{"id":472962,"date":"2026-10-22T03:42:08","date_gmt":"2026-10-22T03:42:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/472962\/"},"modified":"2026-10-22T03:42:08","modified_gmt":"2026-10-22T03:42:08","slug":"ut-system-partners-with-clinical-ai-company-the-daily-texan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/472962\/","title":{"rendered":"UT System partners with clinical AI company \u2013 The Daily Texan"},"content":{"rendered":"

The University of Texas System announced it is expanding its partnership with clinical AI company Abridge in an Oct. 8 news release<\/a>. This partnership allows the UT System\u2019s eight health institutions to access AI tools designed to reduce physicians\u2019 workloads.<\/p>\n

Abridge uses a form of ambient technology<\/a>, or a series of digital systems and devices that blend quietly into the physical environment, to speed up administrative work for physicians, said Edward Sankary, vice president, chief health informatics officer and chief value officer at UT Health San Antonio. This new change introduces the use of in-room microphones for physicians to record, transcribe and document a typical patient note.<\/p>\n

\u201c[Physicians] don\u2019t have to do the part of actually being a transcriptionist, (the AI can) reduce some of the stress on the physician, and the physician\u2019s burden and ultimately burnout,\u201d Sankary said. Sankary is also a part of the Steering Committee<\/a> for REAL Health AI, a University of Texas System initiative to incorporate AI into health.<\/p>\n

Sankary and his colleagues track the time saved when using Abridge to write a patient note. Currently, effort reduction is around 80 percent, meaning that physicians spend 80% less time on a note when they use the AI technology, Sankary said.<\/p>\n

\u201c\u2018Why isn\u2019t it 100%?\u2019 Because we still want people reviewing those notes,\u201d Sankary said. \u201cThere\u2019s still a human in the middle. It\u2019s not autonomous, and there has to be some review, some correction; ultimately, feedback to Abridge if we feel that the platform is missing something for our specialty.\u201d<\/p>\n

As the intersection between AI, technology and health increases, Sankary anticipates more accurate results and higher efficiency in the health care industry.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs we deploy these technologies, we\u2019re going to, on the clinical side, improve our quality of care, and we\u2019re going to ease the (electronic health record) burden on clinicians, so that they can spend more time with patients, which is a key thing,\u201d Sankary said.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Though, there are still hesitations regarding reliance on AI.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Biochemistry and sociology senior Kyle Chastain works as a patient care technician. He said increased efficiency does not necessarily translate to better patient experiences.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m hopeful about tools that could reduce administrative work and give clinicians more time to connect with patients,\u201d Chastain said. \u201cBut, I want to know whether that technology actually improves the experience for patients and clinicians, how accuracy is checked and how patients are informed about its use.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The University of Texas System announced it is expanding its partnership with clinical AI company Abridge in an…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":472963,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[132,134,133],"class_list":["post-472962","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-austin","tag-austin","tag-austin-headlines","tag-austin-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/472962","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=472962"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/472962\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/472963"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=472962"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=472962"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=472962"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}