A Digital Colleague Is Set to Ease the Workload for Russian Doctors
The service automatically fills in consultation records in real time and generates patients’ electronic medical charts.
Digital assistants are becoming routine tools in healthcare across Russia’s regions. An AI-powered assistant for physicians called LazyDoc has been rolled out at a clinic in the Belgorod region.
The service records the doctor–patient conversation in real time and enters the information into the electronic medical record. The physician then reviews the entries for accuracy and signs the consultation report electronically. Doctors can also log examination results directly from a smartphone app during home visits, saving significant time.
In effect, routine paperwork has been reduced by 80–90%, structured reports are generated automatically, and clinicians can devote more time to direct patient care.
The technology is also being actively used in ultrasound diagnostics. Physicians verbalize measurements and diagnoses, while the system automatically recognizes key parameters and fills out the report. In the future, the clinic plans to extend the technology to other departments.
Less Routine, More Attention
LazyDoc automatically generates structured protocols and frees up physicians’ resources for more critical tasks. Routine documentation work has been cut by 80–90%.
Previously, we reported on a similar digital assistant in medicine — the Doctor Pirogov system, which contains information on 250 major diseases and can suggest a list of possible diagnoses after an initial examination. The intelligent assistant is capable of analyzing a patient’s condition, medical history, test results, and even genetic tests.
