Ambient Voice Transcriptions Endorsed in a Study by The Permanente Medical Group
Healthcare IT Today February 19, 2024
A new study by The Permanente Medical Group (part of Kaiser Permanente) offers confidence that ambient voice transcriptions can save time and improve the patient experience by generating clinical notes about patient visits. This article summarizes the key findings in that study.
What We’re Looking For in Ambient Voice Transcription
Ambient voice transcription has been covered extensively on this web site in articles and video interviews. It’s an application of modern generative AI techniques to relieve doctors of a major administrative burden and demand on their time. The software records what the doctor and patient say, then uses generative AI to produce a note in the proper format.
The doctor, of course, has to edit the note for accuracy. Many...