AI scribes save clinicians time but fail to reduce overtime work

https://www.news-medical.net/news/20260501/AI-scribes-save-clinicians-time-but-fail-to-reduce-overtime-work.aspx AI scribes promise to ease documentation burden, but new real-world data reveal a more complex reality: modest efficiency gains, unchanged after-hours work, and important questions about how clinicians actually use the time they save. Artificial intelligence (AI)–powered scribes can moderately benefit clinicians by reducing the time to record and document electronic health records and increasing weekly visit volume, as reported in a new study published in JAMA.