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Dragon Medical Practice Edition

 
August 2016, Volume 8, Number 8  
 

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Nuance is pleased to present you with this edition of eTips.

In this new edition of eTips you will find:

eTip 1: VIDEO: User Profile Creation in DMNE 2.x.

eTip 2: Troubleshooting Recognition Accuracy Issue "period" recognized as "peer".

eTip 3: Determining the PowerMic Firmware Version Using Windows Device Manager.

eTip 4: DMO ClickOnce Cannot Invoke Auto-Updates When Launched From Windows Taskbar.

Also:

What's new | Webinar | Tina | Connect with us | Meet Nuance Employee
Scheduled maintenance | iSupport | Contacting support | More

 

VIDEO library - Dragon Medical

Log in to iSupport and search for solution 16932: VIDEO Library - Dragon Medical. A library of current video topics is available to our customers for supporting their Dragon Medical products.


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 intro

Tina

 

Click here for the latest improvements and information.


New software releases

Click here for new Dragon Medical software releases.


Windows 10 support

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


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This month's eTips

eTip 1

Did you know how to create a user profile in DMNE version 2.x?

This video topic applies to the Dragon Medical Network Edition (DMNE), version 2.x, product and covers the steps to create a user profile at the DMNE client using the New User Profile wizard.

You can open the New User Profile wizard by clicking Profile > New User Profile on the DragonBar and then clicking New.

To learn more and to keep current with any changes to this topic, log in to iSupport and search for solution 16803: VIDEO: User Profile creation procedure for DMNE 2.x.

To save any solution as a Quick Link on the iSupport home page, click the Add To Quick Links button found on the upper-right of this, or any, iSupport solution.

Play VideoClick the video icon for additional information about User Profile Creation for DMNE 2.x (James West, 4:49 minutes).



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eTip 2

Did you know how to troubleshoot the recognition accuracy issue "period" recognized as "peer"?

Customers using Dragon Medical Network Edition (DMNE) or Dragon Medical One (DMO) where custom word lists are maintained on the Nuance Management Console (NMC) may report recognition accuracy issues like the word "period" being recognized up "peer".

Troubleshooting these types of recognition accuracy issues should include a check for custom words at the NMC user, group, and site levels as presented in the NMC screenshots below.

From the NMC, navigate to Speech Recognition > Manage > Words.

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Below is an example where the Written Form "." is errantly assigned as the Spoken Form "peer".

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Also, releasing the record button prematurely on the hand microphone during the last part of dictating the word "period" can cause this issue as well. When the provider says "period", but releases the record button in the middle of word "period", recognition is truncated resulting in recognizing only the first syllable which then gets presented as "peer".

To learn more and to keep current with any changes to this topic, log in to  iSupport and search for solution 18286: Dragon Medical recognition accuracy: "period" recognized as "peer".

To save this solution as a Quick Link on the iSupport home page, click the Add To Quick Links button found on the upper-right of this, or any, iSupport solution.


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eTip 3

Did you know that the formatting of section headings is configured in the Formatting options?

Customers using the Nuance PowerMic with Dragon Medical products may need to determine the firmware version installed on their PowerMic devices. This may be necessary when troubleshooting certain issues or when requiring a firmware update.

There are several methods outlined below that can be used to determine the firmware version of PowerMic devices.

Windows Device Manager

This method does not require installing a separate utility or reviewing a log file. Customers can open the Windows Device Manager on Dragon Medical clients using PowerMics and check their firmware version.

To open the Windows Device Manager:

  1. Right-click the Computer icon on the desktop, click Properties, and then Device Manager.
    (Alternately, click the Start menu > Control Panel > Device Manager)
  2. Expand Human Interface Devices.



  3. Locate the HID-compliant device assigned to the PowerMic by right-clicking each HID-compliant device and then clicking Properties.
  4. Check the General and Driver tabs to determine which HID-compliant device is assigned to the PowerMic.
  5. Once found, click the Properties Details tab and click Hardware Ids. The firmware version is located within the Hardware Id. In the example below, the first ID shows REV_205 which corresponds to firmware version 2.05.

