{"id":22521,"date":"2026-03-29T14:37:16","date_gmt":"2026-03-29T12:37:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2026\/03\/29\/two-in-five-australian-gps-use-ai-scribes-to-record-patient-notes-but-do-they-trade-care-for-convenience\/"},"modified":"2026-03-29T14:37:16","modified_gmt":"2026-03-29T12:37:16","slug":"two-in-five-australian-gps-use-ai-scribes-to-record-patient-notes-but-do-they-trade-care-for-convenience","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2026\/03\/29\/two-in-five-australian-gps-use-ai-scribes-to-record-patient-notes-but-do-they-trade-care-for-convenience\/","title":{"rendered":"Two in five Australian GPs use AI scribes to record patient notes \u2013 but do they trade care for convenience?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Some doctors argue it allows them to better connect with patients, but advocates warn the AI technology risks the opposite<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p>Get our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/email-newsletters?CMP=cvau_sfl\">breaking news email<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/app.adjust.com\/w4u7jx3\">free app<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/australia-news\/series\/full-story?CMP=cvau_sfl\">daily news podcast<\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>When a patient walks into a GP\u2019s office in Australia today, the doctor may begin with a question: \u201cDo you give consent to use an AI scribe to record our conversation?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s what is supposed to happen, at least.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/australia-news\/2026\/mar\/29\/doctors-using-ai-for-notes-australia\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><br \/>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/f8c1f9acd5fb39737b29fc7b7afca41efc694acd\/814_0_5040_4032\/master\/5040.jpg?width=140&amp;quality=85&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;s=130cd8975a884539904ebaed571112e2\" title=\"Two in five Australian GPs use AI scribes to record patient notes \u2013 but do they trade care for convenience?\" \/>Some doctors argue it allows them to better connect with patients, but advocates warn the AI technology risks the opposite<br \/>\nGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast<br \/>\nWhen a patient walks into a GP\u2019s office in Australia today, the doctor may begin with a question: \u201cDo you give consent to use an AI scribe to record our conversation?\u201d<br \/>\nThat\u2019s what is supposed to happen, at least. Continue reading&#8230;Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Some doctors argue it allows them to better connect with patients, but advocates warn the AI technology risks the opposite Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast When a patient walks into a GP\u2019s office in Australia today, the doctor may begin with a question: \u201cDo you give consent to use &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2026\/03\/29\/two-in-five-australian-gps-use-ai-scribes-to-record-patient-notes-but-do-they-trade-care-for-convenience\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Two in five Australian GPs use AI scribes to record patient notes \u2013 but do they trade care for convenience?<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":22522,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22521"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22521"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22521\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/22522"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22521"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22521"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22521"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}