Practice tips to enhance documentation in primary care: Guide for selecting and implementing artificial intelligence medical scribes

Affiliations

¹ Family physician, Clinical Professor in the Department of Family Practice at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, and Medical Director at Fraser Street Medical in Vancouver.
² Family physician, Clinical Instructor in the Department of Family Practice at the University of British Columbia, and a co-founder of Hatching Health.
³ Family physician and Lecturer at the University of Waterloo in Ontario and McMaster University in Hamilton, Ont.

Daniel Ngui et al. Can Fam Physician. 2025 Sep.

. 2025 Sep;71(9):569-570.

doi: 10.46747/cfp.7109569.

¹ Family physician, Clinical Professor in the Department of Family Practice at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, and Medical Director at Fraser Street Medical in Vancouver.
² Family physician, Clinical Instructor in the Department of Family Practice at the University of British Columbia, and a co-founder of Hatching Health.
³ Family physician and Lecturer at the University of Waterloo in Ontario and McMaster University in Hamilton, Ont.

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