The Rush University System for Health has announced an expansion of its partnership with Suki, an AI technology company for healthcare, to implement the Suki AI Assistant across its enterprise.
This decision follows a successful trial announced in April 2024, which demonstrated the AI Assistant’s ability to streamline administrative tasks and prioritise patient care across 28 specialties.
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Suki’s AI Assistant has been well-received by Rush for its approach to healthcare tasks, including ambient documentation, patient summaries, coding suggestions and Q&A support.
The collaboration aims to co-develop an advanced AI-powered dictation feature within Rush’s electronic health record system, Epic.
This feature will integrate Suki’s ambient and dictation technologies, promoting clinician adoption and delivering value at scale within the Epic ecosystem.
Rush chief applications officer Briana Rygg said: “As early adopters of ambient technology, we are excited to partner with Suki to rapidly develop and deploy advanced functionality for nursing, inpatient/ED, and our learners.
“Suki’s robust AI Assistant capabilities and deep Epic integration make it easy to scale across all Rush facilities as we aim to improve clinician well-being and drive operational efficiencies for health systems nationwide.”
Following the initial trial of the Suki Assistant, Rush observed a 10% increase in encounter volumes and nearly a 5% rise in Level 5 coding levels.
This led to an estimated increase of $202 per month in revenue per user.
Voice-to-text software has been a significant tool in reducing the clinical documentation burden.
Suki Assistant’s features encompass problem-based charting, ambient documentation, coding suggestions, and patient summaries.
Compatible with major EHR providers such as MEDITECH, Epic and OracleCerner, Suki operates across various platforms, including iOS, Android, Web, and a Chrome extension.
