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November 2015, Volume 7, Number 11

Nuance is pleased to present you with this edition of eTIPS, where you will find tips about:

eTIP 1:

Installing PowerMic™ Mobile (iOS) and Direct Version 2.1 OneClick.
 

eTIP 2:

Microsoft Compatibility (Windows, Word, Internet Explorer) with Dragon Medical clients.
 

eTIP 3:

Available Accent Models and guidelines for their selection.
 

eTIP 4:

Implementing VMware View with Dragon Medical.
 

eTIP 5:

Microsoft CEIP causes issues with client performance, crashing, and hanging.



Windows 10 Support

Log in to iSupport and search for solution
16782: Dragon Medical Support for Microsoft Windows 10


Driven By Dragon - Webinar Series

Click here for information to keep you up-to-date with
Dragon Medical's Driven By Dragon Webinar series.


Tina    Tina - Web Interactive Support Tool

   Click here for the latest improvements and information.


Scheduled DataCenter Maintenance

Click here for scheduled maintenance events for hosted
Dragon Medical products.


 
eTIPSeTIPS
 

Did you know how to install PowerMic™ Mobile on an iOS device with Direct 2.1 OneClick?

PowerMic™ Mobile (PMM) turns your iPhone (iOS) or Android smartphone into a secure wireless microphone for use with Windows-based desktop clinical speech recognition solutions. Optimized for use with Nuance hosted Dragon Medical 360 | Direct, and Dragon Medical 360 | Network Edition, healthcare solutions; PMM gives clinicians the freedom to roam from workstation to room to facility in order to complete clinical documentation using a smartphone as a wireless microphone at the desktop.

The hosted solution for the newly-released version 2.1 of Dragon Medical 360 | Direct fully supports the PMM.

Click the image below to play this video covering the installation of the PMM product on an iPhone (iOS) device with Dragon Medical 360 | Direct, version 2.1 OneClick:


Click Here

VIDEO:  Complete installation of PowerMic Mobile (iOS) and Direct version 2.1 OneClick
(10/30/15, 7:04 minutes, 35 MB, Provided by Craig Wessels)

To learn more and to keep current with any changes to this topic, log in to  iSupport and search for solution 16711: VIDEO: PowerMic Mobile - Introduction, Resources and Training

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Did you know what versions of Microsoft products (Windows, Word, and Internet Explorer) are compatible with Dragon Medical clients?

The following tables outline what versions of common Microsoft products are supported on Dragon Medical client products, including:

  • Windows operating systems
  • Microsoft Internet Explorer
  • Microsoft Word

Dragon Medical 360 | Network Edition (DMNE), version 2.x

Dragon Medical Practice Edition (DMPE), version 2.x

   

To learn more and to keep current with any changes to this topic, log in to iSupport and search for solution 16920: Microsoft Compatibility Matrix for Dragon Medical clients

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Did you know what Accent Models are available and the guidelines for their selection?

Customers select user accent models for new users when creating user profiles for the following Dragon Medical clients:

  • Dragon Medical 360 | Network Edition (DMNE)
  • Dragon Medical Practice Edition (DMPE)

The following information is included in the Dragon Medical Administrator Guide and within the Dragon Medical client software Help Topics.

Customers running US (United States) English Medical (ENU) can choose from the following entries in the Accent list of the New User Wizard:

  • Standard/General (default value) — Use this if your accent is not covered by the other choices or you are not sure which accent to select.
  • Australian Accented English
  • British Accented English
  • Indian Accented English
  • Inland Northern US (Great Lakes area) — This accent model covers Upstate New York through the Chicago area.
  • Pakistani accented English (new in version 12 clients)
  • Southeast Asian Accented English
  • Southern US — This accent model covers most of the southern United States, including Texas.
  • Spanish Accented English

Accents available with the UK (United Kingdom) English Medical (ENG) edition of Dragon Medical are:

  • Standard
  • Australian Accented English
  • Indian Accented English
  • Southeast Asian Accented English

Determining a user's accent can potentially be difficult. For example, if a user grew up in one part of the United States, but has lived long enough in another part to lessen their original regional accent.

IMPORTANT: If there is any uncertainty about selecting the proper accent, try the Standard accent model first.

The following guidelines should be considered when deciding which accent model to select:

  • Start with the Standard accent first.
  • If the user grew up in India or Southeast Asia and was educated in their language prior to college, the user should likely choose the Indian Accented English or Southeast Asian Accented English.
  • If the user grew up and was educated in Australian or Great Britain, the user needs to make a judgment as to how pronounced their accent is.
  • If the Standard accent is selected, perform Acoustic Optimization after using the product for several hours. Acoustic Optimization updates the User Profile with accumulated acoustic data from any corrections and additional training you may have done. Running Acoustic Optimization will increase the user's overall accuracy.

