🎙 AI Scribe vs Manual Documentation Time Comparator

The Manual Charting Burden

Typing during visits, finishing notes after hours.

• 14-26 min: Avg manual time/patient (placeholder scaling by complexity)
• ~45%: After-hours share (placeholder pajama-time portion)
• ~200+: EHR clicks/note (placeholder click-burden stat)
• High: Physician burnout link (placeholder correlation note)

Why manual notes eat the evening

Placeholder: typing during the visit competes with patient attention, pushing composition into pajama time.

Ambient AI Drafts the Note

Audio capture generates a draft note automatically.

• 3-7 min: Avg AI time/patient (placeholder review-only scaling)
• High: Draft accuracy (placeholder ambient capture quality)
• Low: Setup effort (placeholder onboarding note)
• ~100%: Review-only share (placeholder time composition)

How ambient scribing works

Placeholder: microphone captures the conversation, AI structures it into a draft note for review.

Attention During the Visit

Typing divides focus; ambient listening does not.

• ~55%: Manual during-visit time (placeholder split of total)
• ~0 min: AI during-visit time (placeholder no active typing)
• Improved: Eye-contact impact (placeholder patient rapport note)
• Reduced: Cognitive load (placeholder attention-split note)

Split attention vs full presence

Placeholder: manual note-taking forces attention-splitting; AI scribe lets physicians stay present.

Review, Edit, and Sign

Composing from scratch vs editing a ready draft.

• ~45%: Manual after-visit time (placeholder composition share)
• ~100%: AI after-visit time (placeholder quick edit share)
• 2-4 min: Edit time/note (placeholder review duration)
• Reduced: Signing delay (placeholder faster turnaround)

Composition vs review

Placeholder: reviewing a drafted note is far faster than composing one from a blank page.

Cumulative Daily and Weekly Savings

Minutes saved per patient compound across a full day.

• Varies: Daily time saved (placeholder patients x per-patient delta)
• Hours: Weekly time saved (placeholder five-day extrapolation)
• Large: Pajama time cut (placeholder after-hours reduction)
• Lower: Burnout risk (placeholder wellbeing association)

Where the saved time goes

Placeholder: saved minutes mostly come out of after-hours charting, not clinic throughput.

Placeholder: cumulative savings compound daily, reducing after-hours burden most.