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Randomized Trial Protocol: Epic Generative AI Chart Summarization Tool to Reduce Ambulatory Provider Cognitive Task Load

2026-02-22

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<h4>Background</h4> EHR documentation and chart review contribute to clinician workload and burnout. To alleviate pre-charting burden, Epic has released a new generative AI chart summarizer tool, which has become widely adopted; however, its impact has not been examined in randomized trials. <h4>Objective</h4> To evaluate whether access to an Epic generative AI chart summarization tool reduces cognitive task loa...

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Literature Corpus work: c7c70f90-5a71-50da-923d-ab19cbb364db
DOI: 10.64898/2026.02.20.26346503

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