UNC Health has been tapped to test-drive Epic's generative AI tools to help overworked clinicians respond to a deluge of patient messages.

 

Large language models like ChatGPT and Microsoft's Azure OpenAI service have only been available to the public for a few months, but tech leaders at a handful of health systems are eager to be early adopters.

 

"We think this technology is going to be and is already becoming transformative and we just see it as a tremendous opportunity to provide assistance for our frontline care teams," Brent Lamm, UNC Health’s senior vice president and chief information officer, said in an interview. View More