Nuance speech recognition used to digitise radiology reporting in London

Written by IMN staff Tuesday, 30 June 2009 00:00

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Nuance Communications, Inc., a leading supplier of speech solutions, has had its speech recognition technology, SpeechMagic, go live at London’s Royal Free Hospital (RFH) in an ongoing roll-out.


More than 50 radiologists at the site now benefit from front-end speech recognition, and RFH joins a number of other healthcare providers in the capital who have recently adopted Nuance’s speech recognition together with Soliton IT’s Workflow Manager, including the University Hospital Lewisham, North Middlesex Hospital, and Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH).

Radiologists at RFH can now dictate their findings without having to transcribe them as Nuance SpeechMagic will automatically translate their words into text and display it on their computer screens. Rather than having to coordinate transcription with their secretaries, radiologists can now handle the entire process themselves – resulting in faster report turnaround and better service to clinicians and referring physicians, said the company.

Commenting Ms Simone Towie, Head of Radiology at the Royal Free Hospital said: “The staff have all taken to the system easily and are extremely happy with the voice recognition solution. The system is proving to be capable of making a marked improvement to the service we provide to customers of the radiology department at the Royal Free Hampstead NHS Trust.”

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