Bid to beat tech giants in developing digital scribe for doctors

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Researchers at the Australian Institute of Health Innovation (AIHI) at Macquarie University are competing against big tech players, including Google, Amazon and Microsoft, to develop a prototype digital scribe for doctors. The tool will use speech recognition and artificial intelligence (AI) to record and transcribe consultations, extract relevant information and summarise it in a patient’s electronic health record.

Period9 Dec 2019

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  • TitleBid to beat tech giants in developing digital scribe for doctors
    Degree of recognitionNational
    Media name/outletThe Lighthouse - Macquarie University
    Media typeWeb
    Country/TerritoryAustralia
    Date9/12/19
    DescriptionResearchers at the Australian Institute of Health Innovation (AIHI) at Macquarie University are competing against big tech players, including Google, Amazon and Microsoft, to develop a prototype digital scribe for doctors. The tool will use speech recognition and artificial intelligence (AI) to record and transcribe consultations, extract relevant information and summarise it in a patient’s electronic health record.
    URLhttps://lighthouse.mq.edu.au/article/december-2019/bid-to-beat-tech-giants-in-developing-digital-scribe-for-doctors
    PersonsEnrico Coiera
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