Microsoft’s AI, the result of its collaboration with OpenAI, arrives in the products of Nuance Communications, acquired by the Redmond firm in 2021 for 16 billion dollars.
Dragon Ambient eXperience (DAX) Express is a new application for the healthcare world. It allows healthcare professionals to take voice notes and provide written transcriptions, all using artificial intelligence. It will be available in the summer, and its price is not yet known.
The technology is powered by a combination of ambient AI, which uses unstructured data, such as conversations, and OpenAI’s latest model, GPT-4.
Clinical notes in seconds
DAX Express also builds on the original DAX app launched by Nuance in 2020. This app converts patient talk into clinical notes. The process subjects them to human review, to ensure their accuracy and quality. The notes then appear in the medical record within four hours of the appointment.
DAX Express, on the other hand, generates clinical notes in seconds, so physicians can immediately view automated summaries of their patients’ visits.
“Our ultimate goal is to reduce cognitive load, to reduce the time physicians have to spend on administrative tasks,” Microsoft notes.
Microsoft takes a swipe at using health data in the cloud, and by an AI
This technology will also be integrated into Nuance’s Dragon Medical One voice recognition application, used by more than 550,000 physicians. Dragon Medical One is a cloud-based assistant that doctors can use using their voice. It allows browsing in business software and accessing patient information.
Of course, Microsoft takes gloves, even mittens, as to the use of health data in the cloud, and by artificial intelligence. A cocktail that many consider quite explosive.
DAX Express is developed in accordance with Microsoft’s standards for responsible AI and our commitment to data security and privacy. “Microsoft and Nuance believe that AI in healthcare has the potential to have a positive and lasting impact on the industry and patients, but it is imperative to ensure the technology is used responsibly. accountable and transparent. »
It remains to be seen how this translates concretely into the European legislative framework.