Philadelphia – When doctors team up with artificial intelligence tools that “listen” and take notes on patient visits, the tool significantly reduces the time providers have time to interact with patient notes, not the patient themselves. I did. Additionally, according to a new Jama Network Open Study conducted by researchers at the University of Pennsylvania’s Perelman School of Medicine, there was a decrease in “pajama time” spent reviewing patients’ cases after working hours.
“This small study shows early but promising results. In an age where we need to find ways to reduce physician burnout and increase the workforce of primary care providers, these results are a shady of hope. “We provide you with something.” Director of Artificial Intelligence at Penn Medicine’s Amburatory Care (AI4AI) Lab.
Penn Medicine is in the early stages of using the “scriber” tool, which uses artificial intelligence to decipher conversations between doctors and patients and takes accurate notes in the patient’s electronic health records (EHRS). Currently, a group of volunteer clinicians are using this “ambientry” tool with patients who have been granted permission to use during the visit.
In this study, 46 clinicians participating in the early stages of the project completed the survey. Johnson and his team reduced clinicians’ time spent interacting with the EHR after patient visits and after patient visits, with 30% less time spent after working hours. , at night.
Pure time measurements led to an increase in the 2-minute time that allowed patients to have a direct conversation with each visit. Furthermore, the analysis showed that clinicians had about 15 minutes of personal time each day. One doctor responded in the survey that an AI scribe “reduces cumulative document time by about two hours each week.”
This time saving is important for both clinicians and patients. Many patients have follow-up questions or important information to share at the end of their appointment, so just a few minutes of extra information to reassure or notify patients of their condition It is important to have.
The AI scribe “dramatically reduced the burden on my writing and allowed me to talk to patients who didn’t need to distract me from my computer screen,” one doctor said in a study.
It’s easier to use
At the end of the study period, clinicians were asked whether they thought the system was easy to use and whether they would recommend it to others.
On a scale of 0-100 (100 is the easiest to use), the system received an average score of 76.
Whether the system is recommended to others on a scale of 0-10 (10 is certainly recommended), about 65% of the system’s “promoter” (responding with 9 or 10), or “passive was one of the recommended ones (7 or 8).
According to co-authors C. William Hanson, III, MD, Chief Medical Information Officer and Professor of Anesthesia and Clinical Care at UPHS, different types of physicians document in a variety of ways. These notes often have many different readers, including colleagues, regulators, insurance companies and patients.
“Virtual Scribe Technology is getting better every day to meet these various requirements,” says Hanson.
“Once optimized, we legally consider this technology to be the biggest advancement for outpatient primary care providers in decades,” one doctor told the researcher.
Anna Schoenbaum, Vice President of Applications and Digital Health at DNP, MS, RN-BC, FHIMSS and UPHS, added Penn Medicine “utilises technology to strengthen clinician-patient relationships. It reduces efficiency, cognitive burden and restores valuable time for both providers and patients.”
Penn Medicine is one of the world’s leading academic medical centers dedicated to related duties in medical education, biomedical research, patient care excellence and community service. The organization is: University of Pennsylvania Health System And the pen Raymond and Rus Perelman School of MedicineIt was established in 1765 as the country’s first medical school.
Perelman School of Medicine has consistently been one of the nation’s top recipients of fundraising from the National Institutes of Health, with $550 million awarded in 2022. The Penmedicine team, home to the proud history of medicine, is home to the “first” of medicine, and discoveries that have shaped modern medicine, including recent breakthroughs in Car T-cell therapy for cancer and mRNA technology used in Covid-19 vaccines. and pioneered innovation.
The University of Pennsylvania Health System patient care facility extends from the Susquehanna River in Pennsylvania to the New Jersey coast. These include University of Pennsylvania Hospital, Presbyterian Medical Center, Chester County Hospital, Lancaster General Health, Princeton Health, Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania Hospital – the country’s first hospital, founded in 1751. , at home Penmedicine, Lancaster Behavioral Health Hospital, Princeton House Behavioral Health, and more.
Penn Medicine is a $11.1 billion company with over 49,000 talented faculty and staff.
