Nine of Twenty AI Scribes Proposed Care the Doctor Never Ordered
Ontario's Auditor General found that nine of the twenty AI documentation systems it tested fabricated content or proposed referrals and blood tests the physician never ordered — twelve transcribed a different drug than prescribed. Five weeks earlier, an independent evaluation of the same technology class reported 1.11 hours a week saved and same-day note completion up 19 points. Both documents are true, and the gap between them is where the next cycle of the Canadian market is decided.
