Assessing the Efficacy and Impact of Ambient AI Scribes in Healthcare
Trial statusNot yet recruiting
Trial phaseNot applicable
Trial typeInterventional
Biological sexAll
AgeNot listed
SponsorUniversity of Saskatchewan
About this trial
The goal of this clinical trial is to assess the impacts of ambient AI scribes on the workload and burnout in physicians who see patients in a clinic setting at least twice in a week, as well as the impacts on patient-physician interaction.
The main questions it aims to answer are:
* What is the impact of ambient AI scribe use on physician workload and burnout? * What is the impact of ambient AI scribe use on quality of patient-physician interaction?
Researchers will compare the group of physicians using the ambient AI scribes to the group not using ambient AI scribes to see if there are any significant differences.
Participants randomly assigned to Group A will make use of the AI scribe and participants randomly assigned to Group B will not use any AI scribe for the 10 working day duration of the study. They will be asked to complete a survey assessing workload and burnout immediately prior to the commencement of the study and at the end of each week of the study or 5 full working days for part time physicians. They will also invite their patients to complete a survey assessing their experience after each clinical interaction.
Eligibility criteria
This trial accepts healthy volunteersQualifiers
Physicians from family medicine or any specialty
Physicians who regularly see patients in a clinic setting at least 2 days per week
Disqualifiers
Physicians who are planning to leave their practice during the study period
Trial design
Design model
Parallel
Treatments tested in this trial
Ambient AI Scribe
DeviceSoftware that records audio of a clinical interaction and generates a clinical note.
Treatment groups
64 Participants
are divided into 2 treatment groupsGroup A: Ambient AI Scribe UsersExperimental treatment 1 intervention
Group B: Non-Ambient AI UsersNo intervention 0 interventions
Trial outcomes
Primary outcomes
1
Physician Workload as Measured Using the NASA Task Load Index
The NASA-TLX is separated into six 100-point scales with 5-point steps that assess mental demand, physical demand, temporal demand, performance, effort, and frustration. A higher score indicates that they feel a greater degree of each of the domains.
Time frame
From enrolment to the end of the study at 10 working days.2
Physician Burnout as Measured Using the MBI - HSS (MP)
The MBI-HSS (MP) is created specifically for medical personnel and assesses emotional exhaustion (9 items), depersonalization (5 items), and personal accomplishment (8 items).
Time frame
From enrolment to the end of the study at 10 working days.3
Quality of Patient-Physician Interaction As Measured Using the CARE Patient Feedback Measure Domain of "Really Listening"
The CARE measure consists of a series of 10 questions asked of patients with our focus on the domain of whether the physician was "really listening (paying close attention to what you were saying; not looking at the notes or computer as you were talking)" scored on a 5 point Likert scale.
Time frame
Throughout study completion at 10 working days.Secondary outcomes
1
Documentation Quality as Measured by the PDQI-9
Documentation is scored by two blinded reviewers on a scale from 1-5 (with 5 indicating a higher quality) across 9 domains: up-to-date, accurate, thorough, useful, organized, comprehensible, succinct, synthesized, and internally consistent.
Time frame
From enrollment to the completion of the study at 10 working days.2
Time Spent Within the EMR for Each Clinical Note
The amount of time spent within the EMR for each clinical note and the amount of time spent editing the note on the ambient AI platform will be tracked using EMR logs and time-tracking tools.
Time frame
From enrollment to the completion of the study at 10 working days.3
Time Spent in the EMR After Hours
The amount of time spent using the EMR after regular working hours will be measured using EMR logs and time-tracking tools.
Time frame
From enrollment to the completion of the study at 10 working days.Locations
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Source ClinicalTrials.gov
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