From admission to discharge: How one system rebuilt inpatient documentation with AI

Wednesday, October 7
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM CDT
  • Faisal Chawla, MD

    Presenter

    Faisal Chawla, MD

    Medical Director for Clinical Documentation Integrity, Cedars-Sinai Health System

    Physician Advisor for Utilization Management, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center

Ambient AI has made outpatient documentation easier. But no solution has addressed the far more complex documentation of an inpatient stay in a way that serves both clinicians and downstream revenue cycle teams.

One multi-hospital health system found a different answer. Its hospitalists and inpatient specialists now use a tool that reasons through the entire clinical record the way a clinician would, recommends diagnoses with the supporting evidence attached and drafts diagnosis-complete documentation for the full inpatient stay.

This session walks through how the program was scoped across the admission history and physical, progress notes and discharge summaries; how governance was set at the system and specialty level; how physician adoption was earned; and the impact on quality and financial metrics once the right diagnosis was captured at the point of care.

You’ll learn:

  • Why AI scribes fall short on inpatient documentation
  • How the health system earned physician trust in AI-recommended diagnoses through cited evidence and clinician-controlled note styles
  • How to set documentation governance across provider groups and specialties without flattening physician autonomy
  • What shifts downstream for mid-revenue cycle teams when the diagnosis is complete before the note is signed