Clinical Documentation Strategies 2023

For years, documentation has been a pain point that has led to clinician frustration and burnout, but numerous strategies have emerged to ease that burden and enhance patient care. COVID-19 has exacerbated burnout, leading organizations to renew their focus on improving documentation. This report examines physician-facing documentation technology and services (i.e., ambient speech recognition, front-end speech recognition, CAPD, CDI, transcription services, and virtual scribes), how vendors compare in overall scores, and the key performance metrics of value and outcomes.