AMA survey finds professional AI use among physicians reaches 81%

Research summaries, care-plan drafting, documentation, and chart summaries lead current use, while privacy and trust concerns remain.

Source: American Medical AssociationSource date: Mar 12, 20264 min

Key factThe AMA reports 81% professional AI use among nearly 1,700 responding physicians.

What happened

Reported professional use more than doubled compared with the AMA's 2023 poll.

Research summaries and documentation-oriented tasks were the leading reported uses.

Clinical workflow is now an adoption story, not only a model-development story.

Safety, privacy, consent, and monitoring must keep pace with routine use.

The AMA publishes sample size, top use categories, and changes from earlier surveys.
ONC hospital data independently shows widespread predictive-AI use in EHR workflows.

A professional-association survey may not represent every physician or health system.

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