Many New Zealand GPs have taken up the use of AI scribes to transcribe patient notes during consultations despite ongoing challenges with their legal and ethical oversight, data security, patient consent, and the impact on the doctor-patient relationship, a study led by the University of Otago, Wellington—Ōtākou Whakaihu Waka, Pōneke has found.
AI scribes gain traction among New Zealand GPs despite ethical and legal concerns
