Emdat Mobile for Android
Forced to use this for work...Clunky, unresponsive & barely functional. Often takes 15 minutes to update the list of dictations...occasionally loosing one in the process. Makes me long for my dictaphone.
The main problems with this app are firstly when you make an error and you want to overwrite and you pause at the spot before the error, the timestamp usually jumps forward between 3 and up to 9 seconds meaning you leave unwanted dictation behind. Secondly it unnecessarily updates the patient list every time you complete a task and this can waste usually 10 to 15 seconds. Both VERY frustrating in a busy clinic. These problems are identical on both my HTC M7 and brand new Galaxy Tab S.
For whatever reason Emdat was not designed to function on Android phones very well. I thought it was my older Samsung Galaxy S3 that was the problem with Emdat originally...extremely slow to load patient lists, freezing of the program and loss of dictations for no reason. Alas I now have a Samsung Galaxy edge 6 and THE SAME PROBLEM is occuring. I've had to restart my phone 3 times already bc program froze. Now won't play back dictations so I don't know where I left off. Grrr!!
Forced to use this for work...Clunky, unresponsive & barely functional. Often takes 15 minutes to update the list of dictations...occasionally loosing one in the process. Makes me long for my dictaphone.
Slow to upload, jumps about when trying to pause and insert. Needs work.
This well designed app allows me to get away from the hellish point and click of EMR. Gives me a beautiful H and P in 1/3 the time. Thank you thank you THANK YOU!!!!!
Have to create account which is a hassle then have to go follow different long winded proceedures
Doesn't work properly on Samsung 3, slow operation and takes minutes to load patient data. Not practical for use with the Samsung 3
So glad this is now available on Droid devices. Easy to use and a great look.
by J####:
The main problems with this app are firstly when you make an error and you want to overwrite and you pause at the spot before the error, the timestamp usually jumps forward between 3 and up to 9 seconds meaning you leave unwanted dictation behind. Secondly it unnecessarily updates the patient list every time you complete a task and this can waste usually 10 to 15 seconds. Both VERY frustrating in a busy clinic. These problems are identical on both my HTC M7 and brand new Galaxy Tab S. Update. Now have S7 Edge. Working reasonably until updated to android 7. Either fails to upload or painfully slow, e.g. over 1 hr for 2 min dictation. Had to extract raw files and encryption key from phone and send to transcription service to get my dictation done. Unfortunately must use for work where most use apple which I believe works better. I hate iPhones. Further Update. New update mid March uploads as fast as iPhone. Still too slow to update patient lists though. New problem is that when Ithe phone hoes into standby it keeps logging off. Now 2 stars instead of 1.