In today’s complex healthcare domain, caregivers have access to an ever-increasing volume of patient data from a variety of sources. With this level of data explosion, healthcare providers often find it exhaustive and time-consuming to navigate through patient information in electronic health records (EHRs).
What’s even more challenging is that approximately 80% of information in the EHR systems is in a free, unstructured text format. These challenges can lead to serious outcomes in the form of delayed patient care, increased work stress for medical professionals, and adverse patient outcomes.
The data explosion problem in healthcare
Globally, the healthcare industry is generating around 30% of the data volume – and is increasing by 36% each year.
Modern-day physicians trying to gather and analyze each patient’s medical record need to synthesize a lifetime of complex conditions and treatments in the form of medications, procedures, and more. This means data collected over decades across multiple healthcare providers (or hospitals) across locations and stored in different formats and languages.
This can consume the physician’s valuable time from focusing on patient care. Besides, there’s little guarantee that this manual exercise will deliver any relevant insights. In the face of this data explosion, healthcare providers realize the importance of easy and seamless access to every patient’s medical records across disparate databases and systems. There’s a growing demand for intelligent search and summarization capabilities in the healthcare industry.
The solution: Intelligent search & summarization with MEDITECH EHR
At Onix, our data & AI experts have a unique perspective on the challenges and opportunities in the healthcare space. Hence, we’re thrilled to announce our collaboration with MEDITECH and Google to develop a groundbreaking healthcare solution that is transforming how caregivers access their patient’s medical records. Built on Google Cloud Platform (GCP), this solution leverages Google’s best-in-class AI tooling for the healthcare domain.
Here’s how the Onix solution addresses challenges in accessing modern medical records:
- Search: With this capability, healthcare professionals can quickly and easily retrieve a patient’s data from the EHR system using natural language queries.
- Summarization: This solution can automatically generate concise and digestible information about patients, including their current and historical medical conditions, procedures, and symptoms, from their stored medical record.
Effectively, Onix’s solution seamlessly integrates with the MEDITECH Expanse EHR system to provide intelligent search and summarization capabilities that help the physician focus on the most relevant information without endless scrolling. This solution also leverages Google’s Vertex AI search functionality for healthcare – along with a Google-styled online search experience that sifts through massive volumes of healthcare data. This enables medical professionals to quickly find relevant results based on the context of their queries.
Besides, to meet the need for concise and digestible information, this solution also provides an AI-powered summarization of patient records. This feature automatically extracts key medical information, identifies important health trends, and provides caregivers with a clear and comprehensive overview of the patient’s medical history. This is beneficial for faster decision-making, improved collaboration among healthcare teams, and better patient care.
Forward innovation: the future of intelligent healthcare
Through our association with MEDITECH, Onix is pushing the boundaries of innovation in healthcare technology. We envision a future of collaboration between human healthcare providers and AI technology that can seamlessly integrate into healthcare systems and improve the patient outcome.
Here are some of the opportunities in the healthcare technology domain:
- Embracing new data sources with more frequency and more formats/context: This comprises collecting and learning from more data.
- Enhancing AI capabilities: This involves using advanced AI algorithms for predictive analytics, personalized care recommendations, and proactive identification of potential health risks.
- Personalizing the patient experience: Customized search and summarization for the specific needs and roles of different healthcare professionals.
- Delivering a patient-centric experience: This includes potential opportunities for patients to learn about their health conditions and treatments.
To summarize, the Onix team is excited about the potential of this technology to revolutionize patient care. Our collaboration with MEDITECH and the integration of Google’s cutting-edge AI capabilities allow us to bring this vision to life. At Onix, we believe that technology should empower caregivers, not burden them. Our Search & Summarization application for the healthcare industry is paving the way for a more efficient and human-centered experience.
Contact us to learn more about how Onix is driving innovation in healthcare.
