“We see physicians working two to four hours every evening on their patient emails after their shift is over, and that’s not sustainable,” Dr. Lin told the publication. “But we worry that patients with complex disease will stop messaging us entirely because of this copay risk.”
Instead of implementing fees, UCHealth is enhancing its Epic EHR system with artificial intelligence.
The health system is using an AI chatbot to draft email replies to patient messages that then are edited by a provider.
Health systems such as UC San Diego Health; Madison Wis.-based UW Health; and Palo Alto, Calif.-based Stanford Health Care are also using this at their organizations.
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