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 - Summary - 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

  • By

  • 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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Objective:

To assess the 16-month real-world implementation of an ambient AI documentation system (Scribe) in outpatient care in Spain, focusing on adoption, transcription semantic agreement, efficiency, and clinician experience.

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Key Findings:
  • Scribe adoption increased from 2.7% to ∼31% of all outpatient visits, totaling over 2.33 million assisted encounters.
  • Consultation duration showed modest differences, averaging 15.01 minutes with Scribe compared to 14.65 minutes without.
  • Semantic agreement remained high and stable, ranging from 87.4% to 89.2%.
  • Improvements in clinician experience were noted in five of seven domains.
Interpretation:

The large-scale deployment of the ambient AI documentation system was feasible, well-accepted, and associated with improvements in clinician experience.

Limitations:
  • The study relied on aggregated data, which may limit the granularity of insights.
  • No major changes in EHR workflows or organizational processes were reported, which could influence outcomes.
Conclusion:

The findings indicate that ambient AI documentation systems can enhance workflow efficiency and clinician experience in outpatient settings.

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