Comments on: News 8/22/08

By: Kristi Bubrig-The Dragon Lady

Kristi Bubrig-The Dragon Lady — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 22:03:32 +0000

I've been training Dragon users for over 10 years and here are a few more thoughts:
1. The price difference between Dragon Professional and Dragon Medical is about $500 - a small price to pay when seeing the difference in performance between the two products
2. If someone is using a version less than Professional in an active practice they haven't got a good grasp on what they're really missing anyway; it's like loading a shotgun with rock salt to kill a grizzly, or buying steak knives to use in surgery.
3.Time is money-The time spent trying to use a non-medical version of Dragon to create a medical dictation is NOT cost effective for any physician.

By: Dan Field

Dan Field — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 05:15:26 +0000

Dragon version 10 thoughts…
#1 Users of pre- v10 can go right on using Dragon in their EMR’s.
#2 The ROI using Dragon is high; the difference in price between the premium Medical program and lesser v10′s is made up within a month.
#3 EMR’s are so aggravating to manipulate and document in that any help we can get is appreciated and I appreciate GREATLY the work Nuance has done to improve this product! I have never seen a product undergo such superb improvement over time and I have been a Dragon user since v6.

By: Art_Vandelay

Art_Vandelay — Sun, 24 Aug 2008 20:15:23 +0000

The hospitals will have more money for a select few physicians than the independent physicians will “choose” to have

By: Winston Zeddemore

Winston Zeddemore — Sun, 24 Aug 2008 17:41:48 +0000

Counterpoint to Art: how much extra $$$ will hospitals have, when they too, are focused like a laser beam on continuing to get paid?

The ICD-10-CM upgrade is going to suck lots and lots of cash out of the health care system that otherwise could go to EMR adoption.

By: Art_Vandelay

Art_Vandelay — Sun, 24 Aug 2008 12:08:38 +0000

Counterpoint to Winston – this will bring the independent doctors out to ask the hospitals for the combined EHR-Practice Management donations under the Stark and Anti-kickback changes.

Re: Frank Poggio’s comments – right-on. You would be wise to your contracts. If you are having to approach your vendors for some budget relief, we are trying to wrap it in with this asks to the vendors. This was before a real target date was set so we unfortunately received a puzzled response from 75% of the vendors.