Real-world evaluation of an ambient AI scribe in Spanish outpatient care after 2.3 million uses: impact on clinician experience, semantic agreement, and workflow efficiency - Report - MDSpire

Real-world evaluation of an ambient AI scribe in Spanish outpatient care after 2.3 million uses: impact on clinician experience, semantic agreement, and workflow efficiency

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  • Jose María Alcázar-Peral

  • Juan Antonio Álvaro-de la Parra

  • Daniel Blanco

  • Ángel Blanco

  • María Elvira Barrios

  • Ion Cristóbal

  • Cristina Caramés

  • July 6, 2026

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Clinical Report: Assessment of an Ambient AI Documentation System in Spain

Overview

The implementation of an ambient AI documentation system (Scribe) in Spanish outpatient settings demonstrated significant adoption and high semantic agreement. Clinician experience improved across multiple domains.

Background

Clinical documentation is a major source of administrative burden for healthcare providers, impacting efficiency and clinician well-being. Ambient AI documentation systems have emerged as a potential solution to alleviate this burden while maintaining the quality of clinical records. This study evaluates the real-world implementation of such a system in Spain, contributing to the understanding of its effectiveness outside North America.

Data Highlights

MetricValue
Scribe Adoption Rate2.7% to ∼31%
Total Assisted Encounters2.33 million
Consultation Duration (Scribe vs. Control)15.01 min vs. 14.65 min
Semantic Agreement87.4–89.2%

Key Findings

  • Scribe adoption increased significantly over 16 months, reaching approximately 31% of outpatient visits.
  • Consultation durations showed modest differences, with Scribe-assisted visits averaging 15.01 minutes.
  • Semantic agreement for transcriptions remained high and stable, ranging from 87.4% to 89.2%.
  • Clinician experience improved in five out of seven assessed domains, with reliability scores exceeding 0.93.

Clinical Implications

Ambient AI documentation systems can be integrated into outpatient settings, enhancing clinician experience and workflow efficiency.

Conclusion

The successful deployment of the ambient AI documentation system in Spain indicates its feasibility and potential to improve clinician workflows and experiences in outpatient care.

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  3. BMJ Health & Care Informatics, 2023 -- Ambient AI in primary care: an exploratory mixed methods survey of UK general practitioners
  4. Frontiers in Psychiatry — Clinician and simulated patient perspectives on ambient AI scribes in psychiatric consultations: a qualitative study
  5. Artificial Intelligence in healthcare - Public Health - European Commission
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