Becker's Healthcare January 9, 2026
Giles Bruce

AI scribes most help physicians who document more to begin with, according to research in the American Journal of Managed Care.

Here are five takeaways from the Jan. 8 study by researchers affiliated with University of California San Francisco and UCSF Health:

1. Most physicians (86.5%) felt that using an AI scribe reduced their documentation time, but there was no strong statistical association between perceived and objectively measured documentation time reductions.

2. For every 10% increase in the proportion of encounters where the AI scribe was used, documentation time dropped by just over 30 seconds...

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Topics: AI (Artificial Intelligence), Physician, Provider, Survey / Study, Technology, Trends
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