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Dragon Copilot

Meet Microsoft Dragon Copilot -
Your AI Clinical Assistant.
More Time for Patients. Less Time on Paperwork.

Microsoft Dragon Copilot combines the power of voice dictation, ambient (always-listening) speech technology, and advanced generative AI into one intelligent clinical workspace—helping physicians, nurses, and care teams work more efficiently, document more accurately, and focus on what matters most: their patients.

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Dragon Copilot - Image of three providers at work while Dragon Copilot works in the background
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Microsoft Dragon Copilot is an AI clinical assistant built to simplify the way care teams work—from the first moment of a patient encounter to the final signed note. It listens to clinical conversations, automatically generates specialty-specific documentation, surfaces relevant patient information on demand, and handles routine tasks so clinicians can focus on the patient in front of them rather than the screen beside them.

Dragon Copilot brings together three proven technologies in a single, unified platform: the natural language voice dictation capabilities of Dragon Medical One, the ambient (background) listening and note-generation capabilities of DAX Copilot, and the latest advances in generative AI (the same large-language model technology behind tools like ChatGPT, fine-tuned for clinical accuracy and safety). The result is a clinical assistant that does far more than transcribe—it understands, organizes, and acts on clinical conversations in real time.

Part of Microsoft Cloud for Healthcare, Dragon Copilot is designed to work within your existing electronic health record (EHR) system rather than beside it. It integrates with Epic and other major EHR platforms, is accessible via mobile app, web browser, or desktop application, and scales across practices of all sizes and specialties.

Dragon Copilot User Interface (UI) walk-through
Dragon Copilot User Interface Walkthrough
Existing DAX Copilot users: Microsoft Dragon Copilot is the next evolution of the product previously known as Nuance DAX Copilot. All DAX Copilot capabilities are included in Dragon Copilot, along with significant new features. Dragon Copilot represents Microsoft's unified brand for clinical AI—the first Dragon product to stand fully under the Microsoft name. If you have questions about transitioning from DAX Copilot, contact us.
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Years Microsoft has delivered award-winning medical speech recognition Minutes of medical dictation processed annually -- the foundation of Dragon's clinical AI Ambient clinical encounters recorded and processed to refine accuracy Clinicians across thousands of organizations already using Dragon

Dragon Copilot is organized around three core actions that together transform the clinical day—from the waiting room to the after-hours chart review.

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Streamline Documentation

Dragon Copilot listens to your clinical conversations—whether in-person or via telehealth—and automatically converts them into structured, specialty-specific draft notes. It supports multi-party conversations (up to 10 speakers), multi-language encounters (58 languages), and multiple sessions up to 120 minutes. You review, edit, and sign; Dragon does the documenting.

  • Ambient (background) note creation during the visit
  • On-demand voice dictation any time—before, during, or after the encounter
  • Custom templates, specialty-specific note formats, AI-generated prompts
  • Natural language editing ("update the medication section to reflect 100mg of Cozaar daily")
  • Automatic generation of referral letters, after-visit summaries, and discharge instructions
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Surface Information

Dragon Copilot brings the right information to you—without requiring you to search, click away, or interrupt your visit. Ask a question in plain language and Dragon Copilot retrieves answers from the encounter transcript, the patient's notes, or trusted medical reference sources, with citations.

  • "What medications did the patient say they're taking?"
  • "Does this patient have a relevant family history of diabetes?"
  • "What is the clinical difference between systolic and diastolic heart failure?" (explained at point of need—useful when explaining to patients as well)
  • In-app access to evidence-based medical references with cited responses
  • Real-time data surfacing without toggling between screens or systems
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Automate Tasks

Beyond documentation, Dragon Copilot handles the downstream work that typically extends the clinical day. With a single click or voice command, it prepares outputs that would otherwise require significant manual effort.

  • Coding suggestions extracted from the clinical narrative (valuable for coding specialists and practice managers)
  • Order capture—orders mentioned during a visit are recognized and prepared for entry
  • Referral letters drafted from the encounter summary
  • After-visit summaries in plain language for patients
  • Clinical evidence summaries and encounter highlights
  • Note customization: adjust tone, pronouns, formatting with natural language commands

See Dragon Copilot in Action

Watch how Dragon Copilot transforms a typical patient encounter—from ambient listening to a completed, signed note in seconds.

Dragon Copilot is not a one-size-fits-all solution. Microsoft has built role-specific workflows so that each member of the clinical team gets the features and interface most relevant to how they work.

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Physicians & Mid-Level Providers
(NPs, PAs, Hospitalists, Specialists)

Dragon Copilot works across every stage of the physician's day—from pre-charting before the first appointment to late-evening note completion. It listens during the encounter and generates a structured draft note automatically. The physician reviews, edits using voice or keyboard, and signs. No more after-hours catch-up charting.

