09/02/2026
🩺 AI scribes can reduce the time physicians spend documenting patient visits by 69.1% during simulated primary care appointments, according to new research out of U of T Engineering.
The study, led by LaShawn Murray (MIE PhD Candidate), involved nine physicians completing simulated patient encounters both with and without the use of the AI scribes, which recorded audio and used it to generate structured, regulatory-compliant clinical notes for a patient’s medical chart.
They found that when the scribes were in use, the doctors spent significantly less time documenting — and researchers noted an unexpected change in how some physicians kept track of their thoughts during appointments.
💬 “I hope with this technology we see a reduction in things like charting being done after hours or days later,” says Murray.
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