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15.0percent reduction in documentation time per consultation
In a Singapore time-motion study, documentation time per consultation fell by 15.0 percent with an ambient scribe, an association found by comparing periods before and after its use.
Checked against its source on October 16, 2026
In the source's own words
“Ambient scribe use was associated with a 15.0% reduction in documentation time per consultation”
Impact of an Ambient AI Scribe Among Clinicians and Patients: Real-World Prospective Observational Time-Motion Study, Tan JYE et al., JMIR Medical Informatics, 2026, Results.
Open the original (DOI 10.2196/85580)- What it measures
- The study timed documentation before and after the scribe was introduced. Documentation time per consultation fell from a mean of 5.3 minutes to 4.5 minutes, and consultation length did not change.
- What it does not show
- Observational, not randomized. In minutes the change is under one minute per consultation, and the study does not show that the effect would hold in other clinics.