Our experience has shown that medical providers want to ensure Dragon Medical will work before buying an EMR.   This information is crucial, because doctors that have tried the latest Dragon Medical or spoken to other practices that have, know one thing to be true.

Speech-to-text; is the fastest way to capture the narrative sections within EMR systems.

Voice Automated has been working with Dragon Medical since the day it was first released.  Our sales staff, trainers and integrators, know how to best utilize Dragon Medical with your EMR.

Just in case you wanted to know, Dragon Medical already works with the EMR systems listed below:

• A.I.med EMR
• ABELMed EHR – EMR / PM
• Abraxas EMR
• Accel™
• AdvantaChart™
• Agastha Medical Records (EMR)
• AllMeds EMR
• Amazing Charts
• ARIA™ Oncology Information System
• BETTERHEALTH record™
• Centricity®
• ChartCare EMR
• ChartEvolve
• ChartLogic EMR
• ChartMaker®
• ChartWare®
• Clinical Navigator
• CureMD PRS®
• CYRAMED™
• DC Talk™
• digiChart®
• Doc-U-Chart ®
• DoctorAssistant By
• Doctors Choice EMR™ & Nurses Choice EMR™
• DocuMed®
• e-MDs Solution Series
• e-Medsys™ Electronic Health Record
• E-Record EMR
• eClinicalWorks
• EDIM
• Electronic Patient Charts
• eMedRec
• EmpowER System™
• EMR4DOCTORS
• emr4MD
• EMRWorks™
• EndoSoft®
• EpicCare Ambulatory EMR
• Epitomax®
• Evolution EMR™
• EyeDoc® EMR
• EZChart™
• FreeMED
• gCare™
• GlaceEMR™
• gloEMR
• Harmony e/Notes EMR
• HealthPort EMR V9.0
• Health Probe Professional
• Horizon Ambulatory Care™
• iAchieve EHR
• iDocLocker
• InSync
• InteliDOX®
• Intelligent Medical Software
• IO Practiceware
• Janus Health
• Life Record™ EMR
• MD-Journal
• MD-Navigator Clinical®
• MD Advantage™
• MDAware® 2.2
• MDLAND Electronic Health Record and Practice Management Systems 8.0
  MDSyncEMR
• MED3000 InteGreat EHR
• Medamation™ MD
• MedAppz iSuite
• Medflow EMR
• Medi-EMR
  MediTab
• Medical and Practice Management (MPM)
• MedicalNotes.com
• Medical Practice Solutions
• MedicsDocAssistant™
• Medios EHR
• Medscribbler™
• MicroMD® EMR
• MindLinc
• mMD.net EHR
• NetPractice EHR
• Nightingale On-Demand
• OfficeEMR™ 2008
• OmniMD™ EMR
• OncoEMR
• ORIGIN
• Patient Chart Manager
• PBOmd
• PeakPractice™
• PerfectMed™ EHR
• Phoenix Ortho
• Physician Practice Documentation (PPD)
• Power Chart
• PowerSoftMD
• Practical Medical Record™
• Practice 2009
• PracticeOrders
• Practice Partner®
• PracticeStudio.NET®
• Practice Today
• PRAXIS EMR V4.0
• PrimeSuite® 2008
• PrognoCIS™
• ProgNote/MobileLink
• Pronto
• PsychNotesEMR
• Pulse Patient Relationship Management (Pulse PRM)
• Quick Notes EMR
• Raintree
• Rosch EMR-Allergy
• SamNotes2000
• ScriptSure
• SmartEMR
• SOAPware®
• STIX EMR
• Team Chart Concept
• TexTalk Medical
• The AMCIS Network By
• The Chart!
  TheraManager™
• Touch ED®
• TransMed
• Turbo-Doc EMR
• Unifi-Med™
• UroChart™ EMR
• Valant EMR
• VersaSuite 7.5
• Visionary™ DREAM EHR 7.1
• Waiting Room Solutions Practice Management System
• WebChartEHR
• Webchart EMR and MIE™ Minimally Invasive™ EMR
• Wellsoft EDIS
• workflowEHR™
• WriteMD®
• WritePad™ EMR Systems
• XLEMR

This article was originally posted at http://dragonmedicalblog.voiceautomated.com/2011/02/dragon-medical-is-compatible-with-most.html

Litton, a solo family medicine practitioner based in Virginia, wears his Bluetooth microphone constantly, ready to dictate into his EHR at the click of a button using voice recognition software and a tablet PC. Dr. Schwartz, an oncologist and president/CEO of Purchase, N.Y.-based Westmed Medical Group, can, on most days, locate his microphone under the desk in his office, an afterthought for a physician who finds no value in voice recognition at all and would rather communicate with his physician assistant.

