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clinicians to automate administrative tasks . Their technology automates the clinical documentation of consultations between clinicians and patients , using ambient AI to create a clinic letter or note , which is then edited and authorised by the clinician before being uploaded to the electronic health record ( EHR ) system .
In 2023 , GOSH entered a collaborative research partnership with TORTUS to test and evaluate the tool in a paediatric clinical setting .
Currently , clinicians dictate or manually type notes into the computer and compose letters during and after the consultation . We wanted to see whether this type of technology could help improve consultation experience by freeing clinicians from their keyboards and enabling more direct interaction with patients . We also wanted to ensure that the quality of documentation wasn ’ t negatively impacted by using this technology .
Early phase testing has shown promise for enhanced consultations
After initial early-phase testing of the technology and rigorous governance checks , we began Phase 2 of our pilot study . This phase consisted of testing the technology in simulated outpatient consultations , with GOSH clinicians from a range of specialties
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