Modern Healthcare September 22, 2018
We’ve all heard the gripe: Physicians are turning into glorified note-takers, as they spend time during patient visits staring at screens and typing frantically into electronic health records, only to revisit the files hours later touching up their notes.
The problem is, in part, the technology that doctors must use. But some providers are now adding even more technology—in the form of virtual assistants, like the one made by Notable—to make things easier.
“Doctors are now the most highly paid professional data-gatherers,” said Notable CEO Pranay Kapadia, whose company makes an AI-powered medical assistant app for the Apple Watch that captures notes and visits digitally and recommends billing codes. “The best part is access to data that had never been...