With a Standard accent model selected, in the process of increasing your accuracy, Acoustic Optimization (Regional Accent Tuning feature) may select a different accent for the user. However, if a non-standard accent is selected, Acoustic Optimization will still increase the overall accuracy, but will not change the accent.

Once an accent model is selected for the User Profile, the accent cannot be changed. Instead, a new user profile will need to be created.

To learn more and to keep current with any changes to this topic, log in to iSupport and search for solution 13784: Available Accent Models and guidelines for their selection.

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Did you know how to implement VMware View with Dragon Medical?


Please see the following New documents, attached at the end of this iSupport solution #16722, in which Nuance and VMware engineering have collaborated to produce:

  • Nuance Dragon Medical 360 | Network Edition with VMware Horizon 6 Best Practices and Performance Guidelines
  • VMware Horizon 6 with View Performance and Best Practices
  • USB Device Redirection, Configuration, and Usage in View Virtual Desktops (View 5.1 and Later, Including View in VMware Horizon 6 version 6.1)

These documents will be updated as required.

To learn more and to keep current with any changes to this topic, log in to iSupport and search for solution 16722: Implementing VMware View with Dragon Medical

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Did you know Microsoft CEIP causes issues with client performance, crashing, and hanging?

The Microsoft Story

The Customer Experience Improvement Program (CEIP) was created to give all Microsoft customers the ability to contribute to the design and development of Microsoft products. CEIP collects information about how our customers use Microsoft programs and about some of the problems they encounter.

Microsoft uses this information to improve the products and features customers use most often and to help solve problems. Participation in the program is voluntary, and the end results are software improvements to better meet the needs of our customers. Your computer or device automatically sends information to Microsoft about how you use certain products. Information from your computer is combined with other CEIP data to help Microsoft solve problems and to improve the products and features customers use most often.

The Dragon Medical Reality

Apparently, as part of the Windows 10 release, Microsoft quietly included CEIP telemetry routines into Windows 7/8.

A trend of recent Dragon escalations has led to the conclusion that disabling CEIP provided immediate relief with the following issues for both Dragon Medical 360 | Network Edition (DMNE) and Dragon Medical 360 | Direct (Direct):

  • Widespread performance issues
  • Crash conditions
  • Application hang incidences

Log in to iSupport and search for solution 16461: DM360 Direct Errors caused by blocked network ports to learn more and to keep current with any changes to this topic, including:

  • How to disable CEIP
  • Microsoft CEIP web page
  • VMware recommendation to disable CEIP due to performance issues in VDI

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Driven By Dragon - Webinar Series
 

  • We have changed our webinar hosting service to WebEx Event Center.
  • All audio is now available through your computer's sound system (including the Question and Answer audio). A teleconference call is no longer required.

The next quarterly Webinar for our Dragon Medical customers is: Thursday, February 18th, 2016. To register, please click the Register button below:

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   Thursday, February 18th, 2016 at 2:00 PM EST

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  Thursday, May 12, 2016 at 2:00 PM EST

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  Thursday, August 11, 2016 at 2:00 PM EST

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  Thursday, November 10, 2016 at 2:00 PM EST

Recently on October 8th, Dragon Medical Technical Support presented our latest Driven by Dragon Webinar. The content included the following topics:

  • Healthcare Stories
  • New and pending software releases for Dragon Medical products
  • Documentation and iSupport content improvements
  • Technical Spotlight: Dragon Medical version identification
  • Question and Answer

To review recorded Webinars from the Driven By Dragon series, please click the video links below:

Dragon Medical Driven By Dragon
Quarterly Webinar Recordings

                         Description

Length
(Min:Sec)

File
Size

Posted
Revised

4Q' 2015 - October 8
Requires several minutes to begin playback

63:08

413 MB

10/8/15

3Q' 2015 - July 10
Requires several minutes to begin playback

53:25

488 MB

7/10/15

2Q' 2015 - April 9

42:44

117 MB

4/10/15

1Q' 2015 - January 8

48:08

190 MB

1/8/15

4Q' 2014 - October 9

32:12

51 MB

10/13/14

3Q' 2014 - July 10

21:25

20 MB

7/18/14

To learn more about the Driven by Dragon Webinar Series and to keep current with any changes to this topic, including external links to recorded video for customers without iSupport access, log in to iSupport and search for solution:

    #16449: Dragon Medical "Driven by Dragon" - Quarterly Customer Webinar Series

If you are not an iSupport subscriber, click iSupport Timesaver for information about how you may get started with iSupport.

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TinaWhat's New with Tina?
 

Tina, Nuance's web interactive support tool, is a text-based, chat window hosted on your iSupport Home tab that delivers self-service support. Tina offers a human-like conversational approach when communicating with Nuance's customers. The focus for Tina is to quickly and accurately answer common questions about the Dragon Medical product.

