Healthcare Innovation October 27, 2020
David Raths

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The Innovation Lab at the American Academy of Family Physicians is making progress on developing tools to help address challenges with EHR usage from a family medicine perspective. The lab also is looking for new and emerging solutions to help family physicians integrate telemedicine into their practices.

In 2018, the AAFP board of directors approved a four-year project to find solutions to EHR-related issues. AAFP Vice President and Chief Medical Informatics Officer Steven Waldren, M.D., M.S., spearheaded the establishment of an Innovation Laboratory to drive innovation using cloud, AI/machine learning, and voice and mobile technologies.

According to AAFP news reports, the first tool the lab has...

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Topics: AI (Artificial Intelligence), Digital Health, EMR / EHR, Health IT, Physician, Primary care, Provider, Technology, Telehealth, Voice Assistant
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