Chris O’Brien Lifehouse has expanded the use of i-scribe’s AI clinical documentation technology across inpatient, outpatient and allied health settings, including the use of mobile documentation during ward rounds.
The Sydney cancer hospital is using different i-scribe workflows depending on the clinical setting, with inpatient clinicians using mobile AI documentation during ward rounds and outpatient teams using ambient documentation for longer consultations.
The deployment also covers psychology sessions, inpatient documentation and multidisciplinary care as part of a move beyond the outpatient consultation setting traditionally associated with AI documentation tools.
Chris O’Brien Lifehouse Clinical Business Analyst Jomelaine Pielago said the technology was intended to improve documentation while reducing the administrative burden on clinicians.
“Implementing i-scribe in our hospital will assist in quality and contemporaneous documentation, as well as giving back time to our clinicians to spend on providing quality patient care,” Ms Pielago said.
The hospital has continued to refine workflows following deployment, with i-scribe noting hospital-wide use required ongoing work to accommodate different specialties and clinical environments.
One Chris O’Brien Lifehouse clinician said the technology had allowed them to concentrate more fully on patients during sessions.
“We are able to focus more in session, not worried about missing specific things with handwritten notes,” the clinician said.
i-scribe said the deployment comes as hospitals increasingly look at how AI documentation tools can be used beyond outpatient consultations, including in more mobile and complex inpatient environments.
The company said inpatient documentation was particularly relevant for junior medical staff, who can spend substantial time completing discharge summaries, progress notes and other administrative documentation outside rostered clinical hours.
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