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WellSpan Health expands AI-powered clinical documentation applications at scale

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

WHY IT MATTERS DAX Copilot is currently the only fully embedded ambient documentation tool currently operational within Epic electronic health records and has more than 55 healthcare organizations using it, Nuance said in the announcement. In June 2023, Epic and Nuance expanded the integration to include GPT4-powered ambient documentation.

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The clinical burden of documentation

KevinMD

The purpose of clinical documentation is to efficiently communicate critical data to peers in a readable fashion while meeting compliance and billing requirements. This documentation should not represent a data dump. Physicians continually increase our dependence on technology as the digital age deluges us with data.

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EHR documentation burdens increasing with virtual care expansion, says study

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

A new study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association Network compared patient messaging among ambulatory physicians before and after the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, finding they were mostly documenting visits and not messaging patients. Outside of PSHs, their time spent documenting in the EHR increased from 4.29

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Doctors are burdened by documentation, are AI scribes the answer?

Mobi Health News

Matthew Fradkin, a pediatrician at Swedish Primary Care and Providence St. Joseph, discusses his work implementing an ambient scribe in his workflow at HIMSS20 Digital.

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1 in 3 Primary Care Physicians Have Already Tried AI Scribe Tools, Outlook Is Cautiously Optimistic, Finds Elation Health Survey

Digital Health Global

According to the survey, 67% of primary care physicians have not yet tried an AI scribe solution and are looking to EHR vendors to guide them to the best option that integrates with their system. This survey was conducted from 229 independent primary care clinicians who are current Elation Health customers.

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Here's what primary care clinicians say they need to effectively implement telehealth

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Primary care providers in New York City, one of the U.S. With patients afraid to seek care in person and social distancing necessitating as little face-to-face contact as possible, many clinicians pivoted to telehealth – some with more success than others.

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Why Telehealth is a Lifeline for Primary Care Physicians

GlobalMed

Primary care physicians are the frontline of healthcare. Like most physicians, PCPs spend considerable time on administrative documentation and managing capacity. The Association of American Medical Colleges predicts a primary care provider shortfall , with numbers landing between 21,000 to 55,000 by 2023.