HIT Consultant October 15, 2024
Organizational healthcare systems worldwide face a pressing issue: the pervasive burnout experienced by clinicians. From relentless work hours to overwhelming administrative tasks, the myriad pressures of the profession take a toll on their well-being. Among the chief contributing factors to this epidemic is the burden of documentation and paperwork, a relentless demand that drains clinician energy and detracts from patient care. Recent research shows physicians may spend as much as 4.5 hours daily inputting data into EHR systems! This is where new technology, such as ambient listening, comes into play.
What is Ambient Listening?
Ambient Listening Technologies (ALTs) are modernizing how clinicians transcribe medical documents – by enabling the capture, recording, management, and analysis of audio data from...