Date of Award

8-9-2024

Document Type

Open Access Thesis

Degree Name

MS in Physician Assistant Studies (PA)

Department

Physician Assistant Studies

First Advisor

Mary Ruggeri

Abstract

Background: Provider burnout is continuing to be a massive problem for our healthcare industry. One major contributor to provider burnout is burdensome administrative tasks associated with documentation of electronic medical records (EMR). This review aims to uncover the applications for artificially intelligent digital scribes as a solution to reduce EMR documentation burden. Purpose: Provider burnout has shown to increase the incidence of major mistakes and decreased patient safety grades. Digital scribes could be a solution in reducing provider burnout by reducing the administrative burden of EMR documentation. Methods: A comprehensive literature review was conducted using articles from PubMed using search phrases “AI digital scribes, "digital scribe in practice". An advanced search was conducted through PubMed searching for article titles using key phrases “digital scribes” and “automatic speech recognition”. Exclusion criteria included systematic reviews, any articles published prior to 2019, and any articles that did not contain any variation of the key words above in their titles. Conclusions: Early trials of current digital scribe technology have shown the ability to reduce provider workload by accurately documenting pertinent summaries from the patient-provider encounter into EMR systems. Digital scribe technology is only in its infancy stages and still requires extensive trialing to allow for seamless integration into provider practice.

Identifier

SC 11.PAS.2024.Storley.C.S.H.

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