The American Medical Association (AMA) reported on February 25, 2025 the results of a survey of physicians regarding their use of AI (augmented intelligence or artificial intelligence): “Nearly two-thirds of physicians, 66%, surveyed reported using health care AI—often called artificial intelligence—in 2024. Among other things, physicians are finding uses for AI for documentation of billing codes, medical charts or visit notes; creation of discharge instructions, care plans or progress notes; translation services, assistive diagnosis and more. The 66% usage rate marks a 78% jump from the 38% of physicians who said they used it in 2023.”
The AMA’s survey of 1,200 physicians to explore changes in physician sentiment toward health care AI from the summer of 2023 to the fall of 2024 found: “Overall, 35% of physicians reported that their enthusiasm for health AI exceeded their concerns, up from 30% who felt that way a year earlier. Those who said their concerns exceeded their enthusiasm for the technology dropped to 25% in 2024, down from 29% in 2023. Physicians who were equally excited and concerned remained about the same—with two in five physicians feeling that way.”
“In 2024, just 33% of physicians reported that they didn’t use AI in any of the ways the study inquired about. A year earlier, 62% of physicians said they didn’t use AI … 57% said reducing administrative burdens through automation was the biggest area of opportunity for AI … 47% ranked increased oversight as the number one regulatory action that needed to happen to increase their trust in adopting AI tools … 68% report[ed] that AI had definite at least some advantage in patient care. That’s five percentage points higher than it was in 2023.”
The percentage of physicians who reported using AI for the task in 2024 is followed by the percent of physicians who reported using it in 2023:
- Documentation of billing codes, medical charts or visits notes: 21%, up from 13%.
- Creation of discharge instructions care plans and/or progress notes: 20%, up from 14%.
- Translation services: 14%, up from 11%.
- Summaries of medical research and standards of care: 13%, up from 6%.
- Assistive diagnosis: 12%, up from 11%.
- Generation of chart summaries: 12%, up from 8%.
- Patient-facing chatbot for customer service functions: 10%, up from 8%.
- Patient-facing health recommendations and self-care engagement: 10%, up from 8%.
The AMA has stated with regard to its policy on the use of AI in medicine: “The AMA is committed to ensuring that AI can meet its full potential to advance clinical care and improve clinician well-being. As the number of AI-enabled health care tools continue to grow, it is critical they are designed, developed and deployed in a manner that is ethical, equitable and responsible. The use of AI in health care must be transparent to both physicians and patients.”
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