Q&A: How ambient documentation is altering the provider workload

San Francisco-based Augmedix has progressed from a Google Glass-based clinical documentation startup to a publicly-traded, AI-enabled ambient automation platform that documents patient encounters and generates medical notes that can be transferred to an EHR. The company, founded in 2012, also provides pre- and post-visit documentation offerings to give providers a more complete digital picture of a patient's health journey. Ian Shakil, founder, director and chief strategy officer at Augmedix, spoke with MobiHealthNews to discuss the company's evolution and its anticipated release of a new product in 2023. MobiHealthNews: Can you tell me about Augmedix and how it works in the ambient documentation space? Ian Shakil: I started the company about 10 years ago with the mission to rehumanize the provider/patient interaction.