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5.3percent of reviewed notes with a serious or imminent-risk error
In the UC Davis pilot, 19 of the 356 reviewed notes (5.3 percent) contained an error that physicians rated as posing serious or imminent risk if it was not corrected.
Checked against its source on October 16, 2026
In the source's own words
“only 19 (5.3%) notes containing errors rated as posing serious or imminent risk (severity 4-5)”
Quality of Clinical Notes Created by Ambient Listening Generative AI: Pragmatic Prospective Pilot Study, Taylor SL et al., JMIR Medical Informatics, 2026, Results.
Open the original (DOI 10.2196/86474)- What it measures
- Severity was rated by the physicians on a 0 to 5 scale for the potential to cause patient harm if the error were not corrected. Scores 4 and 5 count as serious or imminent risk.
- What it does not show
- A rating by the physicians who used the tool, in one health system over two months. It is still a reason to review every draft before signing.