The study involved nine physicians completing simulated patient encounters both with and without the use of AI scribes.
These digital tools are capable of recording audio and using it to generate structured, regulatory-compliant clinical notes for a patient's medical chart - the record physicians use to document their care.
The researchers used video recordings of each appointment to analyze how physicians spent their time.
They found that when the scribes were in use, the doctors spent significantly less time documenting.
While the study relied on simulated patient encounters, more research will be needed to understand how AI scribes perform in everyday clinical practice.
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