Pump the brakes on your week and take 10 minutes to make your life as a surgeon just a little better…
Jeff welcomes to the podcast physician scientist, Rachel Draelos, MD, PhD.
The Electronic Medical Record (EMR) is one of the leading causes of physician frustration. EMRs are “broken” in a few different ways. First off, the user interface is poor and confusing. Second, the underlying data is messy and fragmented. This limits what you can do in the interface. Rachel’s company is working on creating a new EMR that’s easy to use and crafts the data specifically to unleash the power of Artificial Intelligence in medicine to help with all kinds of different administrative tasks.
AI is a contentious topic in medicine. Some are excited about its potential, while others are nervous about its implications.
What steps does Rachel suggest we take to leverage tech in medicine better?
- Step 1 – Understand the different types. In this podcast, we discussed the many forms of artificial intelligence.
- Step 2 – Identify key areas of administrative burden. These could include prior authorizations, billing, coding, etc.
- Step 3 – Spend some time on Google searching for AI tools that can automate those tasks.
Most importantly, practice leveraging tech to mitigate administrative burdens!
Most importantly, PRACTICE leveraging tech to mitigate administrative burdens!
Guest: Rachel, Draelos MD, PhD
Dr. Rachel Draelos is a physician scientist, and the first person to graduate from Duke University with an M.D. and a Ph.D. in Computer Science. Her research focuses on novel artificial intelligence methods development for medical applications. She has published across multiple areas of artificial intelligence, including computer vision, natural language processing, explainable AI, and expert systems. Her machine learning models have been applied to medical images, medical notes, EHR data, and genetic data. Dr. Draelos is the Founder and CEO of Cydoc, a health AI company. The Cydoc Smart Patient Intake Form generates medical notes from patient intake forms, saving 10 minutes per patient visit. Dr. Draelos is also the author of the popular AI and medicine blog Glass Box, and the Founding Consultant of Vismedica AI, a firm that offers healthcare and AI consulting services.