{"id":246413,"date":"2026-05-15T04:45:00","date_gmt":"2026-05-15T08:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/15\/healthcare-providers-say-ai-helps-them-focus-on-patients-but-it-also-raises-questions-about-privacy-security-and-the-role-of-humans-in-medicine\/"},"modified":"2026-05-15T05:30:12","modified_gmt":"2026-05-15T09:30:12","slug":"healthcare-providers-say-ai-helps-them-focus-on-patients-but-it-also-raises-questions-about-privacy-security-and-the-role-of-humans-in-medicine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/15\/healthcare-providers-say-ai-helps-them-focus-on-patients-but-it-also-raises-questions-about-privacy-security-and-the-role-of-humans-in-medicine\/","title":{"rendered":"Healthcare providers say AI helps them focus on patients. But it also raises questions about privacy, security and the role of humans in medicine"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cardinalnews.org\/2026\/05\/15\/healthcare-providers-say-ai-helps-them-focus-on-patients-but-it-also-raises-questions-about-privacy-security-and-the-role-of-humans-in-medicine\/\">Healthcare providers say AI helps them focus on patients. But it also raises questions about privacy, security and the role of humans in medicine<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cardinalnews.org\/2026\/05\/15\/healthcare-providers-say-ai-helps-them-focus-on-patients-but-it-also-raises-questions-about-privacy-security-and-the-role-of-humans-in-medicine\/\">https:\/\/cardinalnews.org\/2026\/05\/15\/healthcare-providers-say-ai-helps-them-focus-on-patients-but-it-also-raises-questions-about-privacy-security-and-the-role-of-humans-in-medicine\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Publish Date: <a href=\"publish_date]\">2026-05-15 04:45:00<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source Domain: <a href=\"cardinalnews.org\">cardinalnews.org<\/a><\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"Everlit Audio Player\" width=\"100%\" height=\"136px\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen=\"\" class=\"perfmatters-lazy\" data-src=\"https:\/\/everlit.audio\/embeds\/artl_6PEgDSD3ZkK?client=wp&#038;client_version=3.1.7\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Robbie Price, a Centra Health nurse practitioner based in Bedford County, has seen a lot of ways to take notes during his two decades of work in healthcare.<\/p>\n<p>Simple handwriting. Microrecorders. Voice recognition software.<\/p>\n<p>Now there\u2019s something new: an artificial intelligence-powered \u201cambient digital scribe.\u201d Price said it\u2019s been \u201ctransformational on the clinical end.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The so-called scribe is software on a medical provider\u2019s phone that listens as the provider speaks with a patient. It then turns their conversation into a fully formed clinical note. Centra, based in Lynchburg, began using it in July.<\/p>\n<p>The app allows a provider to focus more fully on the patient instead of taking notes. It automatically filters out non-clinical conversation topics, such as how someone\u2019s dog or favorite baseball team is doing.<\/p>\n<p>A few minutes after the visit ends, the app produces a complete clinical note, said Price, who also serves as Centra\u2019s director of advanced practice provider operations.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo really, it\u2019s kind of turned the providers from more creators of the note to more editors,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Roanoke-based Carilion Clinic began integrating AI-powered documentation, such as digital scribes, into clinical workflows around 2023, with use expanding across care teams since then.<\/p>\n<p>[Disclosure: Carilion is one of our donors, but donors have no say in news decisions; see our policy.]<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Maruf Haider, associate chief medical information officer at Carilion, said that being more present during appointments can also help clinicians recall details more accurately when reviewing and finalizing notes later.<\/p>\n<p>Patients can view notes during their appointments if they choose, Haider added.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s a more thorough note that, in some cases, it picked up things that I would have not thought about putting in that was pertinent,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>The benefits of such a tool are obvious. 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