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Dragon Medical Practice Edition 2 and Accent Support

The diversity of physician backgrounds is an important factor when considering the development of effective speech recognition technology.  Accuracy in dictation and transcription of medical records can mean life or death given certain circumstances.  Dragon® Medical Practice Edition 2 addresses these sensitivities and ensures accuracy regardless of a physician’s native country or language through advanced adaptation techniques and accent-specific acoustic models.

Regional accent support included in Dragon Medical transcription software lets physicians speak in their own words, even when the most distinguishable and complex pronunciations are present.  If you’re concerned about Dragon Medical Practice Edition 2 and accents, don’t be.  With the proper set up and configuration during profile creation you can quickly and easily create precise patient notes and speech-enable your entire practice.  Dragon Medical Practice Edition 2 supports eight of the most common accents including: Australian Accented English, British Accented English, Indian Accented English, Inland Northern US, Pakistani Accented English, Southeast Asian Accented English, Southern US and Spanish Accented English.

Dragon Medical technology allows clinicians to create speech-to-text documentation 3x faster than typing with more then 99% accuracy right out of the box.  And accented speakers get higher out-of-box recognition with Dragon Medical Practice Edition 2 thanks to regional accent support features.

Call us today for instant Dragon Medical support or to find the right medical dictation software for your practice.

1 Focus Medical Software – Free Technical Support for Life

So what’s better than advanced speech recognition technology that creates a more efficient and profitable practice?  Consider the benefits of free technical support for life when you invest in Dragon Medical software.  With the right Dragon Medical support you’ll enjoy a speech-enabled practice with streamlined workflows, more complete and accurate clinical documentation, and higher reimbursement levels.

Physicians who make an investment with 1 Focus Medical Software in Dragon® Medical Practice Edition 2 or Dragon Dictate Medical for Mac get a lot more than a boxed product.  We understand that every medical practice has a unique workflow with distinctive needs and we offer a full service consultative approach to speech-enabling your practice with the solutions that make you successful regardless of the Windows or Mac OS X platform you use. 

In order to truly meet the needs of physicians we offer products that address the top three demands of healthcare professionals: Electronic Medical Records, Speech Recognition/Transcription Software, and a full inventory of hardware including microphones and digital recorders that create complete voice recognition solutions.

At 1 Focus Medical Software, we’re dedicated to providing our customers with quality software as well as the service, hardware and support that makes it all come together.  Learn more about the benefits of using Dragon Medical Practice Edition 2 and Dragon Medical for Mac and get full-service support for all your speech recognition needs including Dragon Dictate Medical for Mac support.

Why Dragon Medical Practice Edition 2 – Benefits for Physicians

What are your top complaints about documenting patient care in your EHR/EMR? Too time consuming, too much point and click with your mouse required, inability to capture all aspects of the patient encounter?  Dragon® Medical Practice Edition 2 offers a solution that has quickly earned the spot as the best medical dictation software available to overcome these obstacles.

When integrated properly, Dragon Medical and EHRs can in fact empower physicians with the ability to document patient care in their own words, navigate EHR templates with simple voice commands, and significantly reduce or eliminate the need for a mouse and keyboard as well as outsourced transcription services.

Ultimately, the bottom line benefits for physicians who use Dragon Medical Practice Edition 2 as their medical transcription software are more streamlined dictation and transcription that saves time and money, as well as patient records that produce higher reimbursement levels by meeting meaningful use criteria quickly and easily.

More than 200,000 physicians worldwide, and counting, have already adopted Dragon Medical Practice Edition as their speech recognition software of choice, subsequently saving tens of thousands of dollars while creating a more efficient experience within their EHR/EMR. 

If you’re feeling frustrated with the quality and efficiency of your workflow, contact us today and learn more about how Dragon Medical and EMRs can help you achieve a more rewarding practice.

Dragon Medical Practice Edition 2 and Windows-based EMR/EHRs

Many physicians have reported that when used alone, EHRs can actually slow them down in terms of documenting patient care and creating a more efficient workflow.  So what is a busy practice to do?  Dragon® Medical Practice Edition 2 presents an easy solution for maximizing the power of the Windows-based EHR/EMR and achieving a more rewarding practice. Dragon Medical and EHRs, when integrated and configured based on the needs of the medical practice, can in fact result in more personalized and detailed narrative notes as well as a more streamlined progression through template forms.

Dragon Medical and EMRs, when used together are proven to increase the speed and accuracy of documentation, giving physicians more time to spend with patients, and capturing the patient’s story in the clinician’s own words.  This collaborative functionality also allows physicians to achieve a lower number of denials and higher reimbursement levels.

Additional value can also be realized with Dragon Medical Practice Edition 2 in terms of its transcription capabilities.  With more than 90 medical specialty and subspecialty vocabularies plus regional accent support, Dragon Medical technology is the go-to for medical transcription software that produces speech-to-text documentation in the EHR/EMR 3x faster than typing with more than 99% accuracy.  The precision with which Dragon Medical software can transcribe medical dictation can save physicians tens of thousands of dollars per year in transcription costs by reducing or eliminating the need for outsourcing of these often time-consuming tasks.

If you’re working with a windows-based EMR/EHR and want to experience what the best medical dictation software has to offer, Dragon Medical Practice Edition 2 delivers. 

Dragon Medical Practice Edition 2 is a leading speech recognition solution designed to work with Windows-based EMRs and/or EHRs and accelerate the speed at which medical documentation is produced in addition to improving the overall quality of patient notes. 

To learn more or to see a demonstration of Dragon Medical Practice Edition 2 and a Windows-based EHR/EMR, call us today, Toll free: 888-775-6276, or International: 415-775-3020.

Official Dragon Medical Practice Edition 2 Compatibility with Windows 8.1 patch is now available

There is finally an update for our customers that are using Windows 8.1 with Dragon Medical Practice Edition 2.

IMPORTANT:

  • DMPE 2.2 supports Windows 8.1.
  • Supported upgrade paths are from DMPE versions 2.0 and 2.1.
  • DMPE version 1.x customers must first upgrade to DMPE 2.0 and then use the 2.2 service pack. 
  • This software download is replacement software only and requires a DMPE 2.x serial number for installation.
  • DMPE version 1.x (build 11) serial numbers cannot be used to upgrade to or install DMPE 2.x software.

 

Current customers that have Dragon Medical Practice Edition 2 installed (and build 12.x – likely 12.5.x) will be prompted by the Common Software Manager that was installed with any Nuance Product.  Please make sure to read the instructions carefully – they instruct you to download the patch only and THEN proceed with the installation.  All of our customers obviously get free technical support for life and can simply call of email us to assist with the update.

We have also uploaded the updates to our server for your convenience.

Dragon Medical Practice Edition 2.2 PATCH (to use if you already have DMPE 2 installed):

http://www.dragontranscription.com/DMPE2DOT2.exe

Dragon Medical Practice Edition 2.2 Full Download (to be used if you would like to do a fresh install on a new Windows 8.1 computer): please call us or email us if you are an existing client. Only our current customers under our Free Lifetime Technical Support can receive a full download link with instructions.