It used to be difficult for Edith Couturier, an 85-year-old resident of the District of Columbia, to explain to her adult children on the West Coast all the details of her medical appointments. But ...

Encouraging patients to help write and add notes to their personal medical charts -- a task typically handled only by medical professionals -- may help patients feel more involved with their own care ...

In April, the federal government mandated that healthcare providers provide free electronic access to patients' clinical notes, as part of the 21st Century Cures Act. This includes eight types of ...

Artificial intelligence (AI) tools can give doctors more time with patients by slashing the amount of time they spend taking notes, according to new data from a Swedish medical scribe company. The ...

Note takers grew out of villages movement that helps elderly age in place Keeping information straight from a doctor can be challenging for any age group There just may not be enough volunteers to ...

Encouraging patients to help write and add notes to their personal medical charts -- a task typically handled only by medical professionals -- may help patients feel more involved with their own care ...

What does your doctor really think about your condition and health concerns? For more than a year now, patients have been able to access and read the observations doctors write down about them during ...

DeepScribe, an AI-driven platform for medical record-taking, today announced it has raised $5.2 million in a seed round led by Bee Partners. The company says the funding will be put toward product ...

The software, part of Microsoft’s nearly $19 billion bet on Nuance Communications and the future of artificial intelligence in healthcare, promises to generate notes in seconds but accuracy, liability ...

Some EHR platforms allow patients to coproduce medical notes with clinicians, which could positively impact patient engagement, but such collaborations could also increase clinician workload and ...

Electronic medical records (EMRs) have been a tremendous benefit in exam rooms across the country, creating secure patient history databases that clinicians can easily access and update. Yet, they can ...

Patients could benefit if they are invited to co-produce medical notes, called 'OurNotes,' with their doctors, rather than merely reading them. The practice may also benefit doctors by reducing time ...