NOT A POPULAR OPTION
According to our 2010 Physicians Practice Technology Survey, more of you are like Dr. Schwartz than Dr. Litton. Our results indicate that 78 percent of you are not using voice recognition software while 22 percent are following Dr. Litton’s lead in incorporating it into your daily practice.

Bruce Kleaveland, a Seattle-based health IT consultant, says he interprets the nearly 8 in 10 physicians not using voice recognition as generally tech-savvy, but choosing direct entry through an EHR template as a faster alternative to voice recognition.

“Also, generally, doctors are going to feel more comfortable using direct entry in front of a patient than they would be using voice recognition,” Kleaveland says. “I don’t think it is so much that they don’t want patients to hear it as much as it is if you are entering it directly [into an EHR], you have a little more discretion about the manner in which the data is entered.”

Kleaveland adds that there is also the element of knowing direct entry will work versus voice where there may be a need to correct the entry and when time management is crucial for getting through a busy day of appointments, direct entry may be preferred.

FINDING HIS VOICE
At Litton Family Medicine in Pennington Gap, Va., Litton greets patients adorned with the microphone and a tablet PC firmly in his grasp. Notes are entered directly into his EHR via the tablet and dictation is not done in front of the patient, Litton says, but rather after a visit as he walks down the hall to add some quick voice files to the patient’s record.

“It helps me to save time and be more efficient,” he says. “I’d advocate for [voice recognition] use. If you have an EHR, then that indicates [the physicians] are somewhat technologically savvy and they have embraced the change in our practice landscape in that computers and technology are very much going to be a big part of our day-to-day workings.”

Litton opened his practice after completing his post-grad medical education in family medicine in 2003, and integrated a voice recognition program online two years later. Besides getting his voice recognition program to account for a slight Southern accent, Litton says it took him very little time to train on the system and get up and running.

Of those survey respondents who said they were using voice recognition software, 56 percent said it took more than one day of training and 44 percent said it took one day or less. As for whether the software eliminated transcription costs, 52 percent said the technology generated some savings and 48 percent said they have stopped using a transcriptionist altogether.

NO ‘DRAMATIC CHANGE’ SEEN AHEAD
Like Litton, many physicians using voice recognition software are doing so as part of an EHR. But while that may be the case, Kleaveland says as EHR use will likely grow – thanks in part to federal incentives – he wouldn’t rush to predict microphones accompanying stethoscopes as standard physician attire.

“[Voice recognition use] may bump up a little bit or down a little bit, but I don’t see a dramatic change,” he says. “Part of the reason is that voice is a technology in of itself that needs to be mastered and managed. It is not a panacea. With EHR meaningful use, part of the objective is for doctors to capture data in more discreet fashions, which really lends itself to more of the point and click, checklist type of items.”

Of the 165 doctors working at New York’s Westmed Medical Group in primary care and 26 specialties, only six or seven use voice recognition software, according to Schwartz, who has practiced medicine for more than three decades. Westmed has used its EHR for nearly eight years.

Schwartz says his personal reasons for not using voice recognition have to do with two simple factors: the medical narrative and work flow.

First, he does not see the value in recording all of a patient’s explanation of symptoms, personal information, etc. Those aspects of the patient visit deserve full attention, but not full recording in a record, he says. So if most of his visits as an oncologist do not involve putting that information in the record, why use voice recognition over his own written determination of the next course of action?

“Think about the differences between the spoken word and the written word,” Schwartz says. “You consider the nuance of what you are writing. When you speak, you don’t consider that nuance, so I would rather have three or four well-formed, well-typed sentences …reflecting my anxiety and uncertainty about the diagnosis. The more the physician has clarity of thought, the easier it is to have a note that does not contain excess and is it therefore more likely to impart much more useful information.”

