October 16, 2024
In today's veterinary landscape, specialist veterinarians are in high demand as their services are increasingly required to deal with complex cases. As such, the average daily caseload for Specialists is considerable and raises concerns regarding long-term sustainability.
Accordingly, many of the earliest adopters of AI scribes are Specialists who recognize the profound potential posed by this technology and its ability to help specialists be more efficient and productive by automating documentation, including medical notes and discharges. For this specific cohort of veterinarians, there is tremendous value in the ability to efficiently produce high-quality medical notes tailored to their unique requirements. Additionally, further efficiency benefits are garnered by generating communication documents for their clients and referring veterinarians.
AI scribes are ambient listening programs that automatically generate medical records based on conversations between pet owners and doctors. They listen to everything said during an exam, treatment, or procedure and generate notes based exclusively on pertinent information. The resulting documents can easily be exported to existing PMS systems or shared with pet parents. AI Scribes can work 24/7 and be available in all types of situations, ensuring doctors are supported across all consultations and procedures.
Specialists need specialized templates. Every specialty has different criteria they are looking to document. So when using AI Scribes, specialties need their templates customized depending on each specialty, fully supporting the ability to create templates that match their needs.
Due to the nature of their work, specialists face a unique challenge in that virtually every case involves a new patient with an often lengthy medical history. To provide the best care possible, specialists spend precious time every day reading through hundreds of pages of PDF documents. Some cases, history files might be 500+ pages! AI Scribes can help with precise extraction of information from these documents. Taking 1000+ pages of medical history and extracting chronological summaries with detailed information on all physical exam findings, current medications, vaccines, diagnostic test results, and more.
After consultations, a specialists job is not done, they must report back the information to the referring veterinarian. Specialists take a lot of pride in educating other doctors to ensure patient care is delivered throughout the lifetime of the patient. AI scribes can help automate the process of documenting cases and sharing them with all stakeholders ranging from rDVM letters to discharge notes for the patient.
Leading AI Scribes like VetRec deliver on the promise of helping specialists with their jobs. VetRec was built from the ground up with specialists supporting key features like Records Recap that summarizes up to 1500+ pages of medical history, the most customizable template system that support specialists across the board (including a built-in template library with 30+ templates), and an end to end documentation platform supporting both medical notes as well as rDVM letters and discharges.
AI Scribes are revolutionizing the way specialists practice veterinary medicine. By automating the documentation process, this powerful technology significantly reduces burnout and fatigue. With customizable templates, specialists can ensure that all relevant information is accurately captured and easily accessible. Further efficiency benefits are made possible with records recap that save valuable time, enabling veterinarians to familiarize themselves with new cases quickly.
