US-based children's healthcare system Akron Children's is expanding its use of the Abridge generative AI (genAI) platform across paediatric specialities.

This follows a successful pilot demonstrating reduced levels of cognitive load and burnout among clinicians, as well as reductions in time spent on administrative tasks.

The Abridge platform's Contextual Reasoning Engine is designed to automatically document clinical conversations.

The technology can detect multiple speakers and generate accurate clinical documentation to capture and document clinical conversations effectively.

The platform's technology is designed for the nuances of paediatric care, offering seamless integration across various care settings.

It aims to provide clinically accurate summaries and medical terminology, as well as adapt to existing electronic health record (EHR) workflows.

Akron Children’s chief medical information officer Dr Sarah Rush said: “Our clinicians have more freedom to connect more deeply with patients and their families because they are free from the cognitive load of worrying about documentation.

“Abridge is bringing joy back to our clinicians, which is so important when caring for children.”

Abridge is an enterprise-grade AI platform founded in 2018 to power deeper understanding in healthcare.

The platform is purpose-built for healthcare and claims to be the only solution currently available that maps AI-generated summaries to source data.

It is designed to offer 'deep' EHR integration and is compatible with over 28 languages and more than 50 care specialities.

Abridge CEO and founder Dr Shiv Rao said: “From ambient audio interference that paediatric clinicians would know better as ‘crying,’ to interactions with patients who are just learning how to express themselves, paediatric specialists face unique challenges during encounters.

“It goes without saying that they are heroes. That’s why we designed Abridge to automatically understand the subtleties of paediatric care settings and specialties, and generate excellent clinical documentation.”