Doctors Stop Typing as AI Takes Over the Chart
University Hospital at Downstate is piloting an ambient artificial intelligence (AI) scribe with 50 physicians across family medicine, internal medicine, cardiology and the emergency department. The tool has drafted notes for more than 900 patient encounters since May, Altera Digital Health said on Tuesday (Sept. 22). The Brooklyn academic medical center is the first to […] The post Doctors Stop…
Downstate University Hospital in New York is testing an ambient AI scribe called Sunrise Thread AI from Altera Digital Health. The tool listens to physician-patient conversations and drafts structured clinical notes inside the Sunrise EHR. Physicians review and approve the notes before they are entered into the official record, streamlining the documentation process.
The AI captures and interprets patient encounters from any device, reducing the time spent on documentation for healthcare providers. Downstate is the first hospital to use this system, which is part of a broader industry trend toward ambient AI scribes that aim to decrease documentation hours and alleviate clinician burnout. Pilot results show that the tool is more robust and easier to use than other options, with demand from clinical staff remaining high.
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