What Is Dragon Medical One?
What Is Dragon Medical One?
One of the biggest challenges that doctors face when treating patients is time. There are often dozens of patients waiting for an appointment – and doctors who don’t have the time to see them.
This means that it’s essential for medical practitioners to streamline the patient care process as much as possible, reducing the time they spend with each patient. One part of patient care that often takes more time than necessary is documenting the patient’s history.
Getting your patient’s story and history right is essential to treatment – but documenting this history can take far longer than necessary.
That’s where Dragon Medical One comes in. It helps you use your voice to document faster and more accurately, reducing the amount of time you spend on paperwork between patients – and making it easier for you to see more patients in the day.
Nuance has been providing speech recognition software for medical professionals for over 30 years, and Dragon Medical is the leading voice-to-text software around. Over the last six years, it has constantly been ranked the best speech recognition solution by physicians worldwide, and Nuance won the #1 Best in KLAS Award in 2021.
Dragon Medical One is a way for physicians to reduce physicians’ frustration with the number of responsibilities they have. It helps cut down on time spent on documentation, allowing doctors to take back time they would otherwise spend on documentation. This time can be spent as needed, whether it involves seeing more patients or taking personal time to destress.
The New Dragon
Previously, physicians were limited when using Dragon – they could only install it on a maximum of four desktops. The new Dragon Medical One gets rid of that limitation. Now, you can install Dragon on as many internet-enabled PCs as you want.
This tool takes up very little of your PC’s system resources, and all processing is handled on the cloud, which means the only thing your PC needs for Dragon to function effectively is an internet connection and basic Windows 10.
Dragon’s greatest strength is its conversational AI, allowing physicians to dictate the patient's story more naturally while also ensuring the most accurate results possible. Dragon is dedicated to ensuring that patient stories are never limited by technology, and that’s what this conversational AI provides physicians.
Additionally, once you install Dragon Medical One on an internet-enabled PC, you’ll be able to access your account from anywhere you want.
Your profile will be established automatically the first time you use the software, and – unlike with the older Dragon Medical Practice Ed. – there is no voice training required for you to do so. The software is 99% accurate from the moment you boot it up and even has functionalities such as automatic accent adjustments and microphone calibrations to reduce errors as much as possible.
Dragon Medical One also helps reduce time spent transcribing patient history by completely removing the need for spell check. You no longer have to stop in the middle of repeating patient history to fix spelling errors or check the transcription at the end for issues with transcribing complex medical terms.
It doesn’t matter if you’re saying the word “tomorrow” or “arteriosclerosis” – Dragon Medical One will be able to transcribe both with no issue! Additionally, you don’t have to slow down when saying complex terms – Dragon Medical One has the most advanced medical vocabulary available, so you won’t need to have a human transcriptionist assist you alongside the software.
This means that you save time spent on double-checking and money spent on an additional staff member, both of which you’re free to assign elsewhere.
Installing Dragon Medical One
If you’re not particularly tech-savvy, don’t worry – installing Dragon Medical One is an easy process for everyone. There are no complex configurations you’ll need to navigate, and most users report being able to use Dragon within five minutes, using nothing more than their existing technological infrastructure.
Once you purchase the software, you’ll receive a complete Getting Started email on your registered email address. This email will contain all the instructions you need to install the software.
If you’re starting with a free trial, don’t worry – you can continue using the same installed version of the software as you used for your trial, so you don’t have to disrupt existing transcriptions by needing to uninstall and reinstall the software.
Purchasing Dragon Medical One doesn’t just get you the Getting Started email. You will also have the option of attending a complete onboarding session with a Dragon technician, who will install the software for you and provide you with a thorough run-down of how to use it.
This session is intended to ensure that you’re completely comfortable with Dragon Medical One and is recommended even if you’re a long-time user of Dragon Medical Practice Ed. Aside from showing you the ropes, you’ll also be given some tips and tricks on how to get the most out of Dragon Medical One. This information is invaluable information for all users of the software.
Dragon Medical One comes with automatic updates, so your IT staff will have to spend less time navigating the software and will have more time to spend on other concerns. You won’t have to physically start an upgrade – the software will handle it for you.
Other Benefits of Dragon Medical One
It’s undeniable that physicians work long hours, and no software can completely change that fact. However, it’s possible to reduce your workday, and that’s what Dragon Medical One offers. The software has been shown to reduce a physician’s workday by as much as 2 hours, allowing you significantly more time for yourself and your family in your day.
Additionally, having documentation done on the go means physicians can get paid faster. For doctors who have a backlog of patients, the time saved using Dragon Medical One means that more patients can be seen, again translating to financial benefits.
Typing isn’t only time-consuming; it can also get repetitive and feel like it’s draining your energy. Dragon Medical One reduces the amount of time you spend typing, which can help make work seem interesting once more.
The software comes with a range of microphone options, and physicians can use their own Bluetooth or wireless microphones if they prefer. Alternatively, they can also use a Nuance PowerMic with fully customizable buttons. This microphone is specifically designed to work with Dragon Medical One, and a Dragon Medical One subscription also gives users free access to the all-new Nuance PowerMic mobile app.
The Nuance PowerMic Mobile ensures that you won’t need to waste time finding a dedicated microphone or workstation when you’re on rounds. You can simply use your smartphone and log into your Dragon profile from any PC that has the software installed and use the PowerMic to dictate.
You can even use it to catch up on documentation while you’re on vacation – just remotely log into your clinic machine and start dictating! You no longer have to carry an additional microphone with you, and your dictations appear instantly in your EMR on your clinic machine.
Dragon Medical One integrates with your EMR easily and works wherever you can put your cursor. All you need to do is log into Dragon, place your cursor in your EMR, and start dictation. You can use the PowerMic (or the mobile app) to easily navigate the various fields in your EMR, and all you need is your voice.
You can even create custom navigation commands that can be used to quickly make edits or create entire templates to make taking repetitive notes even faster. Your software purchase will come with tutorial videos to help you get started and navigate these time-saving shortcuts.
Security and Dragon Medical One
Security is the most important consideration at Nuance, and we guarantee that your dictations are all 100% HIPAA-compliant and securely encrypted. Transcriptions are purged from the cloud once processed. Additionally, servers for US clients are located in the USA and those for Canadian clients in Canada.
Billing and Dragon Medical One
Dragon Medical One’s billing structure is hassle-free and designed to make things easier for your accounting department. There’s a small upfront cost, low monthly payments, and multiple-term lengths for you to choose from. All licenses are easily monitored from one central billing portal.
Your billing contact will be able to quickly update credit cards, billing addresses, requested user changes, and more – all from a single, convenient portal.
Looking for Dragon Medical One metrics and trends that you can use to optimize clinician efficiency? As your systems administrators, the team at Dragon Medical One can access both individual and site-wide metrics for you. You can then use this information to improve reimbursement rates and optimize your clinic’s operations.