can i use dragon to dictate directly into an emr?

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i can't speak to other emr's wrt being able to dictate directly into the chart; i think any emr worth it's salt should allow that. there is no interface required. in AC, i dictate directly into the chart note. i can also tab from field to field in AC using dragon (by saying "tab"). unfortunately, there is not yet full voice command and control in AC, and that is one of things on jon's to-do list. LLAnnie Skaggs wrote: Hi Larry, Here’s a real novice question on DNS. Only recently (when I started getting much busier) have I considered a dictation option. I type pretty quickly and pretty accurately, so it hasn’t been that much of an issue until now. Anyway, with DNS, I have always assumed that it would work like regular dictation, meaning I can dictate if I want, but they I have to cut and paste the output into the various sections of the EMR later, making it too cumbersome to be really helpful. It only just occurred to me that perhaps it would be possible to use it in seamless way with the speech to text direct into the emr. Does that really exist, and does it take an expensive interface to make it happen? Annie -----Original

Message-----From: [mailto: ] On Behalf Of lawrence lyonSent: Friday, January 12, 2007 9:43 PMTo: Subject: dragon standard vs pro i used dragon six and seven standard editions, but had a lot of difficulty with them. they did work for dictation, but made a lot mistakes, and

i'm not sure if that was due to microphone problems, or not taking full advantage of the accuracy improvement opportunities within dragon. i then went to pro eight and now i am using pro nine, and as time goes on, there is less training, and more and more accuracy. i use it every day, for note dictation, right in front of the patient, and for messages, both within AC, and for annotating pdf's in adobe. i have not used a standard edition since dragon seven. i imagine

that standard nine would work fine, but i can't say for sure, since i don't use it. the key feature in my mind that seems to make the most difference is the "document examiner" where one can have dragon review my notes. check out standard and see if it has that function. you can also go to knowbrainer.com to their forum, and ask there. the price difference between pro and standard is about $800, and i understand that's significant. i don't think it's necessary to go to dragon medical, which is even more. hope that's helpful. LLKathy Broman <kmlb2mchsi> wrote: I have a rather beginner question regarding the dragon naturally speaking. Do you have to get the very expensive medical version or can you train the regular version fairly quickly regarding medical language and spelling.Kathy Broman> I certainly agree here. If your interest takes you towards building> a computer, the latest edition of Maximum PC (a Magazine for

hardware> geeks), goes through the process of building an excellent gaming PC> which also works adequately for speech recognition. (About $1500)> If you're not into gaming, you could save by putting in a cheaper> video card and either upgrading the hard drive and/or putting in a> separate sound card-would come in at about $1200.>> > > I use the Sennheiser ME3, can't recall price but is> not "cheap" (I think >$100). However, the rep I bought the DNS from> said an after market mic was unnecessary & the one that comes w/ it> would have worked fine. I hear both stories: some say a good mic is> critical & others say it is not that big of a deal. You do need a> fast CPU & at least 1 gb RAM.> >> > DB> >> > microphone/dictation/Dragon NS> >> > I certainly don't want to trigger the massive discussion> we've had on Dragon dictation again, but I wanted to see which> microphones/headsets are currently being used most successfully,> especially cheap!> > I'm going to try it again - haven't bothered up to now, but I'm> tired of typing

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