Virtual ‘scribes’ help doctors focus on patients, not note-taking
on Mon, 2019-10-14 11:39 Alyssa
REVERE — Dr. Amy Wheeler set a small tablet computer on the table as she turned to face her patient. Then she did something that’s become increasingly rare for doctors in the digital age: She talked to him without typing or clicking anything.
Wheeler didn’t have to take notes, because the microphone on her tablet recorded everything. While she slept that night, a trained doctor working in an office building across the world in Mumbai listened to the recording and typed up a summary.
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[1] https://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2019/10/08/virtual-scribes-help-doctors-focus-patients-not-note-taking/Lb6NBdJIEBxd77sIqv2sSN/story.html?utm_campaign=KHN%3A%20Daily%20Health%20Policy%20Report&utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&utm_content=77845186&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-_F2J5GHDd5lDxWu-KIQVqQgQO0vzTIdFRIAXi1bBVbaQgGy9H9wTv0ffe5s25BwYUtBLFTh4GUt_qvX2ovAjo6ho-RHQ&_hsmi=77845186