TECH WORKS, BUT ONLY FOR SOME
As for work flow, Schwartz simply cannot imagine outfitting every exam room with a microphone or computer terminal, but does concede it can work for some specialties. At Westmed, it words best for the radiologist, who sits at a single workstation “with a lot of horsepower,” according to Schwartz, dictating 100 reports a day where the nature of the report has some variation, but a lot of standardization, he adds.

“Voice recognition clearly works,” Schwartz says. “The more effort the physician puts into training it, the more effort the physician puts into standardizing their comments, the more the physician trains their voice to use it effectively, the more sedentary the physician is, the less varied the work they do, the more likely that it will be a home run for them….You can’t beat that, but that’s not what medicine is. I’m an oncologist and that is certainly not what an oncologist does.”

Schwartz is upfront about not being a big fan of EHRs either – they have become “disgusting,” he says in their permitting the cutting and pasting of other people’s notes into charts, and physicians “view them grudgingly,” he says.

All that aside, he agrees with our survey data when it comes to voice recognition software as favorable by some physicians and not a tool in the tool belt of others.

“I think for a small segment of physicians who are very motivated, who have certain styles of efficiency, this technology is excellent, but it will not become dominant,” he says.

Are you more Dr. Litton or Dr. Schwartz? Weigh in below with your thoughts.

Source: physicianspractice.com

This is the loophole in the medical transcription process which can be easily overcome by the speech recognition technology. There are two types of software available for the users and they are:

• Front-end Speech recognition software.

• Back-end speech recognition software.

The above two options have their own advantages and shortcomings. In front end SR, the physician dictates and edits the transcribed report and there is no need of medical transcriptionist or an editor. The physician finds this type of application, time consuming because of the busy schedule. In absence of transcriptionist or editor, the accuracy of the transcribed report cannot be guaranteed because the software is not completely accurate.Besides this, if the physician overlooks an error while transcribing, it will be carried forward into the treatment and can seriously affect the outcome.

In the Back-End SR or deferred SR the provider dictates into a digital dictation system. The voice file is sent along with the draft to the medical transcriptionist for editing. After editing and finalization, the report is sent back to the doctor for signing. Thus back-end voice recognition software increases the accuracy of the transcribed report by providing a quality back up in form a medical transcriptionist, who effectively filters out errors made by the physician. Most of the physicians prefer this mode of transcribing as it saves them time.

From medical transcription perspective, the health services providers find it easy and useful integrate the back end type of voice recognition technology with their transcription process. It reduces their turnaround time without compromising the prevalent accuracy level.

Speech recognition software increases the productivity of medical transcription.

Jason Gaya

Read more on speech recognition software at, www.dragonelearning.com

• The Front-end type voice recognition system, in which the words are displayed as they are spoken and the speaker, generally a physician is responsible for editing and signing the document. Here no transcriptionist or editor is required.
• The Back-end voice recognition system, spoken words are converted into a drafted document. This document is routed along with corresponding voice file to the medical transcriptionist or an editor, who edits and finalizes the document.

Of the two, the Back-end type voice recognition system is preferred. It provides an additional quality control back-up in form of, a pair of trained eyes of the medical transcriptionist, which efficiently filter out the transcribing errors made by the software. The other advantage that this combination of human effort and software provides is, considerable reduction in the turnaround time of the transcribed report, without compromising the prevalent quality standards in the industry.
Speech to Text conversion software and medical transcriptionist can together make the medical documentation process quicker, safer and more accurate.

Speech to Text conversion software and medical transcriptionist can together make the medical documentation process quicker, safer and more accurate.

Read more on speech recognition software, at www.dragonelearning.com

To eliminate the errors in the transcription process, and speed it up considerably so that information about more people can be conveyed and stored, it is necessary to take help of automated speech recognition software that easily converts the spoken words into text at a great speed. This is where Dragon Naturally speaking Software steps in to make the medical transcription really easy for the doctors and the patient alike. The Dragon Medical 10 has host of features that makes it very useful to the doctors.

