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How to automate “write up incident and safety event reports”

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30 min
typically, once a month
35%
of the time can be automated
Easy
to set up

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Software feature

Dictate into the EHR with approved speech recognition

Medical speech recognition (Dragon Medical One, now part of Dragon Copilot, or your EHR's mobile voice tools) lets you speak notes, letters and reports straight into the chart. Speaking is about three times faster than typing.

Typically saves about 35% of the time45 min to set up
  1. 1Ask IT whether you have Dragon Medical One, Dragon Copilot or voice tools in your EHR mobile app (such as Epic Haiku or Rover).
  2. 2Do the setup and a few minutes of voice training.
  3. 3Create voice shortcuts for text you repeat often.
  4. 4Dictate, then read back before signing.
  5. 5Only use tools your organization has approved and covered by a HIPAA business associate agreement (BAA) for anything with patient information.

Tools: Dragon Medical One / Microsoft Dragon Copilot · EHR mobile apps (Epic Haiku, Rover, Oracle Health mobile)

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NursePractice / clinic manager

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