I currently dictate to my desktop, which isn't bad, as it allows me to separate from the patient then hand off the chart to my nurse.
Exactly. I recognize the benefits of completing the note in the room like many members of this forum do. However, I like stepping out, setting down my thoughts, discussing the case with my nurse and coordinating the plan, without further interjections and complaints from the patient.
("While you're setting up my BMI, Doc, could I tell you about this other problem I've been having? No doctor has ever given me a satisfactory diagnosis. It began in 1973...).Also, I dictate in a quiet room across the hall, with plenty of table space to spread out their old paper chart.
I am still in the process of conversion from paper, and the first time I see a patient who has never been entered into Amazing Charts, I do an audit of the old chart and enter pertinent info into AC.
Dictating with Dragon allows me to flip pages with both hands and talk about what I'm seeing.
The new voice command enhancements in the current Beta mean that I can navigate to the text entry fields using voice commands, without resorting to the mouse or keyboard, which speeds up this process.
