China Medical University Hospital, through its AI Center, has developed an AI medical speech engine powered by Microsoft.
In a statement, the Taiwanese hospital described its Generative Healthcare Intelligent (gHi) system as the Mandarin version of Nuance AI – and possibly the first of its kind in the Chinese language.
HOW IT WORKS
Built using Microsoft Azure, gHi recognizes and records verbal information from physicians. The system then analyzes and summarizes the verbal text, using Azure OpenAI’s GPT-4, and automatically generates recommendations and medical terminologies.
“It can be used in recording conversations with new patients, verbal information from nurses, preparing patients’ medical records, exporting examination reports and even handling custom requests,” said CMUH Superintendent Der-Yang Cho, stating he explained its use.
Sean Pien, General Manager of Microsoft Taiwan, ensures the accuracy and stability of the gHi, highlighting the versatility of Microsoft Azure. “Microsoft Azure is a versatile platform, including enterprise-class computing capabilities, a wide variety of machine learning service solutions, multiple programming languages and tools, the powerful summarization and generation capabilities of Azure OpenAI, and extensive resources from global data centers.”
WHY IT MATTERS
CMUH created the gHi to increase the efficiency and accuracy of medical record keeping. Through early implementationAccording to the hospital, it has helped reduce the time spent manually maintaining medical records by 75%.
In addition to improving the quality of medical records, it can also facilitate collaboration and communication between medical disciplines.
CMUH said it will continue to optimize the gHi to expand its reach into healthcare services.
THE BIG TREND
CMUH recently started creating healthcare AI models that can help facilitate the Chinese-speaking population access to accurate medical information.
Late last year, it entered into a partnership with Google Cloud to deliver cancer care. They plan to jointly develop an AI-based physician system for making diagnoses and treatment plans based on MedLM. To date, two MedLM-based tools have been developed: the Customized Cancer Treatment Guidelines, which allow physicians to quickly capture information and create cancer treatment plans, and the Cancer Therapy Q&A System, which can be used by physicians to instantly search for information and receive. recommendations for comprehensive treatment options.
In other related news, Nuance recently made announced that the Dragon Ambient eXperience Copilot, a clinical documentation tool based on conversational, ambient and generative AI, is now available for full integration with electronic health records from Epic and Meditech Expansion.