Kaiser Launches Largest Generative AI Project in Healthcare
Kaiser Permanente has made a generative AI-powered clinical documentation tool available to providers across its 40 hospitals and over 600 medical offices.The Oakland, Calif.-based health system said Aug. 14 it contracted with artificial intelligence startup Abridge to offer ambient scribes at its clinical sites in eight states and the District of Columbia, the biggest rollout of generative AI in healthcare so far. Upon getting consent from patients, the platform transcribes healthcare visits and drafts clinical notes for the EHR.