Physician use of AI across the country has gone from 38 percent in 2023 to 81 percent today, a recent AMA survey found. But the Philadelphia region’s providers are thinking well beyond AI medical scribes, and patients should expect to keep seeing shifts in the primary health care space, even if subtle.
For example, Jefferson Health aims to use AI tools systemwide to save clinicians more than 10 million hours by 2028. Virtua Health in South Jersey has partnered with Microsoft on AI tools. Penn Medicine is set to open a clinic in Montgomeryville next year where doctors won’t need to hit record on a smartphone because ambient recording is built into the exam room. According to Srinath Adusumalli, a cardiologist and chief health information officer at Penn Medicine, another feature would be a screen on the wall that displays the reasons the patient says they’ve come in for the appointment and next steps, like prescriptions or test orders, that the doctor and patient could review together. “The space is organized so it prioritizes face-to-face. But then the technology is there to support information review and delivery,” Adusumalli says.