AI Transforms Surgical Operations with Automated Charting, Predictive Analytics, and Personalized Patient Care

Health IT Vendors Introduce AI Tools to Enhance Surgical Operations and Minimize Waste

AI Automates Operating Room Documentation

Artisight has developed an AI system that automatically updates patient charts with key details from operating room (OR) procedures. Using AI-powered cameras, sensors, and bidirectional audio/video streams, the Smart Hospital Platform captures events like patient entry and exit and procedure start and end times. This timestamped documentation helps relieve clinicians from hours of daily manual charting and supports more efficient OR workflows.

The platform’s analytics offer hospitals insights into improving OR operations. Early adopters report a 16x return on investment and a 5% increase in scheduled procedures. According to Artisight’s CEO, this technology allows clinicians to focus more on patient care while respecting both patient and staff time.

Predictive Analytics to Optimize OR Utilization and Reduce Waste

Optum’s Crimson AI is a predictive analytics platform aimed at enhancing OR efficiency by optimizing schedules, reducing staffing costs, and cutting surgical supply waste. Powered by GPT-based AI and featuring a conversational interface, Crimson AI offers healthcare providers a 13-to-1 return on investment.

This platform integrates with electronic health records (EHR) to identify unused OR time and anticipate cases that may run longer than expected. It also tracks surgical supply usage to highlight potential cost savings and flags unused materials. Optum underscores the need to move beyond outdated systems that can’t keep pace with current healthcare demands.

AI Scribe Solution Supports EHR Vendors

Scribematic’s new HIPAA-compliant AI scribe, Matic Inside, provides an embedded solution for EHR vendors seeking to compete with major players like Epic, which recently integrated Microsoft’s ambient AI technology. Matic Inside can be plugged directly into any EHR platform, eliminating the high cost and risks associated with building AI tools in-house.

This embedded scribe keeps patient data within the health system’s network, enhancing security. It also supports advanced multilingual capabilities with a high accuracy rate. Scribematic’s CEO emphasizes that relying on third-party ambient AI tools that access EHR data externally is increasingly unacceptable as embedded solutions become available.

Enterprise AI Platform Automates Healthcare Workflows

Zyter TruCare launched Symphony, an AI-powered platform that automates entire healthcare workflows rather than isolated tasks. Built with over 40 prebuilt agents and templates, Symphony offers customizable solutions that free staff to focus on patient care and accelerate decision-making.

The platform supports omnichannel communication and secure real-time collaboration among clinicians, care managers, and administrators via chat, voice, and video. Zyter TruCare offers commercial models with shared financial risk tied to outcomes such as reducing administrative costs or improving care quality.

AI Extracts Referral Data to Prevent Lost Referrals

KeenStack introduced an AI-powered referral management platform that automates referral intake, validation, and routing. Operating on the ServiceNow platform, it processes documents like faxes and emails to extract key data, reducing manual entry and errors.

The platform’s predictive analytics identify referral trends and bottlenecks, helping decrease patient wait times and improving care quality. This tool also helps keep patients within provider networks, addressing a common cause of lost revenue due to referrals falling through the cracks.

Patient Platform Personalizes Care Access and Research Opportunities

Pluto Health’s C.A.R.E. on Deck platform guides patients to personalized health options and clinical research opportunities. It enables patients to engage actively in their care by offering curated insights and direct access to clinicians via telehealth visits and chats.

The platform also streamlines clinical trial pre-screening, aiming to improve patient engagement and expand access to diverse communities. Pluto Health’s CEO highlights the importance of listening to patient needs and providing accessible health options.