Ambient clinical documentation tools were associated with modest time savings at five academic health systems, a study published April 1 in JAMA found.
The AI scribes were linked to a reduction of about 13 minutes in EHR use and 16 minutes in documentation time, according to the research. Providers who used the tools also saw about 0.5 additional patients per week. The time savings did not translate into notable reductions in after-hours EHR work.
“Many people are surprised that there’s not a more significant reduction in time,” study co-author Rebecca Mishuris, MD, vice president of digital and chief health information officer of Somerville, Mass.-based Mass General Brigham, told Becker’s. “The reduction in time does not account for the incredible kind of immense reduction in burnout.”
Dr. Mishuris was referring to prior research at Mass General Brigham that found AI scribes were associated with a 21% decline in reported burnout.
“We’re still trying to figure out what the driver of that reduction in burnout is,” she said. “If we can figure out what the mechanism of action is, we can design other interventions.”
In the April 1 study, researchers analyzed 8,581 clinicians, including 1,809 AI scribe users across different vendors, at Mass General Brigham, Atlanta-based Emory Healthcare, San Francisco-based UCSF Health, Yale New Haven (Conn.) Health and Sacramento, Calif.-based UC Davis Health.
The post AI scribes linked to time savings at 5 health systems appeared first on Becker's Hospital Review | Healthcare News & Analysis.
Source: Read Original Article