• It is highly accurate and contains medical vocabularies that cover 80 specialties and sub-specialties.
• Speeds up transcription process by allowing the doctors to quickly navigate throughout EMR using voice commands.
• Provides a good EMR support, which means record of illness, plans and reviews.
• Follows HIPAA codes making patient identity protection very easy.
• A higher adaptability and flexibility for out-of-box accent makes it possible to cover even heavy accented voice commands. It also supports nicely regional accents.
• Special software features like Power Mic and My command that make the use of the software easier and faster.
• Automated form filling mechanism through use of templates.

 This all features make the Dragon Medical quite superlative compared to other speech recognition software as it is better equipped to provide more precise and faster transcription which means that critical medical information is transferred quickly without any errors. This makes it very safe for the clinicians to carry out the treatment of the patients on the medical records, which they can easily rely on.

Howdy

For more information check out www.dragonelearning.com

Our search ends here……………

Nuance introduces Dragon Professional version for corporate professionals to create documents and emails, fill out forms and streamline workflow process just by speaking. Dragon Professional version provides you with awesome range of tools to maximize your productivity and three times faster than you ever thought possible with 99% accuracy. With Dragon Professional, you can even dictate into a handheld device when you’re away from your PC, or use a Bluetooth microphone.

Dragon Professional version is seamlessly compatible with Microsoft office and users can dictate, edit and navigate menus in virtually all windows-based applications. The Professional edition of Dragon NaturallySpeaking offers users with extra functionality of specialized external vocabularies. It offers complete enterprise network support, including new security features, a special management guide for IT professionals and support for Citrix deployments.

Enterprise Benefits                       

• Enables you to create custom voice commands to automate and streamline repetitive tasks.
• With single voice command feature, it allows organizations to set up macros of frequently used signatures, boilerplates, phrases, paragraphs and many more so that multi-processes can be automatically executed saving even more time.
• Professional version enables organization to meet their disability management. Whether employees are permanently disabled or just in temporary rehabilitation, it can keep everyone on the job.
• Organizations with larger deployments can centrally manage voice profiles, custom vocabularies and multiple installations.

 Dragon Professional version is most suitable for:

• Repetitive strain injury (RSI) prevention/accommodation
• Accessibility (physical or language-based learning disabilities such as dyslexia)
• General office productivity
• Intelligence reporting and incident reporting (law enforcement)
• Field reporting (insurance claims, field sales, field service, social workers, inspectors, law enforcement)
• Call center agents

Resource: Nuance Communications

J.G.       

This group strongly favors Medicare regulations and health care reform initiatives that put patient first in preserving access to quality cardiac care. Cardiovascular disease takes lives of more American compared to cancer, accidents and diabetes combines. It is considered as Number One Killer in America, claiming 2,400 lives each day. “That number will continue to climb if currently proposed Medicare regulations or certain provisions within health care reform legislation are implemented,” said Warren Levy, M.D.,F.A.C.C., a Virginia-based cardiologist and a spokesperson for the alliance. “We are launching the Guarding Hearts Alliance to make sure that America’s heart patients are heard in Washington. We support the intention of recently proposed Medicare regulations, but we cannot stand by as proposals are adopted that will hurt patients and their access to the highest quality cardiac care possible. Our focus is on our patients and protecting the progress we’ve made in fighting heart disease.”

The group’s mission is to educate lawmakers and others about how proposed Medicare’s regulations and health care reforms. Administered through the Cardiology Advocacy Alliance, this group is vitally concerned about potential changes that could inadvertently endanger patient lives. Issues such as imaging equipment utilization rates and reimbursement fee schedules might sound like they would generate simple shifts in business practices, but they represent a real threat – restricting access to lifesaving technology that serves the range of rural Medicare recipients to privately insured urban residents alike. Guarding Hearts Alliance wants Medicare Officials and Congress to consider following measures under this reform: Support strong credentialing and accreditation programs to make certain that diagnostic equipment is used properly and cost-effectively. Encourage the use of criteria to help physicians determine which tests are appropriate based on a patient’s symptoms and medical history. Provide for disclosure of physician ownership in hospitals and imaging equipment to promote transparency. Ensure patient safety through the creation of emergency care provisions and protocols at physician-owned facilities. Guarding Hearts Alliance support Medicare Regulations and health care legislation that put the patient first i.e. making sure cardiac patients have access to the tests their doctors use to diagnose and treat their heart disease.

