I have considered using voice recognition but I complete my notes in front of the patient so that by the time I leave the room my note is signed, delivered to the front, orders sent, scripts faxed (or printed) and superbill generated. I can listen and type at the same time without too much apparent distraction to the patient. I would be uncomfortable "dictating" my note in front of the patient and I certainly cannot talk and listen to them at the same time. For me, typing, using templates and short-keys macros is optimal.

Leslie

Leslie
Hospital Employed Physician Who Misses The Old AC

"It's a good thing for a doctor to have prematurely grey hair and itching piles. It makes him appear to know more than he does and gives him an expression of concern which the patient interprets as being on his behalf. "