechMagic. This year Nuance will also be demonstrating the features and capabilities offered via the Nuance Healthcare Development Platform. For more information on any of these healthcare solutions and offerings, please visit: http://www.nuance.com/for-healthcare/index.htm

Throughout the show you can also find live news updates, at-show customer videos, product demos and more via Nuance’s social media channels:

Twitter: @NUAN_Healthcare

Facebook: /NuanceHealthcare

YouTube: SavetheDrNote

LinkedIn: Nuance Healthcare

Blog: For the Health of IT

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