Dragon Releases Canadian French Version
Nuance Communications has expanded the availability of its real-time, medical voice recognition solution, Dragon Medical, to French-speaking Canadian providers. Through the delivery of Dragon Medical 11 French, Nuance will now help the thousands of French-speaking practicing clinicians across Canada to create medical notes by speaking.
Dragon Medical 11 French, released in Europe in the first half of 2010, is already used by thousands of clinicians to document care.
"Dragon Medical French 11 has freed me from the burdens and errors associated with documentation via pen. With Dragon Medical, I speak my patient notes; I leverage voice-driven macros to streamline the documentation process, to ensure high levels of accuracy and to optimize my efficiency," said Dr. Sylvain Croteau, at Gatineau Hospital. "Even in a loud, hectic emergency service setting, Dragon Medical has helped me and my physician colleagues to save time and more importantly to focus on the delivery of care."
With Dragon Medical French, clinicians will have access to a general medicine and radiology vocabulary. In addition, customizable commands, such as Voice Shortcuts and DragonTemplates, are available to help clinicians streamline the creation of care-critical documentation, including progress notes, history of present illness, assessments, treatment plans, and consultation and referral letters.
"The features of Dragon Medical French 11 are remarkable for French-speaking physicians in Canada. Last summer, we partnered with Nuance to run a pilot project of Dragon Medical French among 25 physicians across a variety of clinical settings," said Waleed G. Qirbi of Dragon Medical reseller VoicePC. "The results of the pilot were nothing but positive; doctors were achieving high levels of recognition and are now able to document more efficiently. We're very excited to be able to help deliver the value of Dragon Medical to the unique medical community of Canada."
"We're excited to introduce Dragon Medical to a broader set of Canadian clinicians and healthcare organizations. Dragon Medical is proven to contribute to increased quality of patient care and safety, and also brings tremendous efficiencies to clinicians' workflow," said Janet Dillione, executive vice president and general manager of Nuance Healthcare, in a statement. "Across its more than 200,000 clinician users, Dragon Medical has a proven track record in reducing significant costs and improving physicians' adoption of electronic health records software."