July 27, 2017

TriHealth Expanding Use of Glass Enterprise Edition Technology

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July 27, 2017

TriHealthannounced it will continue to expand the use of Augmedix, powered by thenewly announced Glass Enterprise, to physicians across primary care,orthopedics, and other clinic-based specialties. The effort supportsTriHealth's commitment to improve patient care, enhance physician workflow andreduce physician burnout through use of innovative technology and services.

“We are proudto have been both an investor in, and an early adopter of, Augmedix powered byGlass,” said Mark C. Clement, TriHealth President & CEO. He added,“TriHealth is continually seeking out innovative new ways to improve the careand service we provide our patients, while enhancing the practice experiencefor our valued physician community – and the Glass technology is hitting it outof the park on both fronts.”  “Glass allows our physicians to spend moretime providing exceptional, personalized care to patients, while also enablingthem to increase the quality and accuracy of their patient notes with far lesstime and effort.”

Augmedix, theHIPAA-compliant documentation automation platform that combines Glass with aremote scribe to free doctors from hours of mandated charting and documentationso they can get back to the work they love: taking care of patients.

Before enteringthe exam room, a physician dons Glass and is able to talk with patients ratherthan bury their head in a computer screen. Throughout the visit, a remotescribe will help the physician retrieve a patient’s medical history, call uplab notes or pharmacy records, and create chart notes of the visit inreal-time.

"We areexcited to see TriHealth's innovative application of Glass and Augmedix yieldsubstantial benefits to patient care in a real world clinicalenvironment.  We look forward to seeing TriHealth expand the use of GlassEnterprise Edition in Ohio," said Jay Kothari, Project Lead, Glass.

"I havebeen thrilled with wearing Glass with Augmedix. It brings a scribe into theexam room in a non-obtrusive way.  It allows me to be hands-free from thecomputer,” said David DeMarco, M.D. a TriHealth Family Medicine Physician.“Looking my patients in the eye and closely listening to their concerns iseasier than ever. Patients appreciate the personalized care, and I appreciatethe thorough notes taken by my scribe. I have reinvested the time I previouslyspent documenting between encounters for handling lab results, refill requestsand phone messages. Proof-reading the pre-written notes at the end of a sessionare much less mentally taxing than reliving each encounter and typing ordictating myself."

TriHealth isan early pioneer in Augmedix, which is also live with hundreds of primary caredoctors, specialists and surgeons across the United States. Dignity Health,Sutter Health, and Catholic Health Initiatives are among many of the largehealth systems from across the country who have recently deployed Augmedix.