AI Scribes Raise Safety And Regulation Concerns

A 2026 editorial in JMIR Medical Informatics reviews emerging evidence on AI scribes—software converting clinician speech into clinical notes—and finds they reduce documentation time and clinician burden in outpatient settings. However, studies report nontrivial errors (e.g., systems produce SOAP notes in about one minute after a 15‑minute visit, and roughly one in six preanesthetic drafts negatively affected decision-making), prompting calls for standardized safety metrics, surveillance, and regulatory updates.