You can thank you Federal Government which is looking out for you. CCHIT certification demands the EMR use a "Certified" dictation system, and only version 10 is so blessed. Dragon was sold (I believe to Dictaphone) and they got it certified, and are passing on the "value" to you. Point is the lessor versions are blocked from working in a Certified EMR. (Does it seem like a rip-off to you too?)
I had the cheapest version some years ago and it worked pretty good, but there were some issues addressed by Version 10, (mainly vocabulary)and my $100.00 copy was on a laptop that was stolen. So now I am also in the market for Ver. 10.
At the ACUC I had a few minutes to look at this again and I am ready to bite the bullet and invest. It takes a little commitment in time and energy and I am ready to make that, so I think I will still get my money's worth, it will just take a lot longer.
Last edited by DocMartin; 07/02/2010 10:37 PM.
