Augmedix, Inc. Appoints Davin Lundquist as Chief Medical Officer
December 18, 2019 at 12:00 pm EST
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Augmedix, Inc. announced that Dr. Davin Lundquist will be joining the company as its Chief Medical Officer. In his new role, Dr. Lundquist will drive rapid technological innovation across Augmedix's product development teams while maintaining clinical excellence and tight alignment with the fast-changing US healthcare landscape. Dr. Lundquist's portfolio will include: Introducing next-generation natural language processing automation modules into the Augmedix workflow; Advancing Augmedix's real-time support systems to prompt doctors to close care gaps and tend to other critical quality initiatives. Dr. Lundquist will also be supporting the company's commercial efforts as it expands its footprint among major US health care systems. These are tasks for which Dr. Lundquist is uniquely suited. A graduate from the USC Keck School of Medicine, Dr. Lundquist completed his family medicine residency at Naval Hospital Bremerton in Bremerton, WA, and for eight years served as Chief Medical Information Officer at CommonSpirit Health. While at CommonSpirit, he was responsible for, among other things, implementations, end-user competencies, IT optimization, and evaluation of new technologies to streamline clinical workflows. While serving as Chief Medical Officer at Augmedix, Dr. Lundquist will continue to practice medicine and support a select number of innovation projects with CommonSpirit.
Augmedix, Inc. helps clinicians and patients form a human connection at the point of care. The Company uses its proprietary Notebuilder Platform to automate the note creation process, aided by its trained MDSs. It also provides data services associated with these products, which include aggregated structured data and metadata associated with medical notes. Its products include Augmedix Live, Augmedix Notes, Augmedix Prep and Augmedix Go. Augmedix Live provides synchronous medical note documentation and point of care support. Augmedix Notes provides asynchronous medical documentation based upon previously recorded visit. Prep provides chart preparation delivered prior to the patient visit. Prep transfers patient demographics, past medical history, medication changes and other key data points from the patientâs health to the current visit note. Clinicians access its products and service through mobile devices, managed by it or their health enterprise.