Impact of a Digital Scribe System on Clinical Documentation Time and Quality: Usability Study
This study highlights the potential of digital scribes in improving clinical documentation processes by offering a first summary draft for physicians to edit, thereby reducing documentation time without compromising the quality of patient records. Furthermore, digital scribes may be more beneficial to some physicians than to others and could play a role in improving the reusability of clinical documentation. Future studies should focus on the impact and quality of such a system when used by physicians in clinical practice.
Authors
- Ilse Kant (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5273-5178)
- Marieke van Buchem (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2917-0842)
- Jacqueline Kazmaier (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6185-5449)
- Ewout W. Steyerberg (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7787-0122)
- Martijn P. Bauer (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3710-4271)
- L.A. King †
Institutions
- Utrecht University (NL)
- Leiden University Medical Center (NL)
- University Medical Center Utrecht (NL)
- Prodrive Technologies (Netherlands) (NL)
Publication Details
- Journal
- JMIR AI
- Published
- 2024-09-23
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.2196/60020
- Citations
- 43
- Primary Topic
- Electronic Health Records Systems
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 30.43