Becker's Healthcare July 23, 2024
Rochester, Minn.-based Mayo Clinic is collaborating with Epic and healthcare artificial intelligence company Abridge to develop a generative AI tool for nurses.
The ambient clinical documentation platform will be one of the first of its kind for nurses and mimic similar programs increasingly used by physicians but specialized for the nursing profession.
“Everyone knows there are challenges to the nursing workforce right now,” Mayo Clinic Chief Nursing Officer Ryannon Frederick, MSN, RN, told Becker’s. “One of the things that we hear is the biggest pain point in their day is documentation.”
Mayo Clinic is currently obtaining consent from patients to record their visits with nurses, data that will be used to help Abridge build the AI tool, which will be...