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

Tuesday, January 12
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM CST
  • 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

  • Renee Allenbaugh, MD

    Presenter

    Renee Allenbaugh, MD

    Regional CMO

    Penn Highlands Healthcare

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