Source: http://www.GuardingHeartsAlliance.org

emPower pledges its support to Guarding Hearts Alliance in an effort to protect access to Quality Cardiac Care for all Americans

I have been asked by a lot of my readers about Dragon Naturally Speaking versions and their differences.

Here is a chart that would give you an idea about some basic differences in the Standard Version and Legal, Medical and Professionals Version.

This would help you select a best version that suits your need.
J.G.

Today, i would like to talk to you about Dragon voice recognition software for Legal practices.

Nuance Communications introduces Dragon NaturallySpeaking Legal Version 10 for legal professionals to work faster and in a more efficient way. Dragon Legal version is a powerful productivity tool that allows legal community to create contracts, dictate briefs, and draft court documents or email messages. The Legal edition comes with pre-configured legal vocabulary containing nearly 30,000 legal-specific terms and phrases, and automatically formats citations. Dragon NaturallySpeaking Legal adopted by thousands of legal professionals to increase productivity and reduce transcription costs.

With Dragon Naturally Speaking 10 Legal you can create custom commands to instantly build and format templates for contracts or other legal documents. Dragon Legal v10 is fully integrated into virtually any Windows-based application, including the Microsoft Office suite, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox and Corel WordPerfect. Dragon Legal suite enables legal professionals to save time on paperwork and can spend more time on professional legal tasks.

With Dragon Legal edition you can avail following benefits:

• Legal version upto 99% accurate just as accurate as many manual transcribers.

• Use Dragon Legal edition to reduce reliance on support staff.

• Dragon Naturally Speaking Legal version increases productivity and simplify tasks.

• Improved third-party correction features streamline the editing and correction process that cuts down turnaround time for legal documents.

• Accelerates your daily tasks as it enables you to create and formal legal documents, billing information, e-mail, and many more – with the power of your voice.

• It helps to address Americans with Section 508 requirements and Disabilities Act (ADA).

• Allows promoting prompt, standardized reporting and documentation procedures.

• Protects from debilitating repetitive stress injuries, and saves operational cost.

So you see here Dragon Version have not been just useful to Medical and professional but Legal industry too.

J.G.

I was thinking that every one is now aware about Dragon Naturally Speaking Software and what it can do. But i want to share why and how training is important to make the best use of Dragon Voice Recognition Software…

Often we find that only a part of the capabilities of the software applications being utilized by people and they don’t get proper return on their investment. The reason is that they go for self-training and don’t get benefits of all the features of the software application to help them increase accuracy. A peep into how much more we can achieve through maximum usage of all the features of software, we could discover improved ways of working with software that will improve effectiveness and overall productivity. Dragon  training helps a business enterprise to be on the cutting edge as in today’s world it becomes necessary to compete with the latest advancements in technology. Also Dragon software training keeps businesses and their employees from falling behind in new software programs and upgrades.

Dragon software training is equipped in an effective way so that you can effortlessly get to know about all the features of Dragon software and can apply what they have learned to their day-to-day needs.  For Dragon training you can find variety of effective solutions for customizing speech recognition software to suit your needs. Dragon Training includes online, in-house training and support for all Dragon Naturally Speaking solutions. Dragon on-site training is very useful as it is designed to deal with the specific issues each user face while using Dragon Naturally Speaking software. In one-on-one training, curriculum can be customized and delivered as per user training requirements. Also Dragon on site training is flexible and cost-effective option as it allows you to impart training to as many employees in an organization you like and don’t have to leave the office. In addition to this, one-on-one dragon training allows employees to have consistent learning experience and can share knowledge.

Dragon online training and e-learning are providing more and more organizations with the opportunity to train their employees in Dragon Naturally Speaking software more effectively, efficiently and cost effectively in today’s competitive market. Dragon e-learning based program allows organization to train their employees in an interactive manner and provides flexibility that is required in today’s rapidly growing workforce. Online Dragon training allows employees to learn at their own pace and can repeat areas that they find difficult to understand.

Thats why people say to use a tool properly proper instruction are required.

I hope this help.

J.G.