Dragon Medical dragon.log File

The Dragon Medical client's dragon.log file will stipulate the PowerMic firmware version as well. Search for a line containing:
INFO: PowerMic II support is enabled. Device name: PowerMicII-NS; Firmware Version: 2.0.4; Manufacturer: Dictaphone Corporation

The above log line reveals PowerMic firmware version 2.0.4.

There are several ways to locate the dragon.log file generated by the Dragon Medical client. Refer to the iSupport solution below for instructions:
Solution #16542 - Dragon.log File Essentials for Dragon Medical clients

PowerMic Firmware Utility

The PowerMic firmware update utilities can be installed on Dragon Medical client machines to identify the current PowerMic firmware version, as well as update firmware for any connected PowerMic device. Each PowerMic firmware version will have its own utility.

Refer to the following iSupport solution for PowerMic resources including firmware update utilities:
Solution #13102 - Downloads and Resources - Nuance PowerMic™Microphones

To learn more and to keep current with any changes to this topic, log in to  iSupport and search for solution 18303: Determining PowerMic firmware versions.

To save this solution as a Quick Link on the iSupport home page, click the Add To Quick Links button found on the upper-right of this, or any, iSupport solution.


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eTip 4

Did you know DMO ClickOnce cannot invoke Auto-Updates when launched from Windows Taskbar?

Customers using Dragon Medical One (DMO) have reported an issue where DMO ClickOnce is not prompting with auto-updates for new releases of DMO.

This issue has been found to be caused when the DMO ClickOnce application is pinned to the Microsoft Windows Taskbar. Pinning ClickOnce installations to the Windows Taskbar will prevent auto-update routines from executing, specifically blocking the upgrade of DMO as new versions are released.

What happens is that Microsoft Windows will link to the DMO SoD.exe process and start the SoD.exe executable as a native application, instead of starting the ClickOnce SoD application. This prevents any ClickOnce related code from executing, including auto-updates.

Solution

ImportantIMPORTANT: It is advised to launch DMO from the Windows Start Menu and not from the Windows Taskbar.

Launching DMO from the Windows Start menu will ensure the auto-update routine will run.

Otherwise, if customers pin DMO ClickOnce to the Windows Taskbar, the following is advised:

  1. Add the iSupport solution below as a Quick Link to your iSupport Dashboard to be notified whenever a new DMO version is released:
    iSupport solution #15913 - Dragon Medical One - Documentation & Release Notes
  2. When a new DMO version is released, run DMO from the Windows Start Menu to be prompted by the auto-update routine to receive the latest release.

To learn more and to keep current with any changes to this topic, log in to iSupport and search for solution 18283: DMO ClickOnce Not Invoking Auto-Updates When Launched From Windows Taskbar.

To save this solution as a Quick Link on the iSupport home page, click the Add To Quick Links button found on the upper-right of this, or any, iSupport solution.

 

 

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What's new

Dragon Medical Hosted on Nuance Cloud

DataCenter customers subscribe to Dragon Medical Network Edition and Dragon Medical One, hosted on the Nuance Cloud.

New[Data Center update completed week of July 18.
Released for DMNE 2.5.2 HF1 On-premise 8/17/16.]
Nuance Management Server (NMS) version 5.4
   (tentatively build 5.4.75)

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

  • #16800: NMS 5.0 releases for Hosted Dragon Medical products on Nuance Cloud
  • #14274: DMNE Software Downloads

Dragon Medical One

New[released 7/28/16]
Dragon Medical One, Version 3.1

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

  • #15913: Dragon Medical One - Documentation & Release Notes
  • #17066: Dragon Medical One - Introduction and Resources

Dragon Medical Network Edition
 
New[Released 8/17/16]
Dragon Medical Network Edition client, version 2.5.2 HF1

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

ENU (North American English only

  • #14274: DMNE Software Downloads

International

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

For advance version 2.5 documentation guides, log in to iSupport and search for solution:

  • #14111: Dragon Medical Network Edition Documentation

Dragon Medical Practice Edition
ENU (North American English only)

[Released 6/29/16]

  • Dragon Medical Practice Edition version 2.3
  • (Windows 10 support)

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

  • #14640: Dragon Medical Practice Edition - What's New and Can I Download Replacement Software?


