Yan Leyfman, Medical Oncologist, Co-Founder and Executive Director of MedNews Week, shared a post on X:
“AI scribes: small time savings… real workflow impact?
New multi-center data (n=8,581 clinicians across 5 academic systems) looks at what actually happens after adopting AI scribes.
Efficiency gains:
- Total EHR time: – 13.4 min.
- Documentation time: – 16.0 min.
- Visit volume: + 0.49 patients/week.
Who benefits most?
- Primary care clinicians.
- Advanced practice providers.
- Female clinicians.
- High utilizers (≥50% of visits with AI scribes).
What didn’t change?
- ‘Pajama time’ (after-hours EHR work) – no significant reduction.
Takeaway
- AI scribes deliver modest but meaningful efficiency gains-not a silver bullet for burnout, but a step toward reducing documentation burden and improving throughput.
The real opportunity may lie in scaling usage + workflow integration to unlock larger gains.”
Title: Changes in Clinician Time Expenditure and Visit Quantity With Adoption of Artificial Intelligence-Powered Scribes
Authors: Lisa S. Rotenstein, A. Jay Holmgren, Robert Thombley, Aditi Sriram, Reema H. Dbouk, Melissa Jost, Debbie Aizenberg, Scott MacDonald, Naga Kanaparthy, Brian Williams, Allen Hsiao, Lee Schwamm, Sara Murray, Maria Byron, Jacqueline G. You, Amanda J. Centi, Christine Iannaccone, Michelle Frits, Adam B. Landman, Karandeep Singh, Ming Tai-Seale, Jie Cao, Katharine Lawrence, Devin Mann, Christopher Holland, Bryan Blanchette, Jesse Ehrenfeld, Edward R. Melnick, David W. Bates, Julia Adler-Milstein, Rebecca G. Mishuris
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