Chad Ellimoottil, MD, on the future for AI in urology

In this interview, Chad Ellimoottil, MD, MS, shares his thoughts on how artificial intelligence (AI) will improve urologic care in the future. Ellimoottil is the medical director for telehealth and an associate professor of urology at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor.

Video Transcript:

I think artificial intelligence has great potential in urology. Some of the areas that I see artificial intelligence taking steam include ambient dictation, for example. So, having a urologist walk into a room, talk to a patient without having to take any notes, and then walk out of that room and the entire conversation is summarized. The patient's history is summarized [and] the assessment and plan is summarized into a note. These types of technologies can really make office urology much more efficient, which I think is very, very promising and one of the most promising areas in artificial intelligence.

The other thing that we're seeing is that using generative AI tools, for example, most people have heard of ChatGPT. Doximity is a company that has a similar GPT or AI tool that could be essentially used as a virtual assistant. That, again, will help make office care a little bit more efficient. You can use it to translate your note into a patient education form to help write prior authorization notes, peer review, letters, a lot of different things, where generative AI can be very beneficial as well, too. The ultimate goal I believe with some of these tools is to not necessarily replace patient care, but just make patient care more efficient and reduce burnout for urologists.

This transcript was AI generated and edited by human editors for clarity.