  • Available via mobile app, web browser, desktop app, or directly inside Epic (and other supported EHRs)
  • Works in-office, telehealth, and inpatient settings
  • Supports all ambulatory specialties plus emergency medicine
  • Generate coding suggestions, referral letters, and after-visit summaries automatically
  • Ask clinical questions in natural language and get cited answers instantly
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Nurses & Nursing Staff

Dragon Copilot captures real-time clinical observations during patient  interactions and converts them into structured flowsheet documentation (the standardized data tables nurses maintain in the EHR) for quick review and approval—dramatically reducing end-of-shift charting time. One Chief Nursing Officer at Mercy reported that a nurse saved approximately two hours of charting in a single 12-hour shift using Dragon Copilot.

  • Ambient capture of patient observations during care
  • Flowsheet data populated automatically for nurse review and approval
  • Available through Epic Rover (the Epic mobile nursing app) and desktop application
  • Reduces overtime and end-of-shift documentation burden
  • Frees nursing staff to spend more time at the bedside
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Practice Managers, Coding Specialists & EMR Teams

Dragon Copilot creates financial and operational value that extends well beyond the clinical encounter. More complete, accurate documentation translates directly to better coding, fewer claim denials, and faster reimbursement cycles. Practice managers and billing teams benefit from documentation that is both timely and thorough.

  • AI-suggested coding (ICD-10, CPT) derived from the clinical narrative—for coding specialist review
  • More complete documentation reduces downstream audit risk
  • Centralized administrative console for user management, roles, licenses, and compliance reporting
  • EHR integration reduces dual-entry burden on staff
  • Scales across single-provider practices to large health systems
  • HIPAA-compliant, enterprise-grade security under Microsoft's cloud infrastructure
Specialty Support

Built for Your Specialty, Not Just Any Clinical Setting

Dragon Copilot is not a generic voice-to-text tool adapted for healthcare. It is trained on over one billion minutes of medical dictation annually, with specialty-optimized AI models, built-in clinical templates, and note structures tailored to how each specialty actually documents. The following specialties have dedicated workflow optimizations:

Cardiology
Emergency Medicine
Gastroenterology (GI)
Orthopedics
Pediatrics
Primary Care
Urgent Care
Inpatient / Hospital Medicine
Mental Health
Radiology 
Nursing / Inpatient
All Ambulatory Specialties

Don't see your specialty listed? Dragon Copilot supports all ambulatory specialties and is continuously expanding. Contact us to discuss your specific setting.

Specialty-Specific Resources Available: We have detailed one-pagers showing Dragon Copilot's workflow in Cardiology, Emergency Medicine, GI, Orthopedics, and Pediatrics. Contact us to request the guide for your specialty.

What Dragon Copilot Looks Like in a Clinical Day

Consider a typical day for Dr. Hudson, an interventional cardiologist. Dragon Copilot works alongside her from the moment she logs in at the clinic through a hospital consult, a care-team case review, and an after-hours emergency. At every step, it reduces the cognitive and administrative load so she can focus on patients.

7:00am

Clinic

Pre-Charting Before the First Patient

Dr. Jennings uses Dragon Copilot's natural language capabilities to pre-chart a post-operative angioplasty follow-up before her first appointment. She also reviews referral and appointment data to flag care gaps and missed follow-ups—without leaving her workflow.
9:05 AM
Clinic

Ambient Documentation During the Patient Visit

Dragon Copilot listens to the patient encounter and generates a structured cardiology note automatically. Dr. Jennings talks naturally with her patient—no dictation commands, no scribing. After the visit, she reviews the draft, makes a voice-command edit ("add my Cardiology Assessment and Plan"), and signs. Total documentation time: under two minutes.

10:00 AM
Hospital

Hospital Consult — Surfacing Patient Information

En route to a consult on a post-cardiac-surgery patient, Dr. Jennings uses voice commands on her mobile device to surface and review the patient's chart. During the visit, Dragon Copilot captures the conversation and helps create patient education materials for the discharge discussion.

12:00 PM
Conference

Case Review with the Care Team

Dragon Copilot generates a concise case summary for a patient who recently had a stent placed. Dr. Jennings shares it with the team ahead of the meeting. The summary is accurate, well-organized, and ready—no manual write-up required.

4:30 PM
At Home

After-Hours Documentation—Without Burnout

If any remaining documentation needs attention, Dragon Copilot's on-demand recording and AI assistance means Dr. Jennings can complete her notes quickly from any device, without the hours-long catch-up sessions that drive clinician burnout.

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What Clinicians and Health Systems Are Saying

Thousands of clinicians across the country have already made Microsoft Dragon Copilot part of their daily workflow. Here is what some of them report.

