Dragon Ambient eXperience (DAX) Copilot Evaluation

Overview

AI solutions like, Dragon Ambient eXperience (DAX) Copilot (Nuance/Microsoft), hold the potential to significantly enhance provider and patient interactions and alleviate pain points that contribute to burn out. Atrium Health was the first healthcare system in the world to pilot Nuance's DAX Copilot intelligence (AI) enabled scribe software, which synthesizes a draft clinic note by "listening" to the conversation between a provider and patient. After 180 days of use by primary care clinicians and advanced practice providers (APPs), along with a control group, the investigators assess provider satisfaction, patient experience, and provider efficiency through qualitative and quantitative methods.

In this non-randomized stepped-wedge trial, clinicians (including physicians and advanced practice providers \[APP\]) specializing in family medicine, internal medicine, and general pediatrics were recruited from outpatient clinics located in North Carolina and Georgia. The intervention group was divided into 5 waves between June and August 2023 based on clinic locations. Prior to the activation of accounts, clinicians underwent a one-hour training session on DAX Copilot. Meanwhile, a comparison group comprising clinicians not utilizing DAX was recruited in five waves from locations and specialties similar to those of the intervention group. Two types of primary outcomes, electronic health record (EHR) metrics and financial metrics, were assessed after 180 days of intervention. EHR metrics include time in EHR (EHR8), work time outside of work (WOW8), time in documentation (Note8), completed appointment rate, same day closure rate, and note length. Financial metrics include gross revenue per visit and work relative value units (wRVU) per visit. Secondary outcome include provider satisfaction survey, provider interview, and patient satisfaction survey.