The adoption of AI-enabled clinical documentation tools by primary care and specialty provider organizations has gained traction over the past couple years—at 34% and 50%, respectively (see The Tech-Enabled Provider Organization: The 2025 OPEN MINDS Technology Adoption Survey). And there are ample studies demonstrating that AI-enabled clinical documentation improves productivity and clinician morale (see The State Of AI In Human Services: Findings From The Netsmart & OPEN MINDS Executive Survey).

A parallel question is how the use of these documentation tools change the clinical treatment and outcomes. One of the first studies on the issue—Psychiatric Documentation And Management In Primary Care With Artificial Intelligence Scribe Use—compared the psychiatric documentation in 20,000 primary care practice notes, comparing the use of ambient AI scribes, human scribes,…