The doctor will see you now, and the robot is listening: The prospect of AI freeing physicians and nurses from the need to manually document everything has clinical executives at UChicago and Rush envisioning a return to 'real-time' patient care.

Two Chicago health systems, Rush University System for Health and the University of Chicago, are planning to test artificial intelligence (AI) tools that aim to make patient visit documentation less burdensome and more patient-focused. The use of AI can potentially bring back the focus on patients by accurately translating the visit into an electronic health record (EHR). The AI systems would work with EHR systems from electronic records leader Epic. However, there are challenges to address, such as privacy concerns and cost, before the technology can be widely implemented. [Extracted from the article]