Can AI Make Your Doctor's Visit Less Painful—Literally?

Is your doctor spending more time typing than talking? AI might be the cure.

Generative AI is making strides in healthcare, but not by diagnosing you — yet. Instead, AI is transforming the doctor's office experience by handling tedious administrative tasks that often keep physicians glued to their screens rather than engaging with patients.

As Kiran Mysore from Sutter Health and Google Cloud’s Aashima Gupta explained, AI is helping reduce the "pajama time" doctors spend on paperwork, allowing them to focus more on patient care. With tools like MedLM, AI can summarize nurse shifts and assist in finding connections between medications, reducing the risk of prescription conflicts.

However, while AI enhances workflow and patient interaction, it’s crucial to address privacy concerns and ensure that AI augments rather than replaces the human element in healthcare. Will AI finally give doctors the time to focus on what really matters—patients?

Read the full article on VentureBeat.

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