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Viewpoints and Perspectives (1490) Personal Health Records, Patient-Accessible Electronic Health Records, Patient Portals (1056) Clinical Information and Decision Making (3975) mHealth in a Clinical Setting (1248) Electronic Health Records (1819) Shared Electronic Health Records and Health Information Systems (118) Ambient AI Scribes and AI-Driven Documentation Technologies (118)

Published on in Vol 28 (2026)

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Preprints (earlier versions) of this paper are available at https://preprints.jmir.org/preprint/109717, first published .
Clinician discusses patient's fatigue and breathlessness on Ambient Digital Scribe screen.

The Myth of Effortless Clinical Documentation Automation: A Critical Sociotechnical Commentary on Ambient Digital Scribes

The Myth of Effortless Clinical Documentation Automation: A Critical Sociotechnical Commentary on Ambient Digital Scribes

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Kate Preston1 Author Orcid Image ;   Ibrahim Habli1 Author Orcid Image ;   Tom Lawton1, 2, 3 Author Orcid Image ;   Yasmeen Hayat2, 3 Author Orcid Image ;   Alice Cunningham3 Author Orcid Image ;   Mark Sujan1 Author Orcid Image
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Kate Preston   1 , PhD, MSc, BA ;   Ibrahim Habli   1 , PhD, MSc, BSc ;   Tom Lawton   1, 2, 3 , MD, MBE ;   Yasmeen Hayat   2, 3 , MD ;   Alice Cunningham   3 , PhD, MSc, BSc ;   Mark Sujan   1 , PhD, MSc

1 Centre for Assuring Autonomy, University of York, York, England, United Kingdom

2 Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Bradford, England, United Kingdom

3 Improvement Academy, Bradford, United Kingdom

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