"Clinicians are able to talk naturally with patients, and the system is able to draft a structured note instantly. That saves a lot of time, saves a lot of mental energy."
Snehal Gandhi, MD
Vice President & Chief Medical Information Officer
Cooper University Health Care
"Dragon Copilot has allowed me to really just get the most difficult parts of my note done quickly. I'm amazed at how it is able to capture the most relevant data for the visit."
Janet Engle, MD
Pediatrician
Vail Health
"Our nurses have experienced significant improvements in their time at the bedside with the patient. One nurse shared that Dragon Copilot has saved her approximately 2 hours of charting in a 12-hour shift."
Stephanie Whitaker, MSN, RN
Chief Nursing Officer
Mercy
~2 hours savedper 12-hour nursing shift
"As we integrate artificial intelligence and advanced data, this tool will simplify the care we deliver and improve the quality of care and experience for our patients and our communities."
JP Valin, MD, MHA, MACP
Chief Clinical Officer
Intermountain Health
27% reductionin time spent per note per appointment
Over 2,500 active clinician users

Five Things That Set Microsoft Dragon Copilot Apart

When evaluating an AI clinical documentation solution, the question is not just what the technology does, but who stands behind it, how it is built, and what happens when you need support. Here is why Dragon Copilot leads the market.

1

Experience & Expertise

Over 20 years of Microsoft delivering award-winning clinical speech recognition—the longest track record in the industry. Dragon Copilot is built on a rich clinical data set that no competitor can replicate.

2

Scale

Natively embedded in leading EHR workflows. Scales across mobile, web, and desktop. Works in all ambulatory specialties, emergency medicine, and inpatient settings. Dedicated teams drive adoption organization-wide.

3

Technological Leadership

Optimized for clinical environments with proprietary natural language and ambient speech capabilities, fine-tuned generative AI, and an extensible platform built on Microsoft Azure—the most trusted cloud infrastructure for AI at scale.

4

Support

A customer support organization with thousands of members. Around-the-clock chat, email, and phone support. Coordinated support with EHR partners. Comprehensive in-app training resources and expert-staffed virtual rooms.

5

Built on Trust

Microsoft Secure Future Initiative. HIPAA-compliant. Healthcare-specific clinical safeguards for AI accuracy and safety. Responsible AI principles—fairness, transparency, privacy, and accountability—embedded throughout the product.

Microsoft Dragon Copilot, Sold and Supported by IMAGE Management, LLC

IMAGE Management, LLC (Raleigh, NC) has been helping healthcare providers, practices, and organizations select, deploy, and support speech recognition and clinical documentation technology since 1992. We are an authorized Microsoft Partner with hands-on experience in Dragon and clinical workflow solutions.

When you purchase Microsoft Dragon Copilot through IMAGE Management, you get more than a product license. You get a knowledgeable partner who understands your clinical environment, can advise on deployment strategy, and is reachable when you have questions—without navigating a large enterprise support queue.

We work with physicians in private practice, multi-specialty groups, hospital-affiliated clinics, and federal healthcare facilities. Whether you have one provider or a team, we can help you evaluate, deploy, and get the most out of Microsoft Dragon Copilot.

Questions? Ready to see a demo? Want to talk through whether Dragon Copilot fits your practice? Contact us — we're a real person, not a form.

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Common Questions About Microsoft Dragon Copilot

What is Microsoft Dragon Copilot, and how is it different from DAX Copilot or Dragon Medical One?
How does the ambient (background) listening work? Is it always recording?
What EHR systems does Dragon Copilot integrate with?
How do clinicians access Dragon Copilot?
What specialties and practice settings does Dragon Copilot support?
What are the technical requirements?
Is Dragon Copilot available for small practices with just one or a few physicians?
Where is Dragon Copilot available?
What about privacy, security, and HIPAA compliance?
What support is included?

Learn More About Dragon Copilot

Datasheet — Physicians

Take Clinical Productivity to New Heights

Learn how Dragon Copilot streamlines documentation, surfaces information, and automates tasks across care settings.

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Datasheet — Nurses

Free Up Time for Patient Care

See how Dragon Copilot reduces documentation burden, streamlines flowsheet capture, and automates routine nursing tasks.

Download Nurse Datasheet →
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Microsoft Dragon Copilot Product Page

Visit Microsoft's official Dragon Copilot product page for the latest features, customer stories, and clinical workflow information.

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Customer Stories

Real Results from Real Health Systems

Read detailed case studies from Intermountain Health, Cooper University, Vail Health, Mercy, and others.

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Looking for Dictation Without Ambient AI?

Dragon Medical One is the industry-leading cloud-based medical dictation product and a foundational component of Dragon Copilot.

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1 Industry research cited in Microsoft Dragon Copilot marketing materials: clinicians spend up to two hours on administrative tasks for every one hour of direct patient care provided. Source: cited in Microsoft Dragon Copilot partner materials (2025–2026).

2 Stats related to 1B+ minutes of medical dictation annually and 20M+ ambient encounters are based on Microsoft data as of the date of publication of partner marketing materials.

3 Outcome data (including the 27% reduction in time per note at Intermountain Health) is based on results from DAX Copilot deployments. The clinical capabilities of DAX Copilot are included in Microsoft Dragon Copilot.

4 AI-generated clinical content requires clinician review for accuracy. AI outputs may vary. Dragon Copilot assists clinical documentation; it does not replace clinician judgment or serve as a medical device for clinical decision-making purposes.

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