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PowerScribe 360

PowerScribe is a speech recognition application which enables physicians to dictate, edit and electronically sign reports created by the program. For further information about PowerScribe, please visit http://www.nuance.com/products/powerscribe360/index.htm.

After installing PowerScribe on the server and client(s) and properly configuring HL7, the following steps should be taken to complete the integration and use the application.

  1. Create a user in PowerReader with the same username and password used for PowerScribe 360 account.

  2. In PowerReader, go to Settings > Users and Facilities > Providers and select a user.

  3. On the Account Details section, click the Integration button. The Integration window appears.

  4. Click Add.

  5. From the Integration drop-down menu, select PowerScribe and enter the login credentials for PowerScribe account.

  6. Click Save.

  7. Launch PowerScribe 360 client. You do not have to login.

  8. In PowerReader open a study.

  9. The PowerScribe Reporting window appears listing any reports for the Study.

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If HL7 is not enabled properly and the patient is not present on both PowerServer and PowerScribe, a message will state that an order does not exist for the patient.

  1. Make any necessary edits to the text.

  2. Click on the Draft button when finished to save the report.

  3. Click on the Sign button to sign the report and send it to PowerServer to be displayed as an SR Report.

Note that when you try to edit/sign a report in PowerScribe for a study with status greater than or equal to the value provided in the configuration entry "Prevent Modification Status", the study status would not advance in PowerReader.