October Analytics
This past month's reporting analytics for Tina shows the following metrics:

  • 239 Conversations
  • 80% First Contact Answer...where the percentage of user inquiries are resolved with the first answer.

    Two (2) survey questions are used to poll our customers.

New
Tina Improvements
This past month's added topics and improvements include:

  • Compatible versions of Windows operating systems, Microsoft Word, and Internet Explorer (IE)
  • Supported versions of Epic EMR
  • Latest Dragon Medical software releases
  • Available user accent models
  • Windows 10 support for PowerMic™ and PowerMic™ Mobile
  • How to find the version of your Dragon Medical product
  • How to search for iSupport KB solutions
  • How to implement Dragon Medical with VMware View
  • Minimum requirements
  • PowerMic™ Mobile installation
  • How to create a user profile in Dragon Medical
  • Contacting Technical Support
  • Technical Support availability (hours of operation)
  • DFS support with Dragon Medical
  • How to view recent recognition history
  • And...workflow improvements to 20 other existing topics

Please continue to ask Tina your questions!

Tina Demonstration
Press the play button on the following eTIPS video image for a brief demonstration on the operation of Tina.

Tina Introduction Video

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iSupportWhat's New with Software Releases?
 

Dragon Medical Hosted on Nuance Cloud
DataCenter customers subscribe to Dragon Medical 360 | Network Edition and Dragon Medical 360 | Direct, hosted on the Nuance Cloud.

    [DataCenter update completed 10/12/15]
    Nuance Management Server (NMS) version 5.0 SP1
    (build 5.0.41.2)

    This NMS 5.0 SP1 release is currently not released for upgrades to customer, DMNE on-premise systems.

For information on new features and enhancements for NMS 5.x from the What's New or Release Note documents, please login to iSupport and search for solution:

    #16800: NMS 5.0 releases for Hosted Dragon Medical products on Nuance Cloud


Dragon Medical 360 | Network Edition

    [Available for download from iSupport 7/14/15]
    Dragon Medical 360 | Network Edition client, version 2.4.1 (build 12.51.204.108)
    ENU (North American English) and ENG (UK English)

For a complete listing of all software releases and associated release documentation, login to iSupport and search for solution:

    (North American English only)
    #14274
    : Dragon Medical 360 | Network Edition or Enterprise Edition - What's New and Can I download the Current Version?"

    (International)
    #16657
    : DMNE Software Downloads for International Customers - ENG (United Kingdom English)


Dragon Medical 360 | Practice Edition

    [Released 8/20/15]
    Dragon Medical Practice Edition, International version 3.0
    (French, German, UK English)

    [Available for download from iSupport 12/1/14]
    Dragon Medical Practice Edition, version 2.2,
    ENU (North American English) with Windows 8.1 support

For a complete listing of all software releases and associated release documentation, login to iSupport and search for solutions:

    North American English only
    #14640
    : Dragon Medical Practice Edition - What's New and Can I Download Replacement Software?

    International
    #16678
    : DMPE International Software Downloads


Dragon Medical 360 | Direct

New[Released 11/17/15]
Dragon Medical 360 | Direct, version 2.1 SR2

For a complete listing of all software releases and associated release documentation, login to iSupport and search for solution:

    #15913: Dragon Medical 360 | Direct - Documentation & Release Notes


PowerPack For Cloud™
PowerPack Plus™
PowerPack for EHR™

    [Released 9/16/15]
    PowerPack For Cloud (Direct) Version 1.0

    PowerPack for Cloud is specifically for the Dragon Medical | Direct product hosted on the Nuance Healthcare Cloud. This package includes 21 medical specialties (.dat files) that collectively contain over 650 templates for the NMC Administrator to import into the appropriate customer NMC groups.

For more information on this Dragon Medical product offering, login to iSupport and search for solution:

    #16430: DM360 PowerPack™/Search My Commands™/Clinical Calculators™ - Software Download and Documentation


Dragon Medical NuanceLink Medical Updates

    [Released 9/25/15]
    Medication Update

    A recent medical update have been made available for Dragon Medical 360 | Network Edition (DMNE) customers. The customer's Nuance Management Server (NMS) will automatically "pull" (download) these updates as they become available. Once these updates are downloaded, each update will need customer approval through the Nuance Management Console (NMC) Messages page before the update is made available through the Profile Optimizer Server for distribution to the DMNE end-users. Once approved, the task status can be checked through the NMC Utilities under the Profile Optimizer Task List.

For more information on this Dragon Medical product offering, login to iSupport and search for solution:

    #14281: Dragon Medical NuanceLink Medical Updates


If you are not an iSupport subscriber, click iSupport Timesaver for information about how you may become an iSupport member.

