We're pleased to announce the release of Dragon Copilot 3.3.0, a comprehensive update focused on enhancing productivity, streamlining clinical workflows, and improving user experience across all platforms. This release introduces significant improvements to document management, vocabulary customization, and administrative capabilities while maintaining the robust performance healthcare professionals depend on.
Key Release Highlights
This productivity-focused release delivers enhanced document version history, expanded vocabulary customization capabilities, mobile microphone functionality, and comprehensive administrative tools designed to support complex healthcare environments.
Enhanced Document Management
Advanced Vocabulary Management
Dragon Copilot 3.3.0 introduces comprehensive vocabulary customization capabilities for both end users and administrators, enabling improved recognition accuracy for medical terminology, colleague names, and organization-specific acronyms.
User-Level Vocabulary Features
- Personalized vocabulary building for names, medical terms, and abbreviations
- Ability to disable recognition of specific words or phrases
- Seamless integration with existing Dragon Medical One vocabulary libraries
- Clear labeling of words containing training data
Administrative Vocabulary Control
The Dragon Admin Center now includes comprehensive vocabulary management tools, allowing administrators to create and manage organization-wide vocabulary standards. This ensures consistent recognition accuracy across entire healthcare organizations.
Infrastructure and Administrative Enhancements
Voice Control and Dictation Improvements
| Feature | Description | Platforms |
|---|---|---|
| Mobile Microphone | Use mobile device as dictation microphone for desktop/web clients | iOS App 2.0.2+ |
| Enhanced Voice Commands | Support for keyboard simulation (Enter, Space, Tab, Backspace) | Web, Embedded |
| Control Navigation | "Go to First/Last Control" commands for efficient navigation | All Platforms |
| Improved Microphone Logic | Enhanced microphone selection prioritizing user preferences | All Platforms |
Clinical Documentation Enhancements
Customizable Template Improvements
This release significantly expands template customization capabilities:
- Transcript Awareness: Templates can now incorporate patient information and verbatim transcript content
- Multiple Templates per Section: Create specialized templates (e.g., "Knee Exam," "Well Child Visit") within the same section
- Extended Character Limit: Template creation now supports up to 8,000 characters
- Enhanced Automation: Custom prompt auto-run capabilities for Microsoft provisioned users
Note Style Updates
The Emergency Department MDM note style has been retired and automatically integrated into standard note generation, simplifying the documentation process while maintaining clinical accuracy.
Information Assist and Workflow Automation
Source Provenance Enhancement
Information Assist responses now include improved source attribution with enhanced formatting, icons indicating source types (internal/external/note), and dynamic in-line references for better clinical context.
Workflow Automation
The introduction of workflow automation capabilities enables users to create and execute multi-step processes through voice commands. This feature, evolved from Dragon Medical One's step-by-step commands, includes:
- User interface for workflow creation and management
- Administrative controls for organization-wide workflow deployment
- Voice command initiation with plans for physical device integration
- Compatibility assessment for existing Dragon Medical One workflows
Enterprise and Security Features
Technical Improvements and Device Integration
Basic Text Control Plus (BTC+)
Extended text control functionality now enables navigation within inserted library texts in third-party systems, providing form-filling capabilities through voice commands, hotkeys, or microphone buttons.
PowerMic and SpeechMic Guidance
Enhanced user guidance ensures optimal device usage, with automatic warnings when physical dictation devices are used inappropriately for multi-party recordings.
Known Issues and Considerations
- Chrome Browser: Recent Google Chrome updates may affect microphone input configuration. Workarounds include using browser settings or Microsoft Edge.
- Mobile Environment Picker: Limited availability on standalone mobile devices in initial release.
- Invalid Templates: First-time users may see invalid customizable templates; fix scheduled for end of September.
Implementation and Support
Dragon Copilot 3.3.0 represents a significant step forward in clinical documentation technology, delivering enhanced productivity tools while maintaining the reliability healthcare professionals require. Most features are enabled automatically upon release, with specific administrative controls available for organizational customization.
For detailed implementation guidance, feature enablement, or technical support, healthcare organizations should contact their Voice Automated customer success manager or reach out to our Dragon Copilot support specialists.
For more information about Dragon Copilot 3.3.0 features and implementation guidance, please refer to the comprehensive learning materials or contact your Voice Automated customer success representative.
