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What are AI scribe technologies?
AI scribe technology is one of the most common use cases for AI in medical practice. AI scribes are tools that can generate medical notes from real-time verbal conversations between a physician and their patient. This removes the need for a physician to actively document during a patient encounter, with the intention of reducing the time-consuming task of manual charting and enhancing patient engagement.
These technologies use various AI models, such as natural language processing, automatic speech recognition, and machine learning models to interpret spoken words, understand context, and discern medical terminology by listening to conversation. The models should be custom-trained and tailored to the specific linguistic and terminological nuances of the healthcare industry, striving for accuracy and relevance in medical documentation.
Canada Health Infoway AI Scribe Program
The Canada Health Infoway AI Scribe program is funding up to 10,000 one-year AI Scribe licenses for eligible clinicians across Canada, currently including family physicians and community-based pediatricians.