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WSJ Tech News Briefing

AI Scribes Can Boost Your Doctor’s Productivity and Reduce Burnout Rates

WSJ Tech News Briefing

The Wall Street Journal

News, Tech News

4.61.6K Ratings

🗓️ 29 May 2025

⏱️ 11 minutes

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Summary

Artificial intelligence that listens and summarizes your conversations can be deployed during doctor’s appointments. But WSJ contributor Laura Landro explains why some experts say it’s only the beginning of how it can be used across medicine. Plus: Tens of millions of Americans lack access to broadband Internet connectivity. WSJ reporter Patience Haggin tells us that’s pushing some states to consider subsidies for satellites over fiber cables to get more people online faster. Sign up for the WSJ's free Technology newsletter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:03.4

Now on to the show.

1:07.4

Welcome to Tech News Briefing. It's Thursday, May 29th. I'm Victoria Craig for the Wall Street Journal.

1:13.2

The government is turning to outer space to get rural areas of America online, but who does it really benefit?

1:20.5

Then, doctors used to be the one summarizing appointments with patients. Now, there's an AI tool for that,

1:27.0

why some experts say this only

1:29.0

scratches the surface of how artificial intelligence can be deployed in medicine.

1:37.3

But first, 24 million Americans lack reliable broadband internet access.

1:43.3

Fibro optic cables offer the most reliable long-term

1:46.1

service, but they're expensive to install. So satellites have become a much cheaper and quicker alternative,

1:52.3

especially for rural areas of the country. WSJ reporter Patience Hagen has written about a growing

1:58.1

number of states now rolling out subsidies for satellite connectivity.

2:02.2

Patients, why are these states switching to a fiber-first strategy?

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