Vanderbilt Electronic Health Record Voice Assistant Supports Clinicians.

ABSTRACT:

Background

 Electronic health records (EHRs) present navigation challenges due to time-consuming searches across segmented data. Voice assistants can improve clinical workflows by allowing natural language queries and contextually aware navigation of the EHR.

Objectives

 To develop a voice-mediated EHR assistant and interview providers to inform its future refinement.

Methods

 The Vanderbilt EHR Voice Assistant (VEVA) was developed as a responsive web application and designed to accept voice inputs and execute the appropriate EHR commands. Fourteen providers from Vanderbilt Medical Center were recruited to participate in interactions with VEVA and to share their experience with the technology. The purpose was to evaluate VEVA's overall usability, gather qualitative fe

SUBMITTER: Kumah-Crystal YA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10937093 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature