DOTmed September 1, 2023
At its annual Users Group Meeting in late August, Epic gave attendees an inside look at a few of the generative AI solutions it is developing with Microsoft to offset labor, financial, and other exhaustive challenges currently plaguing the healthcare industry.
The two have integrated the conversational, ambient, and generative AI capabilities of Microsoft’s Azure OpenAI Service and Nuance DAX Express systems within Epic’s EHR platform to automate and simplify cumbersome administrative tasks for clinicians and staff, expecting these joint capabilities to relieve burdens created by nationwide physician shortages, burnout, and exorbitant administrative costs.
Here are four of those potential innovations:
- Summarizing notes faster: With In Basket, Epic’s AI-assisted hub for managing and communicating task progress, Microsoft’s...