Dragon Medical Practice

Dragon Medical Practice is a client-installed edition of Dragon speech recognition software for medical documentation. It is sold and supported in Switzerland by Voicepoint, which also supplies related dictation products. The aim is to let clinicians produce findings, letters and reports by speaking instead of typing.

What Dragon Medical Practice offers

• Medical dictation — speech recognition tuned to medical and general language, supported by a Swiss dictionary.
• Other editions — cloud-based Dragon Medical One, a Mac option called Voicepoint Helium, and server-based Dragon Medical Direct.
• Legal and business versions — dragon Legal and Dragon Professional for law offices and companies.
• Dictation systems — digital dictation devices, microphones, management software and smartphone apps.
• Transcription — voicepoint can also transcribe medical dictations.

Who it works with

Hospitals, clinics, medical practices, law chambers and administration departments.

Key facts

• Supplier: Voicepoint, Switzerland
• Active since: 2006
• Certification: ISO-certified
• Hardware partners: Olympus and Philips