ORCA: AI Documentation for the Operating Room
Biomedical Engineering
Luisalberto Acosta, Kaden Kobashigawa, Andrew Opstad, Andres Valdes
Abstract
Medical documentation is vital in the healthcare setting; however, completing this documentation is a time-consuming process that prevents medical professionals from focusing on other tasks and assisting patients. ORAI Solutions has developed the operating room charting assistant (ORCA), which automatically charts surgical data, utilizing voice data during surgery, allowing medical staff to reduce time spent on documentation-related tasks.
ORAI Solution’s design approach was to develop a device that records vocal data during surgical operations and converts the speech into automatically charted data for human review. The device records vocal data, which is converted from an audio file to text. This text file is then interpreted, and selective information is set into sections required within EHR systems.
The ORCA device has been assembled with an operational microphone that sends recorded data to be automatically charted into relevant fields and displayed in our UI. The accuracy of the automated reports was tested to be approximately 90% accurate when compared to the simulated medical data templates and sample surgical vocal data.
The primary goal of implementing the ORCA device is to save surgeons time, enabling them to focus on their patients with a device at an affordable cost. The device would likely not be classified as a medical device, meaning any regulatory pathway considerations would not be focused through the FDA. ORAI Solutions aims to reduce surgeon burnout, increase the quality of patient care, and increase profitability for hospitals.