Clinicians are using AI scribes, but what happens to your medical data?

By Andrew Cullen, Senior Research Fellow, School of Computing and Information Systems, The University of Melbourne

Visits to a new doctor, physio or specialist often begin with: “Do you mind if I use AI?”

According to Off the Record, a new report by Digital Rights Watch, more than 40% of Australian doctors are now using AI scribes. These tools listen to consultations, feeding what they hear into Large Language Models – similar to ChatGPT or Claude – to generate medical notes.

For clinicians, AI scribes are an easy sell. They eliminate hours of paperwork,…

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