What are AI scribes?

An AI scribe is a digital tool that creates a draft summary “note” for your healthcare provider based on your conversation during an appointment.

Instead of your health care provider taking notes during your appointment, the AI scribe creates a temporary audio recording and draft summary. It helps ensure that important health-related details, no matter how small, are noted. By using an AI scribe your health care provider can focus more on you and less on taking notes.  

Behind the screens: AI in Canadian health care settings

Artificial intelligence (AI) is already part of everyday life – from the virtual chat on your banking app, to the way Netflix suggests what you might like. Now AI is being used to help doctors, nurses, and other health care providers.

On PEI, health care teams are exploring how AI tools can support both patients and professionals to help enhance patient care.

Here are some examples of how AI is being used in Canadian health care: 

Electronic Health Records in PEI: Understanding EHRs vs. EMRs

You’ve likely heard it on the news many times – new electronic health and medical records in PEI are helping clinicians better co-ordinate care. But what does that mean? And what’s the difference between an electronic health record (EHR) and an electronic medical record (EMR)?

While both are secure, digital records of patient information that can be accessed by clinicians involved in your health care, there are some differences between these two records. Let’s break it down.

Digital health tools are all around us and for good reasons. Like any tool, they are supposed to make a job easier or more convenient. In this case, the job is to help improve YOUR health and access to health care and resources.