A randomized trial conducted by researchers at the UW School of Medicine and Public Health and UW Health showed that ambient AI notetaking, which involves an AI tool that passively listens to a doctor-patient visit and drafts a summary, can help reduce health care practitioner burnout by reducing time spent documenting clinical notes. The study, published in two parts in the New England Journal of Medicine Artificial Intelligence (NEJM AI), provides one of the most comprehensive pathways thus far for other health systems to test and implement this technology.
The time spent documenting patient interactions in electronic health records, or EHR, is a major contributor to burnout. Ambient AI has the ability to securely draft notes during a patient visit, freeing up the provider to interact with the patient directly and reducing documentation time. AI-generated notes are reviewed by the health care professional for quality and accuracy. Read more…
