Microsoft He is giving his artificial intelligence tools an image change.
The company presented on Monday a new voice assistant activated by voice that combines capacities of its dictation solution, Dragon Medical One and Ambient Listening Solution, Dax Copilot, in a single tool.
“Dragon Copilot” will be able to help doctors quickly extract information from medical sources and automatically write clinical notes, reference letters, submits subsequent to visit and more, according to the company. It is Microsoft's last effort to help health workers reduce their discouraging clerical workloads, which are an important source of exhaustion in the industry.
Doctors spend almost 28 hours a week in administrative tasks such as documentation, for example, according to an October study by Google Cloud.
“Through this technology, doctors will have the ability to concentrate on the patient instead of on the computer, and this will lead to better results and, ultimately, better medical care for all,” said Dr. David Rhew, Microsoft global medical director of Microsoft, on Thursday in an informative session with the reporters.
Microsoft acquired Nuance Communications, the company behind Dragon Medical One and Dax Copilot, for approximately $ 16 billion in 2021. As a result, Microsoft has become an important player in the market of scribes of fiercely competitive, which has exploited in popularity as health systems have been looking for tools to help address the breach.
The scribes of AI such as Dax Copilot allow doctors to write clinical notes in real time as they record their visits with patients. Dax Copilot has been used in more than 3 million patient visits in 600 medical care organizations in the last month, Microsoft said.
Other companies such as Abridge, which have raised more than $ 460 million according to Pitchbook, and Suki, which has raised almost $ 170 million, have developed similar writing tools. The updated Microsoft interface could help you stand out from its competitors.
Dragon Copilot can be accessed through a mobile application, browser or desk, and is integrated directly with several different electronic health records, the company said.
Doctors can still write clinical notes with the assistant as they could with Dax Co -ilot, but they can use a natural language to edit their documentation and notify more, Kenn Harper, general manager of Dragon Products in Microsoft, told journalists about the call.
For example, a doctor could ask questions such as “The patient experienced pain in the ear?” or “Can IcD-10 codes add to evaluation and plan?” Doctors can also request broader consultations related to treatment, such as: “Should lung cancer be examined to this patient?” and get an answer with links with resources such as centers for disease control and prevention.
Wellspan Health, which treats patients in 250 locations and nine hospitals throughout the Center for Pennsylvania and North Maryland, has been testing the dragons co -pilot with a group of doctors in recent months.
One of those doctors is Dr. David Gaspeack, medical director of Primary Care Services at Wellspan. They are still the first days, but Gaspeack told CNBC that the wizard is easy to use and that it has been more precise than existing Microsoft offers.
“We have been asked more and more over time to perform more administrative tasks that move us away from the patient's relationship and medical decision making,” Gaspeack said. “This allows us to return to that so we can focus on the patient, really think about what is needed.”
Microsoft refused to share Dragon's cost, but said the price structure is “competitive.” It will be easy for existing customers to update to the new offer, added the company.
Dragon Copilot will generally be available in the United States and Canada as of May, Microsoft said. The deployment will expand to the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, France and Germany in the following months.
“Our goal is to restore the joy of practicing medicine for doctors and providing a better experience for patients worldwide,” RHW said.
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