What An AI Medical Scribe Does

By Eric Scott


Invention is there because of necessity. It greatly benefits all, especially the healthcare industry. It produced machinery and equipment which they use to provide accurate results to the welfare of patients. A recent invention which aids healthcare professionals is the AI medical scribe.

Paperwork is a nightmare for anyone who works on it. This is the also the case for these healthcare professionals. They have to do administrative work as part of the compliance with law regulations such as HIPAA or Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act.

Innovators have shadowed and observed physicians in order to identify which aspects of the current system needs improvements. The current one digitally records medical reports in real time. It is known as electronic health records or commonly called HER. Reducing the administrative works is the aim of these innovators so physicians can spend more time in looking after their patients.

As they observed, they notice how burned out the healthcare professionals are during office hours yet they still continue on to do necessary documentation. Their cognitive must have been overused and exhausted from the continuous sessions they do during the day. Hence, they created this device to lessen the burden of this work. They are able to go home earlier than normal and to have a much needed rest.

This software is an application system which uses artificial intelligence. It helps healthcare professional jot down information regarding the results of medical tests on their patient. Its name already defines its main job which is to write the findings of the physician during consultation. It then aggregates all those for easy documentation.

It has voice activation so they would not have to push buttons anymore. It starts automatically. With a few voice commands like pulling up labs tests, it can do the required work with efficiency. They would not need to worry about the documentation part anymore. Hence, they are able to focus with the needs and care of their patients.

One advantage is that this is a learning system. Meaning, they do not have to update its data bank like the normal computer software regularly. It has an embedded program to recognize the medical jargons they throw along the conversation, even if it is said in short hand or acronym.

There are two areas in which it benefits both the institution and the professional. One, since they do not need to spell out that particular jargon they throw out in the conversation, this saves them time from manually adding it on the data bank. Two, it lessens their costs since they would not have to update its system that much.

This is great and helpful to use because the focus and workflow they have going does not get interrupted. They are able to really work on what matters and that is the wellbeing of their patient. No longer does the patient need to wait just so they have the results from the labs. They are able to get it through this system with ease and at a faster rate. They can have a productive day at the hospital because this helps in increasing their efficiency.




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