M*Modal Announces Integration with ModLink from PACSGEAR

Franklin, Tenn. – (November 26, 2013) – M*Modal, a leading provider of clinical documentation services and Speech Understanding™ solutions, today announced integration with ModLink™, a software solution from PACSGEAR that transfers structured report measurements directly into M*Modal Fluency for Imaging™ Reporting. M*Modal customers will save valuable dictation time by incorporating ModLink to auto-populate reports with structured report values.

“We are pleased to be working with M*Modal to integrate ModLink with M*Modal Fluency for Imaging Reporting,” said Thomas Pickard, Vice President of Marketing at PACSGEAR. “By integrating structured report values, M*Modal Fluency for Imaging customers will be able to make their dictated reports more accurate and efficient. We continue to be amazed at our customers’ response to this product.” “We are proud to work with PACSGEAR to bring valuable workflow and quality enhancements to our mutual customers through a robust integration with M*Modal Fluency for Imaging Reporting and ModLink,” said Claudine Martin, Director, Solutions Management, Imaging at M*Modal. “By inserting measurements directly from the modality into the radiology report, this integration will reduce human error and bring significant additional value to the radiologist.” M*Modal will demonstrate M*Modal Fluency for Imaging™ Reporting in Booth # 2552 and PACSGEAR will demonstrate ModLink at Booth #7913 at the 99th Annual Meeting of the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA 2013) in Chicago from December 1-6, 2013. M*Modal Fluency for Imaging allows radiologists to conversationally create electronic and encoded patient documents as well as optimize workflows to increase productivity. It can be further optimized with M*Modal Catalyst for Radiology™, which extends these capabilities by aggregating data across multiple clinical systems and translating patient information into actionable medical insight. About PACSGEARPACSGEAR provides image connectivity solutions for medical image management (PACS) and electronic health record (EHR) systems to hospitals and healthcare facilities. Its industry-leading solutions seamlessly integrate documents, film, video, visible light and other images from any department to any PACS/EHR. Healthcare personnel in specialties such as radiology, cardiology, gastroenterology, dermatology, orthopedics, and pathology can connect, view, and share images and results to enable health information exchange. Worldwide, PACSGEAR gives over 3,000 hospitals, healthcare networks, and imaging facilities a better picture of their patients’ health. For more information, visit www.pacsgear.com About M*ModalM*Modal is a leading healthcare technology provider of advanced clinical documentation solutions, enabling hospitals and physicians to enrich the content of patient electronic health records (EHR) for improved healthcare and comprehensive billing integrity. As the largest clinical transcription service provider in the U.S., with a global network of medical editors, M*Modal also provides advanced cloud-based Speech Understanding™ technology and data analytics that enable physicians and clinicians to include the context of their patient narratives into electronic health records in a single step, further enhancing their productivity and the cost-saving efficiency and quality of patient care at the point of care. M*Modal has been recognized as one of the fastest growing technology companies in North America, placing in the top third of Deloitte’s Technology Fast 500 for 2012. For more information, please visit www.mmodal.comTwitterFacebook and YouTube

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