AI scribe technology lets me focus on my patients, not a screen

Two decades ago, when I first began practicing emergency medicine, patient documentation was a manual process. I would write on carbon-copy forms that were later stored in the belly of the hospital, in archives, as patient files. To get a lab test, an X-ray, or a medication for a patient, I had to jot down instructions on a piece of paper, track down the right nurse, and verbally convey what orders I had put in. Phones were not smart and the fax machine was still a cornerstone of…