“I have been incredibly impressed by how accurate the dictation is,” says Nestoras Mathioudakis, clinical director for endocrinology, diabetes and metabolism. In areas with a lot of background noise, such as emergency departments or intensive care units, a microphone or headset attached to the clinical workstation may work better than the PowerMic Mobile app. To use Dragon Medical One, clinicians can speak through the headset attached to the clinical workstation, or use their smartphone by installing the PowerMic Mobile app to their mobile device, using either Workplace ONE Intelligent Hub or the Microsoft Intune Company Portal. Providers will see the Dragon icon on the Epic tool bar, as well as a Learning link that takes users to the Learning Dashboard with more Dragon Medical One resources. “Dragon Medical One in Epic permits real-time, quality transcription,” says internist Joseph Cofrancesco Jr. “I can close my note after seeing a patient and not have this hanging over me.” Clinicians are using it to take notes during their patient encounters, providing the double benefit of letting patients hear the notes, while reducing the time spent adding and editing them - time that might otherwise be required during evenings and weekends. 14, adds text in Epic when the user speaks into a microphone on a mobile device.

Early reviews have been positive for the voice recognition tool, introduced as part of the Joy at Johns Hopkins Medicine initiative. Dragon Medical One is now available in the Epic electronic medical records system for prescribers across Johns Hopkins Medicine.

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