Can AI improve doctor-patient relationships? Find out what a local hospital says [Video]

NEW ORLEANS — Technology is mostly thought to interfere with people interacting on a personal level, but now one local hospital says the latest artificial intelligence can improve the doctor-patient relationship.

This comes at a time when doctors say they are spending more than half their time working on electronic medical records.

In the near future, there could be a third set of listening ears in the exam room with you and your doctor.

“They actually have an artificial intelligence, which is trained in the same way that the human was trained,” explained Dr. Jason Hill, Innovation Officer for Ochsner Health. “As to like, hears, listen to the conversation, and then out of that conversation generate a medical note”.

It’s called ambient listening to help the doctor listen …