While electronic health records (EHRs) have improved data exchange for care coordination, they have also increased the clinical documentation burden on healthcare providers. Research from 2023 suggests that clinicians may now spend more time on EHRs than on direct patient care. On average, providers spend over 36 minutes on EHR tasks for every 30-minute patient
A study published in JAMA Network Open found that nearly half of clinicians using an ambient AI clinical documentation tool reported positive outcomes. The tool, Dragon Ambient eXperience (DAX) Copilot from health IT vendor Nuance, leverages automatic speech recognition and natural language processing to draft electronic health record (EHR) documentation based on patient-provider conversations. The
Leveraging AI to Alleviate the Documentation Burden in Nursing As the nursing profession grapples with increasing burnout, researchers are investigating the potential of large language models to streamline clinical documentation and care planning. Nurses play an essential role in delivering high-quality care and improving patient outcomes, but the profession is under significant strain due to
Generative AI’s Growing Role in Healthcare: Potential and Challenges The rapid advancements in large language models (LLMs) have introduced generative AI tools into nearly every business sector, including healthcare. As defined by the Government Accountability Office, generative AI is “a technology that can create content, including text, images, audio, or video, when prompted by a
