Becker's Healthcare September 9, 2024
At Atrium Health, based in Charlotte, N.C., the use of AI-powered clinical documentation tools is showing potential in reducing physician burnout and streamlining workflows.
A study by Atrium Health, published on Sept. 6 in JAMA Network Open, evaluated the impact of Nuance’s Dragon Ambient eXperience (DAX) Copilot, an AI tool that listens to patient-clinician interactions and converts them into draft clinical notes.
The nonrandomized clinical trial included 112 clinicians from outpatient clinics in North Carolina and Georgia who were trained and used the AI tool, while 117 clinicians who did not use AI served as the control group. The intervention group received a one-hour, in-person training before activating the AI platform.
A survey was conducted before and five weeks after...