Dragon Medical Practice Edition
International

[Released 4/2016]

  • Dragon Medical Practice Edition, International version 3.2
  • Service Pack - (French, German, UK English, Dutch)

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

  • #16678: DMPE International Software Downloads

PowerPack For Cloud™
PowerPack Plus™
PowerPack for EHR™

[Released 4/8/16]

  • Version 2.3

PowerPack productivity offerings, for Dragon Medical One and Dragon Medical Network Edition products hosted on the Nuance Healthcare Cloud, contain different combinations of the following components:

  • PowerPack Content v2.3
    22 medical specialties that collectively contain over 650 templates.
  • PowerPack Search My Commands™ (SMC) v2.3
    Quick access to, and preview of, all command content in the user's profile, including user-specific favorites list for commands most often utilized.
  • PowerPack Clinical Calculators™ (CC) v2.3
    Clinical decision support tools that assist with both calculation and consistent documentation using various risk scores, formulas, rules, and calculators based on algorithms well-established in the healthcare industry.

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

  • #16430: Dragon Medical: PowerPack Productivity Products (Cloud/Plus/EHR) PowerPack Content/Search My Commands™/Clinical Calculators™ - Software Download and Documentation

Dragon Medical NuanceLink medical updates

New[Released 7/26/16]
Medication Update

  • A recent medical update have been made available for Dragon Medical 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, log in 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.

 

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

 

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What's fixed

To view an expanded What's Fixed listing, by product version, please log in to iSupport, search for and open one of the following solutions, and then click the Release Notes link, which is found in the Version Specific Documents group:

  • See Solution #17010 for v3.5 Release Notes
  • See Solution #17005 for v3.0 Release Notes
  • See Solution #17007 for v2.5 Release Notes
  • See Solution #17008 for v2.0 Release Notes
  • See Solution #17009 for v1.x Release Notes

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

Among the defects listed in the release notes, we want to highlight the fixes below:

  • Updated the PS360 RadBridge Apple Certificates. The updated PS360 RadBridge Apple Certificates will not expire until 9/9/2017.
  • The PS360 Client Username and Password are cleared once the user logs into the PS360 Client.
  • When the "DICOM Merge Multiple Values" option is enabled, the correct DICOM merge field value is returned. This will also occurred when multiple DICOM SR entries use the same instanceID and are used multiple times.
  • If "Allow null password via automation" is enabled and the PACS/RIS integration utilizes this feature to authenticate the user in PS360, the sign confirmation password is properly validated.
  • Custom field values containing a comma (,) are recognized as a valid entry and will allow the user to Draft/Sign a report.
  • Properly format a numbered list in a fill-in field when a dictated study is re-opened.
  • DICOM Bridge will properly populate the DICOM SR object in RadBridge.

 

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Driven by Dragon - Webinar series

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

The next quarterly Webinar for our Dragon Medical customers is: Thursday, November 10th, 2016. To register, please click the Register button below:

Register now

Most recent webinar

Recently on August 11, Dragon Medical Technical Support presented our latest Driven by Dragon Webinar. The content included the following topics:

  • Dragon Medical Advisor product launch
  • New and pending software releases for:
    • Nuance Management Server (Cloud and On-premise)
    • Dragon Medical One
    • Dragon Medical Network Edition
    • Dragon Medical Practice Edition
  • Documentation and iSupport content upgrades/improvements
  • Question and Answer

This webinar hosted 31 customer attendees with 50% survey participation.

Below are the survey results for the overall webinar value across Q1-Q3.

Webinar Survey Overall Value

Q3 survey results for the individual webinar segments follow.

