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Artificial Intelligence Assists with EHR Data Organization

A recent study looked at how artificial intelligence systems can be used to sort through electronic health records.

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By Erin McNemar, MPA

- According to a recent study, physicians devote 62 percent of their time per patient reviewing electronic health records (EHRs), with the most time-consuming portion being clinical data review. To increase efficiency, researchers studied the development of an artificial intelligence system to assist with reviewing patient information.

As EHRs became increasingly common, physicians have spent more time studying these data bases to review clinical data. With more data being stored in EHRs, users could experience a type of information overload. By incorporating artificial intelligence technology to work with these EHRs, physicians will avoid burnout and improve the patient experience.

In this prognostic study, researchers created an AI system to organize patient records and improve data retrieval. To ensure that the system was fast and accurate, a nonblinded, prospective study took place at Stanford University.