CULVER
CITY, Calif., May 22, 2024
/PRNewswire/ -- Modern Animal today unveiled an introductory suite
of AI-assisted enhancements to its proprietary medical software,
Claude. Designed to streamline administrative tasks that burden
veterinary practitioners, these additions will elevate the quality
of service for the nearly 60,000 pets and their families who trust
the pioneering veterinary health network for care.
With more than 23 million families adopting pets in the first
year of the pandemic, a surge in pet health concerns combined with
staffing shortages has driven veterinarian burnout rates to an
all-time high. Already integrated across Modern Animal's 20 clinic
fleet in California and
Texas, the first phase of features
leverage Generative AI to begin addressing these issues by
automating important, but tedious, administrative tasks that can
consume nearly half of a doctor's time each day.
The three specific functions enhanced by AI in this first
feature release are:
- Patient Overview: Quickly brings doctors up to speed
before appointments by instantly synthesizing their patient's
entire medical history into one convenient snapshot.
- Visit Summarization: Augments connection between care
providers and pet owners by interpreting notes taken during an
appointment into an auto-generated, client-friendly summary. This
summary is reviewed by the doctor before being shared with their
client in the Modern Animal app.
- Interpretation and Summarization of Lab Work:
Auto-generates a preliminary analysis of diagnostic results for
review by the doctor, and instantly interprets approved findings
into client-friendly summaries that are shared in the Modern Animal
app.
To ensure alignment between AI's capabilities, the needs of
practitioners, and the integrity of Modern Animal's rigorous
medical standards, these features were incubated in a unique
collaboration between the Company's technology team and nearly 40
members of its clinical team. Clinicians who opted into this
partnership beta-tested features, provided feedback, and were
paired for "shadowing": an immersive practice whereby members of
the technology team accompany practitioners throughout their day,
ask questions, and identify opportunities for innovation in
real-time.
According to Dr. Christie Long,
Chief Medical Officer at Modern Animal and outspoken advocate for
technology's application in veterinary medicine, the first set of
features to emerge from this collaboration already have the
potential to save doctors up to 2 hours per day. This time savings
amounts to more manageable working hours, more collaborative and
trusting relationships between veterinarians and pet owners, and
begins to address catalysts for burnout that have become endemic
within the veterinary profession.
"With AI streamlining tasks like records review, lab result
interpretation and post-visit summary generation, our veterinarians
can now dedicate more time to what truly matters: caring for pets
and their families," says Dr. Long. "This newfound efficiency
enables veterinarians to deliver care they feel proud of while also
enhancing clinic productivity and, most importantly, their own
quality of life."
With this initial rollout providing proof of AI's capacity
to reduce administrative burdens, Modern Animal has its sights set
on developing a more comprehensive suite of features that support
doctors in practicing great medicine. On Modern Animal's blueprint
for success in the next phase of development, the Company's Founder
and CEO, Steven Eidelman, states,
"The early investment we made to build our technology platform from
scratch has uniquely positioned us to rapidly iterate and learn
about AI's potential on our own terms. While so far we've used this
advantage to augment our team's administrative efficiency, we have
started to envision a world where AI becomes a reliable
collaborator that increases confidence in medical decisions for
doctors at all levels. I look forward to the continued impact of
this important work on our network of practitioners and
beyond."
To follow Modern Animal's progress, visit blog.modernanimal.com
or follow the Company on LinkedIn, where they will publicly share
case studies, product demos, and practical advice for other members
of the veterinary community looking to augment their practice with
AI.
Contact:
press@modernanimal.com
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