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Doctors are turning medical generative AI into a booming business


Ambient clinical documentation was the talk of the HIMSS conference in Orlando, Florida, this year.

Companies like Microsoft's Nuance Communications, Abridge and Suki have developed solutions with these capabilities, which they argue will help reduce doctors' administrative workloads and prioritize meaningful connections with patients. Since administrative work is mostly bureaucratic and doesn't directly influence doctors' decisions around diagnoses or patient care, it has served as one of the first areas where health systems have seriously begun to explore applications of generative AI. Integrating a tool like DAX Copilot directly into doctors' EHR workflow means they won't need to switch apps to access it, which helps save time and reduce their clerical burden even further, Harper said.

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