Doctors' offices were once private. But increasingly, artificial intelligence (AI) scribes (also known as digital scribes) are listening in. These tools can record and transcribe the conversation ...

Collecting a patient’s medical history has long been the cornerstone of diagnosis, guiding physicians in their clinical decisions. Yet, the growing burden of patient numbers, limited access to care, ...

Dr. Corinne Rhodes, a general medicine practitioner with the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, shows the ambient listening tool she uses to take notes. (Emma Lee/WHYY) From Philly and the Pa ...

There is a palpable tension eating away at the doctor-patient relationship. Doctors are over-capacity. Patients are under-informed and lack the confidence needed to properly self-advocate for their ...

The island’s largest healthcare system has started to integrate artificial intelligence, or AI, into its physician-patient conversations. It says it will reduce doctor workload and improve efficiency.

ROCHESTER, N.Y. – If you’ve got a doctor’s appointment scheduled soon, you may be asked if you’ll allow the doctor to use “digital scribing” to keep notes. The technology listens in the background to ...

When doctors are unable to assess the problem in a conversation with a patient, they are more apt to order unnecessary — and expensive — tests, she said. Hospital stays are longer and readmissions ...

Kuppalli is an infectious diseases physician in Dallas. I have spent my career caring for people facing some of the world’s most dangerous infectious diseases — Ebola, mpox, Covid-19. I have worked in ...

ST. LOUIS — The discussion in the examination room had gone on for about 30 minutes. Patient and doctor were frustrated. The young woman from Iraq said she remains in constant pain. Solid food feels ...