While some providers may find these advanced speech recognition tools to be helpful, there are a growing number of clinicians who are looking for more advanced applications of artificial intelligence and natural language processing.

Rather than writing notes by hand after a patient visit, clinicians can instead dictate their medical notes — clinical summaries, diagnoses, medical charts, etc. — and send the recorded audio file to a medical transcription company to be converted into a usable medical note.

Over three-quarters of patients are dramatically more in favor of using telehealth technologies going forward, this is just part of the new telehealth trends.

Financial incentives from the Meaningful Use act continue to roll in, more and more private practices are adopting EHR systems, and the landscape of care is continuing to change.

Each year, juries deliberate over thousands and thousands of malpractice cases, with the verdict often ultimately hinging on the quality and efficacy of the recorded medical documentation. Documenting patient encounters can be a painstaking process that takes lots of focus and time, but it is critical to the health of a patient, the reputation of a physician, and the success of a medical practice. Here's 6 physician documentation tips that can help you reduce the risk of malpractice.

The result of government regulation and EHRs is a mountain of medical documentation that is effectively insurmountable, one that burdens physicians daily and has become the number one contributor to burnout, depression, and suicide amongst care providers across the United States.