MedCity News July 31, 2023
Amazon recently unveiled HealthScribe, an API that software companies can use to create clinical note generation apps that providers can later adopt. With this approach, Amazon is seeking to collaborate with companies that are building clinical documentation AI apps rather than compete with them. Some think this approach is clever, but others think it does little to facilitate bi-directional EHR integration and create standardization.
Tech companies small and large have bet on AI relieving administrative burden and clinician burnout — think Microsoft’s Nuance and smaller startups like Suki and Notable.
But with Amazon‘s entry into the space last week with its HealthScribe solution, the race’s contours have shifted. Instead of going directly to hospitals with its own solution like a...
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