More and More Doctors Are Welcoming Ai Assistants. but There Are Still Obstacles.

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When Jeannine Urban went for a checkup in November, she had her doctor's undivided attention. Instead of typing on her computer during the appointment, Urban's primary care physician at Penn Internal Medicine in Media, Pennsylvania, used an artificial intelligence (AI) assistant known as ambient note-taking. At the end of the 30-minute visit, the doctor showed Urban the summary the program generated: a clearly organized document with her medical…