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

Maskot/Getty Images 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, freeing energy to focus on the…