How AI is helping reshape patient visits, prevent doctor burnout

CentraCare incorporating AI into Minnesota patient visits

The St. Cloud-based health care system says it is using generative artificial intelligence for note-taking to improve treatment quality and reduce clinician burnout.

How AI is helping reshape patient visits, prevent doctor burnout

The AI tool captures a patient visit and creates a clinical summary within minutes.

CentraCare incorporating AI into patient visits

ST. CLOUD — On Tuesday, Jan. 28, Dr. Elaina Lee treated 18 children whose parents had concerns about sore throats or cold/flu-like symptoms. “Can you imagine now, how was I supposed to, at the end of the day, after 18 sore throats and coughs, supposed to remember each individual one?” said Lee, a pediatrician at CentraCare — St. Cloud Hospital. “That’s very hard. This helps me capture the unique features of each story, but I don't have to rememb…