
Doctors’ soaring use of AI scribes prompts Australian government warning over privacy
"The department said some suppliers advertised a 30% revenue increase for health professionals with no additional hours or patient consultations, “which has implications for [Medicare Benefits Scheme] costs”."
“If [scribes] save clinicians time … the public deserves to know if that time means better care, better access, or if it just means more billable activity, which doesn’t help us with the burnout issue.”
I understand the concern about patient privacy, but I'm uneasy about their focus on increased billable activity.