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Dragon Medical One vs Alternatives

Compare Dragon Medical One to other speech recognition tools, traditional transcription services, and the cost of hiring medical scribes.

🏆#1 Best in KLAS Speech Recognition for EHR
5 consecutive years (2021-2025)

Why Dragon Medical One Leads the Market

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Unmatched Accuracy

Up to 99% accuracy with medical vocabularies, backed by 25+ years of healthcare speech recognition expertise.

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Enterprise Security

HITRUST CSF certified and HIPAA-compliant out of the box. No additional configuration required.

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Zero Integration

Works directly at the cursor in any Windows application. No EHR integration or custom development required.

Detailed Comparisons

Dragon Medical One vs
Amazon Transcribe Medical

HIPAA Compliant:✓ Yes

Amazon's medical-specific transcription service

Key Advantages of DMO:

  • Real-time dictation vs batch transcription
  • Works directly in EHRs without custom development
  • Deeper medical vocabularies from 25+ years of healthcare focus
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Dragon Medical One vs
3M M*Modal Fluency Direct

HIPAA Compliant:✓ Yes

Solventum's (formerly 3M) clinical documentation platform

Key Advantages of DMO:

  • Simpler setup: $525 setup fee vs complex enterprise deployment
  • More intuitive user experience with 25+ years of UX refinement
  • Better accuracy with advanced AI and deep medical vocabularies
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Dragon Medical One vs
nVoq

HIPAA Compliant:✓ Yes

Cloud-based medical transcription and speech recognition

Key Advantages of DMO:

  • Real-time results vs waiting for transcription
  • Predictable monthly cost vs per-document fees
  • Complete control over documentation process
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Dragon Medical One vs
Apple Siri Dictation

HIPAA Compliant:✗ No

Apple's built-in general-purpose dictation

Key Advantages of DMO:

  • HIPAA-compliant healthcare solution with HITRUST certification
  • Medical specialty vocabularies and terminology
  • Works directly in EHRs without integration
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Dragon Medical One vs
Google Speech-to-Text

HIPAA Compliant:✗ No

Google's general-purpose speech recognition API

Key Advantages of DMO:

  • 25+ years of medical speech recognition expertise vs general-purpose tool
  • HITRUST CSF certified and HIPAA-compliant out of the box
  • Medical specialty vocabularies and terminology
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Dragon Medical One vs
Microsoft Word Dictation

HIPAA Compliant:✗ No

Built-in dictation in Microsoft Word (Microsoft 365)

Key Advantages of DMO:

  • HITRUST CSF certified and HIPAA-compliant out of the box
  • Works directly in EHRs without custom integration
  • Deeper medical vocabularies from 25+ years of healthcare focus
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Why Leaders Choose Dragon Medical One

Allina Health

Mobile dictation via PowerMic
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PowerMic Mobile turns a provider’s smartphone into a wireless dictation microphone with programmable buttons. Providers use any workstation at work or their computer at home, and the app automatically and securely pairs and is ready to use. Expanding access to real-time speech recognition is invaluable for supporting its use.

Dr. Timothy Sielaff
MD, PhD, FACS, Chief Medical Officer

Charleston GI

Shorter turnaround, lower documentation spend
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We realized real-time speech recognition could deliver speed and accuracy to our providers, while we shortened documentation turnaround and reduced our documentation spend.

Tommy Punteney
Chief Operating Officer

Universal Health Services

60–90% voluntary adoption
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Our goal was to transition at least 30% of patient stories to Nuance's cloud-based technology in conjunction with our EHR. Within just a few weeks, we were pleasantly surprised to see voluntary adoption rates of 60% to 90% across our hospitals. You don't reach numbers like that unless you have a good tool.

Dr. Ehab Hanna
Chief Medical Information Officer

Transcription Services vs Dragon Medical One

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More Real Success Stories

Hancock Health

No voice training, minimal support calls
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Our providers are finding that they do not need to do voice profile training. The embedded speech recognition is easily accessible within the EHR. They're almost completely self-sufficient now; we hardly get any help calls at all. There's nothing to install on-site, so we have nothing to maintain, which is an added benefit that has also reduced our costs.

Doug Hogue
Information Support Analyst

Magnolia Regional Health Center

CACDI long-term value
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The fact that we went with Nuance despite the extra cost speaks volumes about Nuance CACDI and the value we believe it will ultimately offer us in the long run.

David Parker
Chief Information Officer

Colorado Center for Reproductive Medicine

90 minutes saved daily
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Dragon Medical One is the same great Nuance product that I've come to trust over the years, but more powerful, more versatile, more reliable. It's agnostic of the machine, agnostic of the EHR, and offers great data portability. More importantly, it allows me to have improved clinical efficiency.

Dr. Brian A. Levine
Founding Partner and Practice Director

Medical Scribe Salaries vs Dragon Medical One

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Dragon Medical One subscriptions start at $79 / month.

Includes Free PowerMic Mobile companion app!

12‑Month Contract: $99.00 / month / provider
24‑Month Contract: $89.00 / month / provider
36‑Month Contract: $79.00 / month / provider

All contract terms require a one‑time $525 implementation fee. The implementation fee covers license activation, installations on an unlimited number of devices, three one‑hour training sessions, and free technical support for the life of the contract. Licenses currently may be transitioned to different users as providers rotate out without incurring any additional implementation fees.

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