Onward and Upward: Ascension Moves Speech-based Clinical Documentation to the Cloud

Clark Headrick, DO, Mid-Michigan CMIO, Ascension Mid-Michigan, and Justin Hubbard, MD, Director of Product Management, Nuance. To enable providers at Ascension’s St. Mary’s of Michigan, St. Joseph and Genesys facilities to improve documentation workflow and content, the health system migrated provider documentation to their EHR using a Cloud-based speech platform. High provider adoption compliance (93%) was achieved within one week and has been sustained for over the last year. Dr. Clark Headrick, shares the rollout plan, challenges and outcomes across the different clinical environments and care settings. Best practices for voice-driven cloud-based clinical documentation and future growth opportunities will be highlighted.