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In the 2025 Australian study, allied health clinicians spent significantly less time on notes, letters and out-of-hours notes at 6 weeks and 3 months than at baseline.
Checked against its source on October 16, 2026
In the source's own words
“There was a significant reduction in time spent doing notes, letters and completing notes out of hours between baseline and 6-weeks and baseline and 3-months”
Impact of using an AI scribe on clinical documentation and clinician-patient interactions in allied health private practice: perspectives of clinicians and patients, Kerrie Evans et al., Musculoskeletal Science and Practice, 2025, Results.
Open the original (DOI 10.1016/j.msksp.2025.103333)- What it measures
- Measured by clinician surveys at baseline, 6 weeks and 3 months. The paper reports no difference between 6 weeks and 3 months.
- What it does not show
- Self-reported time, in a non-randomised study. The paper does not give the size of the reduction in minutes.