Rochester, Minn.-based Mayo Clinic nurses and informatics teams have developed an in-house AI tool to help streamline clinical workflows.
The tool, called the Nurse Virtual Assistant, integrates directly into Mayo’s EHR and provides a nurse-specific patient summary with links to resources including Lippincott guidelines, intravenous administration protocols and a clinical policy library, according to a Sept. 17 news release.
Mayo Clinic said the tool is designed to reduce the time nurses spend navigating multiple systems, allowing them to focus more on patient care. It was tested and validated in a research study approved by Mayo’s institutional review board before being expanded to more than 9,600 nurses across inpatient and emergency department units.
Development of the tool began in 2024 as part of Mayo’s strategy to ease administrative burdens in increasingly complex digital environments. Nurses were involved at every stage, from concept design to early access testing, according to the release.
The tool is patent-pending and was developed in compliance with HIPAA and privacy regulations, according to Mayo Clinic.
