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A Day in the Life of a
Nurse with VoiceFirst
EHR voice overlay profoundly changes the way nurses and clinicians
retrieve patient information and document care. Using intuitive voice
commands and real-time audio feedback from the EHR, clinicians can
increase efciency, streamline workfows, and decrease documentation
time to improve patient engagement.
At the start of her shift, Anita logs on to
VoiceFirst and puts a Bluetooth

headset in
her ear. She checks her smartphone screen
to review her assigned tasks and patient
list, then slides the smartphone into her pocket. She
feels confdent and empowered that this is the only
technology she will need to document patient care as
she moves freely from patient to patient.
Stacy starts her shift by searching for an
open computer kiosk to review her tasks and
assigned patients.
Preparing for the Shift
ANITA STACY
Consider the typical day in the life of two nurses,
Anita and Stacy. They are both IV nurses at 300
bed hospitals. The CIO at
Anitas hospital recently
deployed hands-free
voice recognition and
documentation technology
from VoiceFirst to all
clinicians.
Stacys hospital
doesnt have any voice
recognition system in
place and still relies on typing into computers
to enter patient information into the EHR. Even
though charting is done on
the computer at Stacys
hospital, data entry is still
a very time consuming
process. In fact, she
spends up to 33%
of each workday
on documentation,
leaving less time to
focus on providing
patient care.
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Anita uses EMR Voice Overlay Stacy uses cart-based and laptop EMRs
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As she walks toward her frst patients room,
Anita begins to retrieve pertinent medical
information using VoiceFirst. She simply says,
Review allergies and VoiceFirst instantly
queries the EHR and responds to Anita with the patients
allergy information. The response is played discretely
into Anitas ear via the Bluetooth

headset and is also

displayed on the smartphone screen so Anita can access
the information in whichever format is most convenient.
She continues to quickly retrieve current information
from the patients medical history while assessing
the patient before performing the IV insertion. With
VoiceFirst, Anita is always in control of the patient data
and has instant access to the entire patient record at the
point of care.
Because there is not a computer in her frst
patients room, Stacy accesses the patients
medical record at a computer kiosk in the
hallway. While shes reviewing allergies, a
coworker stops to chat about yesterdays staf meeting.
Stacy loses her train of thought and has to review the
information again before walking into the patients room.
Reviewing Patient Information
ANITA STACY
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With VoiceFirst, Anita can document every
detail of the evaluation and treatment
directly at the point of care, ensuring accurate
and complete data is entered into the EHR.
For example, after inserting an IV, Anita can use natural
speech to record the details of the service. She speaks
into her headset, Inserted peripheral IV 20 gauge, left
brachial, fushed with 5 cc normal saline, line intact,
mother in room, patient tolerated procedure well.
Stacy attends to her frst patient of the day.
The computer kiosks are all occupied by other
clinicians, so she jots down her IV assessment
and treatment outcome notes on a piece of
paper. After completing the IV insertion, she fnds the
computer kiosks are still occupied. Stacy doesnt want to
get too far behind schedule, so she decides to hold of on
documenting the rest of her patient care notes until the
end of the patient visit.
Documenting Care
ANITA STACY
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As Anita moves on to her next patient,
VoiceFirst is automatically saving the
information she voice recorded to the
EHR. VoiceFirsts Smart Form Field entry
populates Anitas documentation into the appropriate
EHR felds, so she never has to navigate multiple
screens or illogical sequences to fnd the correct
feld . Best of all, Anita never has to stop at a keyboard
terminal or computer kiosk.
When Stacy fnally fnds an open computer,
she inputs the data based on her hard-to-read
handwritten notes, flling in the gaps to the
best of her ability from memory. She has a
hard time remembering some of the exact details of the
patient visit, so she has to double back and check the
patient again. To make matters worse, Stacy is a weak
typist. After fnishing the documentation, she realizes
shes already behind schedule. She knows its going to
be along day, so she stops in the break room for a quick
cup of cofee to boost her energy before seeing her next
patient.
Documenting in the EHR
ANITA STACY
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Anitas lunch break is interrupted with an
urgent task one of her patients just pulled
out his critical IV access. Anita rushes to her
patients room, assesses the situation, and
reinserts the IV, documenting the process with her voice
along the way. She makes sure her patient is comfortable,
then washes her hands and returns to the break room to
fnish her lunch, knowing that VoiceFirst is handling the
documentation for her.
By the time Stacy reaches a stopping point,
she only has about 15 minutes for a lunch
break. She sits down in the break room and
begins eating her lunch. A few minutes later,
Stacy is alerted that one of her patients has removed
his critical IV access. She abandons her lunch and heads
to the patients room. Upon completing the procedure,
Stacy washes her hands and stops at the computer to
document. By the time she fnishes documenting, her
lunch break is over and she must start her next round of
patient visits.
Responding to Unexpected Issues
ANITA STACY
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Thanks to VoiceFirsts efcient documentation
process, Anita fnishes her shift on time and
goes home to enjoy dinner with her family.
Her job satisfaction and morale remain high
and she feels great knowing she maximized the time
spent treating and educating patients.
Stacy was hoping to leave work on time today,
but she still has some documentation to do
before she leaves. When shes fnally fnished,
she heads home feeling completely exhausted
and disappointed that she missed out on some quality
family time. She hopes tomorrow will be diferent.
End of Shift Procedures
ANITA STACY
VS
As you can see, VoiceFirst promotes overall clinical efciency by reducing
documentation time, increasing time for direct patient care, streamlining
workfows, and increasing clinician job satisfaction. CIOs who empower
their clinical staf with point of care EHR voice overlay capabilities will
realize a boost in productivity and patient engagement.
About VoiceFirst by Honeywell
VoiceFirst by Honeywell is the leader in providing innovative clinical workfow
solutions to mobile clinicians that reduce the time spent at computers and
away from patients. By leveraging a revolutionary voice technology, clinicians
empowered with VoiceFirst are able to spend more time at the bedside, reduce
charting time by ffty percent, and realize better clinical outcomes.
VoiceFirst is a one-of-a-kind, hands-free voice technology that overlays clinical workfows in any EHR. Clinicians can be com-
pletely mobile while using voice to retrieve data or document care. VoiceFirst by Honeywell and Vocollect by Honeywell have
more than 20 years of experience in designing and deploying robust voice solutions to optimize and simplify performance for
the mobile worker across multiple industries.