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MaintenanceScheduled DataCenter Maintenance
 

The table below posts pending, scheduled maintenance events for the following Dragon Medical products hosted on the Nuance Healthcare Cloud:

  • Dragon Medical 360 | Network Edition
  • Dragon Medical 360 | Direct

A reminder communication will be sent approximately 15 days prior to each respective maintenance event that will detail the specific impact to all applicable system components.

Date

Day

Start Time

End Time

20-Dec-15

  Cancelled

17-Jan-16

Sunday

3:01amEST

7:01amEST

21-Feb-16

Sunday

3:01amEST

7:01amEST

20-Mar-16

Sunday

3:01amEST

7:01amEST

17-April-16

Sunday

3:01amEST

7:01amEST

15-May-16

Sunday

3:01amEST

7:01amEST

19-June-16

Sunday

3:01amEST

7:01amEST

17-July-16

Sunday

3:01amEST

7:01amEST

21-Aug-16

Sunday

3:01amEST

7:01amEST

18-Sep-16

Sunday

3:01amEST

7:01amEST

16-Oct-16

Sunday

3:01amEST

7:01amEST

20-Nov-16

Sunday

3:01amEST

7:01amEST

18-Dec-16

Sunday

3:01amEST

7:01amEST

If you have any questions about these upcoming maintenance events, please contact your Project Manager directly or contact Technical Support.

To register additional customer contacts to be notified by email distribution, please login to iSupport and search for solution 16768: Customer Notification for Nuance DataCenter Maintenance Alerts

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iSupportiSupport is a Proven Timesaver
 

iSupport is an Internet based support site where you can search our dynamic knowledge base for answers to your questions, access our library of operational manuals and quick reference guides, view the latest product enhancements, and submit online requests for service.

iSupport Knowledge Base Content Update:
A number of important knowledge base articles have been added or reissued with updated information to iSupport, as follows:

  • #16722 Implementing VMware View with Dragon Medical
  • #16800 NMS 5.0 releases for Hosted Dragon Medical products on Nuance Cloud
  • #16823 VIDEO: Launching Dragon Medical flashes splash screen momentarily...but no DragonBar
  • #16905 NMS Install Error 1603
  • #16908 Dragon Medical and ICD-10 Compliance
  • #16449 VIDEO: Dragon Medical "Driven by Dragon" - Quarterly Customer Webinar Series
  • #16711 VIDEO: PowerMic Mobile - Introduction, Resources and Training
  • #16782 Dragon Medical Support for Microsoft Windows 10
  • #16890 Submitting product enhancement / product feature requests for Dragon Medical
  • #16899 DM360 Direct 2.1 "Formatted text" options not present
  • #16863 VIDEO: SYDI-Server 2.4 Utility to Document Networks and Computers
  • #16889 VIDEO: Identify version and build numbers for Dragon Medical products
  • #14274 Dragon Medical 360 | Network Edition or Enterprise Edition What's New and Can I Download the Current Version?
  • #16647 DM360 | Direct error "SSD not available" when running sod.exe in Citrix
  • #16821 DFS Replication problems cause performance issues and profile corruption

To see the details of any item on the above listing, simply log in to iSupport and search for the article number that precedes each item.

Getting Started with iSupport
Registered iSupport members are able to use the full features of iSupport and submit online service requests. Click Getting Started with iSupport to view instructions on how to register to become an iSupport member.

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Contact SupportContacting Support
 

A dedicated Healthcare Support team available 24x7x365 services customers who have an active maintenance contract with Nuance.

Nuance Healthcare Technical Support

This organization can offer assistance via remote on-line connectivity to your systems. It's available toll-free at 800 833-7776 via our "Say Anything" menu. At the prompt simply say:

    "Dragon Medical 360 | Network Edition Support" or
    "Dragon Medical Practice Edition"

On the other hand, save the call and access Nuance Healthcare's Support Center through our iSupport, Internet-based website at https://isupport.nuance.com. If you are not an iSupport subscriber, click iSupport Timesaver for information about how you may become an iSupport member.

Nuance Depot Repair Service

Click here for a Web Form to submit a Depot Repair Service Request for Connexions Station (C-phone), Optic Mic, PowerMic, Philips Speech Mic, tape-based recording devices, digital recorders, etc. iSupport members can save time by simply logging in to iSupport and submitting a service request choosing "Depot" as the Request Type.

NOTE: There is no need to submit a Depot Repair Service Request on a PowerMic under a current Nuance Maintenance Contract. Call Nuance's Customer Account Management team at 800-339-7683 to get the broken PowerMic replaced. At the prompt simply say, "PowerMic Replacement."

Nuance Healthcare Technical Support

Additional information about how to contact Nuance's customer support team is available at Nuance's Technical Support websites:

Click here for Dragon Medical 360 | Network Edition

Click here for Dragon Medical Practice Edition:

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