--- title: Care Management Weekly News Update - 9-2-20 description: Weekly healthcare news roundup covering healthcare management, healthcare IT, post acute care, primary care and physician practice management. image: https://www.avicenna-medical.com/hubfs/Untitled%20design%20(5).jpg --- [![Logo](https://www.avicenna-medical.com/hubfs/2016/images/amc_logo_top_nav_172x54.svg "Logo")](https://www.avicenna-medical.com) # Avicenna Medical Blog # Avicenna Medical Blog ## [Care Management Weekly News Update - 9/2/20](https://www.avicenna-medical.com/blog/care-management-weekly-news-update-09-2-20) Posted by [DeAnn Dennis](https://www.avicenna-medical.com/blog/author/deann-dennis) on Wed, Sep 02, 2020 @ 12:07 PM - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) [![](https://www.avicenna-medical.com/hubfs/Untitled%20design%20(5).jpg) ](https://www.avicenna-medical.com/blog/care-management-weekly-news-update-09-2-20) # [AI-Assisted EHR Documentation Will Need Human Help](https://www.healthcareitnews.com/news/ai-assisted-ehr-documentation-will-need-human-help) A new study published in the *Journal of American Medical Informatics Association* this week shows that, although AI documentation assistants (or digital scribes) offer great potential in the primary care setting, they will need to be supervised by a human until strong evidence is available for their autonomous potential.  # [VA Offers Electronic Virtual Assistant for Veterans to Connect Faster With Counselors](https://www.va.gov/opa/pressrel/pressrelease.cfm?id=5512) The electronic Virtual Assistant (e-VA) allows Veterans to receive a timely response to basic questions, automated alerts, follow-up messages, appointment reminders and the ability to schedule and reschedule appointments.  # [How Contactless Technologies Can Propel Healthcare Towards the Future](https://hitconsultant.net/2020/08/31/contactless-technologies-propel-healthcare-future/#.X024r8hKhdo) With the continued spread of COVID-19, health organizations around the world are accelerating their adoption of tech solutions that mitigate the need for physical contact between healthcare providers and patients.  # [Behavioral Health Clinic Uses Telehealth to Expand Its Reach to Vulnerable Patients](https://www.healthcareitnews.com/news/behavioral-health-clinic-uses-telehealth-expand-its-reach-vulnerable-patients) In order to provide needed services in rural communities where professional behavioral health services are virtually unavailable, Bridge Counseling needed to provide services via telehealth. 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