Doctors and care teams spend a lot of time on paperwork, including writing visit notes and updating medical records. AI dictation is a tool that helps with note-writing, so your care team can spend more time focused on you.
It does not replace your doctor or make medical decisions. Your doctor remains responsible for your care and your medical record. You can ask to stop using the tool at any time.
During your visit, a computer tool helps your provider write the visit notes. The tool listens while you and your doctor talk, similar to how a staff member might take notes.
The tool helps organize the conversation into medical information that your doctor can review and edit.
Your provider stays in control the entire time. The tool does not decide what is important. It only helps reduce typing so your doctor can focus more on you.
When doctors type during a visit, they often need to look at a computer screen. AI dictation allows doctors to focus more directly on the patient.
Instead of typing during the visit:
This often means more eye contact, more listening, and less time spent facing a screen. Your care does not change, only how the notes are written.
What you say during your visit helps your doctor create medical notes. After the visit, your doctor reviews and edits the notes before they are added to your medical record.
The audio from the visit is not saved. An edited version of the note may remain in the secure dictation software for a limited time for our own monitoring and auditing purposes.
Only the final notes approved by your doctor are added to your medical chart.
No video is taken. This tool is not a camera.
The tool listens only to help create written notes. It does not save full recordings of your visit for sharing or playback.
Yes. Like all technology, the tool can misunderstand words or miss details.
That is why your doctor reviews all notes, corrects any errors, and approves the final version.
Your provider, not the computer, is responsible for your medical record.
No. AI dictation does not diagnose illness, choose medications, or make treatment decisions.
Your doctor uses training, experience, and judgment to decide your care. The tool only helps with writing notes.
Your information is protected by health privacy laws and is not public. In limited situations, our AI dictation vendor may review small portions of a note to help fix technical issues. These notes are not linked to your medical record and do not include identifying details such as your date of birth or Social Security number.
No. Your visit information is not sold and is not used for advertising.
Your health information stays protected within your medical record.
You can speak openly with your doctor, just as you always have.
Your doctor decides what needs to be included in the medical notes. Not every word needs to be written down.
Your comfort, privacy, and trust remain important.
Yes. If you feel uncomfortable at any time, you can ask to stop using the tool.
Your doctor can turn it off right away, and your care will continue without any problem.
Please feel free to email ComplianceOfficer@comcap.org with any questions specific to AI usage.
