Courses/Run Your Clinic on wai/Module 2 of 4

Essay, 8 min read

Do AI medical scribes actually save time?

What the one randomised trial of AI scribes found, 41 seconds a note for one of two products, no less after-hours work and better-feeling physicians.

Check yourself

How much time did the trial find a scribe saved per note?

41 seconds, for one of the two products tested. The other saved no measurable time.

What did both products improve?

How physicians felt. Neither reduced work after hours.

On your own data

Before the next module

Time five of your own notes this week, from the end of the consultation to signed. Write down the median. That is the number any scribe has to beat.

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