Forbes March 2, 2025
Primary care has long been associated with the image of a busy doctor, divided between patients and the administrative grind. Electronic Health Records (EHRs) have added to the grind, leaving many physicians tethered to screens rather than their patients. But Ambient AI Assistants may change the picture.
The statistics are sobering. Primary care physicians in the US typically see 20 – 30 patients a day, in consultations that in some practices average as short as 12 minutes. They are often responsible for upwards of 2,000 patients each, meaning that details are challenging to remember. Documentation, while aiding in recall, creates a substantial further problem – for every 8 hours of patient visits, primary care physicians report 2.1 additional hours spent...
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