Epic is incorporating AI into charting in its EHR to make clinicians’ jobs easier, the company said. “AI in Epic is like a new digital workforce that’s part of the care team,” Brad Fox, MD, director ...

While Epic develops features and tools to help nurses be more efficient when using the EHR, one challenge is the "last long mile" to get those features to the bedside of every nurse, Barey noted.

Epic also developed an AI tool combined with ambient voice technology to aid with charting progress notes in the EHR following a patient exam. That feature is now in use at 186 organizations ...