Webinar Survey Segment Value

Webinar video archive

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

Click to Play

3Q' 2016 - August 11
Requires iSupport log in and several minutes to begin playback

57:22

304 MB

8/12/16

Click to Play

2Q' 2016 - May 12
Requires several minutes to begin playback

56:28

465 MB

5/13/16

Click to Play

1Q' 2016 - February 18
Requires several minutes to begin playback

54:17

174 MB

2/19/16

Click to Play

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

63:08

413 MB

10/8/15

Click to Play

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

53:25

488 MB

7/10/15

Click to Play

2Q' 2015 - April 9

42:44

117 MB

4/10/15

Click to Play

1Q' 2015 - January 8

48:08

190 MB

1/8/15

Click to Play

4Q' 2014 - October 9

32:12

51 MB

10/13/14

Click to Play

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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Meet Tony Martino

Tony Martino is a product support engineer for Nuance's PowerScribe 360 | Reporting Technical Support team. Tony joined this team approximately 10 years ago and has worked at Nuance/Dictaphone for twenty-nine years. Tony is extremely committed to ensuring our customers are achieving the highest level of support for their PowerScribe 360 systems.

Tony lives in South Louisiana and enjoys fishing for crawfish/crayfish and crab with his sons, brother and friends. Tony also enjoys traveling with his youngest son as he competes in Taekwondo tournaments.


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Scheduled maintenance

The following includes planned maintenance schedules for the PowerShare Network.

PowerShare Network
Date Day Start Time End Time
There is no upcoming maintenance scheduled at this time.

There is no upcoming maintenance scheduled at this time.

If you are not receiving our maintenance notification messages:

  1. Confirm that your email address is on the notification list and that the log shows the messages being successfully delivered to you by emailing support@nuancepowershare.com and opening a ticket.
  2. Check your spam/junk folder for the message. Set your spam/junk folder options to allow these messages to be delivered to your inbox.
  3. Add delivery@b2b-mail.net  to your whitelist.
  4. Investigate with your email administration why the message is not making it to your inbox.

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What's new with Tina?

Tina is a Web Interactive Support tool available in iSupport to assist our Dragon Medical product customers with finding fast solutions to their common support questions.

Tina presents a web-centered, text-based user interface (UI) hosted on the Home tab of the customer iSupport portal. Tina offers a human-like, conversational approach when communicating with our customers, providing personalized, effortless, self-service support.Tina's intelligence increases to enhance the customer experience by constantly learning from dialoging with users.

Past Month Analytics
This past month's reporting analytics for Tina show the following metrics:

  • 382 Conversations
  • 26% of customers logging into iSupport took advantage of Tina's
    self-service benefits.
  • 84% First Contact Answer (FCA)
    ..where the percentage of user inquiries are resolved with the
    first answer (see chart below).

Survey results below for Tina represent "Excellent" and "Good" responses.

In order to further improve our customers' experience, the Dragon Medical Support Team continues to add additional content and optimize Tina's capabilities.

So, please continue to ask Tina your questions!

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

Play VideoFor a brief demonstration on the operation of Tina, click the video icon.


 

 

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iSupport

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:

  • #18303 Determining PowerMic firmware versions
  • #14274 DMNE Software Downloads
  • #18286 Dragon Medical recognition accuracy: "period" recognized as "peer"
  • #18283 DMO ClickOnce Not Invoking Auto-Updates When Launched From Windows Taskbar
  • #16800 Notice of Nuance Cloud NMS Upgrades for Hosted Dragon Medical Customers
  • #16449 VIDEO: Dragon Medical "Driven by Dragon" - Quarterly Customer Webinar Series
  • #15913 Dragon Medical One - Documentation & Release Notes
  • #17883 Dragon Medical Advisor (DMA) Introduction and Resources
  • #14281 Dragon Medical NuanceLink Medical Updates
  • #14111 Dragon Medical Network Edition Documentation

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 see instructions on how to register to become an iSupport member.


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Contacting support

A dedicated Healthcare Support team is available 24x7x365 for our "Dragon Medical Network Edition Support" or "Dragon Medical Practice Edition" 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.

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 Network Edition

Click here for Dragon Medical Practice Edition

 

 
 

It's available toll-free at (800) 833-7776 via our "Say Anything" menu. So say, "Dragon Medical Network Edition Support" or "Dragon Medical Practice Edition" at the prompt.

 

 

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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 get started.

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
Click here for additional information about how to contact Nuance's Dragon Medical customer support team from Nuance's Technical Support website:

 

 

 

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