September 24, 2026 from educationnewscanada.com/
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AI tools could significantly reduce the amount of time physicians spend documenting patient visits, addressing a key factor contributing to burnout, according to research led by the University of Toronto's LaShawn Murray.
The study, published in JAMIA Open, assessed the impact of AI scribes - digital tools that can record audio and produce structured, regulatory-compliant clinical notes - in simulations with nine primary-care physicians, each of whom conducted four simulated patient encounters with and without AI assistance.
AI scribes were found to account for a 69.1 per cent reduction in time required to document notes for patients' medical charts.
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