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I've been piloting an AI scribe at my own practice.

So when this massive JAMA study dropped — 8,581 clinicians, 5 medical centers, the most rigorous AI scribe data we've ever had — I had to break it down.

The short version: AI scribes work. But 13 minutes of time savings isn't the revolution you were promised. It's a seed.

What you grow from it depends on your intentions, your boundaries, and honestly — your mental fitness.

In this new solo episode of A Doctor's Journey, I connect:
- The data from this JAMA study
- My own experience piloting an AI scribe
- The mental fitness work most physicians skip

🎧 Listen here:
https://adoctorsjourney-podcast-by-miguel-villagra-md.podbean.com/e/ai-scribes-in-clinical-practice-time-trade-offs-and-talent/?token=77ebb8813912f2fe5719023ac040ab87

Who's using an AI scribe? Drop your experience below.

AI Scribes in Clinical Practice: Time, Trade-offs, and Talent | ADOCTORSJOURNEY PODCAST: Navigating Life and Medicine with Coaching and Healthcare Innovation A new JAMA study tracked 8,581 clinicians across five academic medical centers to find out what really happens when doctors adopt AI-powered scribes. The headline: 13 fewer minutes of EHR time per 8 hours of clinic. But here's what nobody's talking about — after-hours charting didn't budge, and vi...

AI scribes free up your time. But who decides what happens with it?

A new JAMA study found that clinicians using AI scribes saw modest time savings — but visit volume also crept up by half a visit per week. And after-hours charting? Didn't budge.

Sound familiar? We went through this with EHRs. Technology that was supposed to help us ended up fueling the productivity treadmill.

AI scribes give us a second chance. The question is whether we'll repeat the same mistake.

In this new episode of A Doctor's Journey, I unpack:
- What the data actually says
- How visit volume quietly creeps up
- Why inner work and boundaries matter more than any tool

🎧 Listen here:
https://adoctorsjourney-podcast-by-miguel-villagra-md.podbean.com/e/ai-scribes-in-clinical-practice-time-trade-offs-and-talent/?token=77ebb8813912f2fe5719023ac040ab87

AI Scribes in Clinical Practice: Time, Trade-offs, and Talent | ADOCTORSJOURNEY PODCAST: Navigating Life and Medicine with Coaching and Healthcare Innovation A new JAMA study tracked 8,581 clinicians across five academic medical centers to find out what really happens when doctors adopt AI-powered scribes. The headline: 13 fewer minutes of EHR time per 8 hours of clinic. But here's what nobody's talking about — after-hours charting didn't budge, and vi...

The Surprising Stat

AI scribes save physicians 13 minutes per 8-hour clinic day.

Not 2 hours. Not "half your documentation." Thirteen minutes.

A landmark JAMA study of 8,581 clinicians just gave us the first rigorous data on what AI scribes actually deliver — and the results are more nuanced than any vendor pitch deck.

The real finding isn't about time saved. It's about who captures that time.

In this week's episode of A Doctor's Journey, I break down:
- What this study actually found
- What it means for your practice
- The one group that benefited the most
- The question nobody's asking about AI scribes

🎧 Listen to the full episode here:
https://adoctorsjourney-podcast-by-miguel-villagra-md.podbean.com/e/ai-scribes-in-clinical-practice-time-trade-offs-and-talent/?token=77ebb8813912f2fe5719023ac040ab87

AI Scribes in Clinical Practice: Time, Trade-offs, and Talent | ADOCTORSJOURNEY PODCAST: Navigating Life and Medicine with Coaching and Healthcare Innovation A new JAMA study tracked 8,581 clinicians across five academic medical centers to find out what really happens when doctors adopt AI-powered scribes. The headline: 13 fewer minutes of EHR time per 8 hours of clinic. But here's what nobody's talking about — after-hours charting didn't budge, and vi...

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