Nabla, the company developing a cutting-edge ambient AI assistant for clinicians called Nabla Copilot, has officially confirmed a partnership with Children’s Hospital Los Angeles (CHLA) to make its assistant available for pediatric specialists across the latter’s network. Coming after a successful four-week pilot program, the stated development will bring templates customized according to CHLA’s specific needs as a pediatric hospital. Hence, the notes set to be used here will better reflect if presented facts were reported by the patient or their parents. Furthermore, they will clearly mention whether or not the patient was accompanied during their visit, and if they the answer is yes, detail will be provided on the person who joined them. Not just that, practitioners using the AI solution will also have the flexibility to leverage Nabla Copilot’s custom instructions feature to tailor their note templates in reference to their exact needs. Next up, we must get into the possibility of accessing Nabla Copilot’s multi-speaker functionality. This translates to capturing multiple people’s voices in the exam room, including the parent or guardian speaking on behalf of a child patient. Then, there is the chance to use Nabla Copilot to automatically generate the required patient instructions after every visit. Supplied alongside specialist’s clinical note, these instructions will map out a summary of next steps in the patient’s treatment journey, and enhancing their relevance even further is the fact that they can be addressed either to a patient’s parent or directly to the patient.
Markedly enough, in a bid to be accommodating of CHLA’s versatile patient base, the brand-new AI assistant also comes decked up with support for the hospital’s Spanish-speaking patients. This you can access by selecting “Spanish” before the consultation begins. Once you do so, the assistant will automatically understand the encounter and generate for you detailed clinical notes in English. However, for patient instructions, it can still opt for Spanish to help the patient and their family better understand what needs to be done. Moving on to acknowledge the presence of an ambient dot phrase, it is there to reduce additional administrative work. So, pediatric specialists can basically voice their custom trigger expression like, let’s say, “nine-month physical exam is normal,” and automatically insert predefined content into a patient note. Rounding up the highlights is a dedicated EHR integration, which will be specifically designed for CHLA’s EHR system, Cerner.
“Children’s Hospital Los Angeles is committed to fostering a culture of innovation in service of both our patients and team members,” said Dr. Matthew Keefer, Chief Medical Informatics Officer at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles. “We are thrilled to be rolling out this new application across our organization that will not only improve the patient-family experience but also serve as a time-saving tool for our clinicians.”
The arrival of Nabla Copilot at CHLA provides an interesting follow-up to a recent survey on physicians’ mental health and well-being. Going by the available details of this survey, pediatrics was the fourth-highest medical specialty experiencing burnout. To contextualize the heavy workload, the survey revealed how every hour spent with patients requires two hours of administrative work, often demanding pediatricians’ time and attention outside standard clinical hours.
Coming back to the AI assistant in question, it also boasts a SOC 2 certification, meaning all transcripts and summaries are stored locally on the physician’s computer rather than on Nabla’s systems.
