Nuance equips EZ DERM iPad app with speech rec

The EZ DERM EHR iPad application (app) is now powered by the Nuance Communications’ Nuance Healthcare 360 | Development Platform.

Nuance’s cloud-based, medical speech recognition technology allows physicians to use their voice for app interaction and navigation, as well as for clinical documentation, according to the Burlington, Mass.-based communications platform developer.

EZ DERM is a dermatology-specific EHR based on the iPad mobile platform and employs patent-pending 3D anatomical maps of the human body and clinical decision-support, Nuance added.

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