The Visit to Chart blog
Practical writing on clinical documentation, ambient AI, and running a saner
practice — for physicians in independent and small practices, whatever you practice.
July 5, 2026 · The Visit to Chart team
Ambient scribes are the rare technology that removes work instead of adding it. What they
actually do, how they differ from dictation and human scribes, and what the early evidence says.
July 5, 2026 · The Visit to Chart team
For every hour with patients, physicians spend nearly two on the EHR and desk work — and the
notes still follow them home. A look at the research on documentation burden and burnout.
July 5, 2026 · The Visit to Chart team
BAAs, retention windows, model training, subprocessors, and guardrails — a practical
checklist for evaluating any AI documentation vendor, including us.
July 5, 2026 · The Visit to Chart team
One-party states, all-party states, and cross-state visits — why the safest policy is simple:
ask every patient, every visit, and document it.
July 5, 2026 · The Visit to Chart team
Large language models can fabricate. In a clinical note, that's not a quirk — it's a patient-safety
issue. What real guardrails look like in AI documentation.
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