The document discusses physician burnout as a major problem, with over 51% of physicians reporting burnout in 2017. The proposed solution is a Cognitive Personal Digital Assistant (CPDA) that can be accessed across devices to help optimize physicians' workflow. The CPDA would decrease clerical burden through features like documentation support, EHR integration, and translation capabilities. It would also help with patient communication, administrative tasks, clinical decision making, knowledge management, and promoting physician wellness. The goal of the CPDA is to decrease daily workload, optimize time management, increase productivity, promote wellness, and restore work-life balance for physicians.

1. Cognitive Personal Digital Assistant
for Physicians
Jai Nahar, MD, MBA
AIMed 2017
Laguna Niguel, CA

2. Problem and Impact
Physician Burn out
Problem
• High Physician Burn out rate
• 51% this year (Medscape Survey)
• Trending up yearly
Impact
 Decrease in quality of patient care
 Increase in medical errors
 Poor patient outcomes
 High health care costs
 Malpractice risk
 Toll on physician
 Health
 Mental stress
 Social /Family life
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3. Causes of Physician Burn out
 Increase in workload: EHR related clerical burden
 Administrative/Bureaucratic requirements
 Increased productivity expectations
 Malpractice threat
 Requirement for Certifications/Licenses

4. Proposed Solution:
Multifunctional Cognitive Personal Digital Assistant
 Access
 Via multiple devices
 Available whenever needed at all points of care
 Secure access using biometric authentication
 Properties
 Multilingual communication capability
 Multiple level functionality
 Capable of continuous learning
 Will develop incremental intelligence (ongoing use)
 End user experience
 Personalized to end user
 Customizable to different medical specialties

5. Core Functionality
Cognitive
Personal
Digital
Assistant
Optimizing
Workflow
Decrease
clerical burden
Patient
communication
organizer
Administrative
Work
Community
Building
& Wellness
Knowledge
Management
 Documentation support: digital scribe
 EHR integration: Order entry, data
retrieval
 Multilingual translation capabilities
Sort, prioritize, organize all incoming
communications/tasks
 Emails
 Portal messages
 Telephonic messages
 Prescription refills
 Lab results
Help clinical decision
making : tap into online
medical literature, data
bases, guidelines
 Organize daily schedule
 Track licenses, Hospital
privileges, MOC, CME
requirements
 Connect physicians with each
other, professional networks &
local community
 Personal wellness coach
 Meditation/relaxation tools for
stress relief

6. Conclusion
Decrease Daily
workload/Long work
hours
Optimize time
management
Increase personal
productivity
Promote Wellness
Restore Work Life
balance
CPDA