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@leeman25 Our clinic uses an AI "bot" to transcribe the conversation during appointments, then the clinician simply edits it afterwards. At our most recent visit the doctor said - I like it, AI catches some things we discuss that I either missed completely, or only remembered on review.
We are able to see the edited document in the portal afterwards, so we can email the doc if there are errors.
We feel now like we have their full attention during the visit, have time to ask more questions, and come away with a lot more information. It's especially helpful with specialists, where it takes months to get an appointment, and return visits are limited.
Our ortho practice uses human transcribers in the room, which works equally well, but I'm sure is more costly. These are nearly all pre-med or physician assistant students, so they get a view into the "real world" of clinical practice.
Having recently been in the hospital with a family member, I wish they do contemporaneous documentation of ANY kind. There was nobody transcribing, or even taking notes, during our encounters - it would be interesting to know when the documentation actually happened, because sometimes an hour or longer after a doctor said "I am ordering...", the nurse could not find med or treatment orders. We got home to read all the notes & reports, and found some things listed that were never discussed, including some that were not part of the diagnosis (or even remotely possible), yet some important issues not mentioned. But then, these docs were running from patient to patient, between two hospitals - so no wonder. This needs to be better - no wonder there are medical errors.
So now, we are dealing with the after-visits with new specialists, and having to explain what actually happened.