“The use of Dragon NaturallySpeaking along with an EMR system will improve patient care immensely. I often receive EMR generated reports that only include a list of diagnosis and ICD-9 codes without any discussion of different diagnosis and treatment plan.” The current healthcare trend to use EMRs is great, but many EMRs are very limited in allowing the doctor to input a discussion.
This significantly improves patient care. The referring physician receives the report the same day. “Dragon NaturallySpeaking lets me provide a nicely formatted patient report immediately after seeing a patient. I save at least $10,000 a year by using it.”
I have been using Dragon NaturallySpeaking since 1997 as my only dictation resource. Each report would cost between ten to fifteen dollars. I previously used a medical transcription service, which was nice - but costly. Microsoft® Internet Explorer 6 or higher (free download available at - An Internet connection for product activation. Sound card capable of recording, set to 16 bit 11 KHz for audio recording. Installations can range from 800 MB to 2.5 GB Minimum of 1 GB of free hard disk space for a custom Installation where you install only the program files and 1 set of speech files. Recommended for Vista is 2 GB of RAM or more Windows 2000 (Service Pack 4 or higher), or Windows Server 2000 (Service Pack 4 or higher), Windows Server 2003, Windows XP Home or Windows XP Professional (32-bit with Service Pack 2 or higher), and Windows Vista Home or Professional Windows Vista with or without Service Pack 1 (32-bit only). If your system does not meet the requirements, the software will not be installed. During the installation process the software checks to make sure your system meets the minimum requirements. Faster processor will produce faster performance. Recommended: Intel® Pentium® 2.4 GHz (1.6 GHz dual core processor) or equivalent AMD processor. Intel® Pentium® (or equivalent AMD processor) 1GHz processor or greater- minimum specs only.
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