AI Documentation Errors: The Mental Health Evidence Gap
Across 20,302 notes, AI-scribed visits logged more psychiatric symptoms but fewer depression diagnoses — 9% versus 12%. Human scribes showed no such effect.
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Across 20,302 notes, AI-scribed visits logged more psychiatric symptoms but fewer depression diagnoses — 9% versus 12%. Human scribes showed no such effect.
Just 25.4% of patients will share health data with for-profit companies, versus 80.2% with research groups. The real fight is who governs the AI scribe.