As part of our work to help doctors reduce administrative burden, Doctors Manitoba is sharing resources to make it easier to integrate Artificial Intelligence (AI) Scribes into your practice. 

In our 2025 annual physician survey, we found only 6% of physicians are using AI Scribes, but nearly 60% are interested in trying them out. Many physicians using AI scribes in Manitoba report saving 30 – 60 minutes or more per day, but for the many more who are not, they report barriers like uncertainty about privacy and other rules, not sure where to start, and being overwhelmed with different vendor options.

This AI Scribe Hub will help you find current information and resources to help you adopt this promising technology into your practice. 

What is an AI Scribe?

AI Scribes use artificial intelligence and natural language processing to help doctors with transcribing and summarizing patient interactions in real-time. They have the potential to reduce administrative burden by automating repetitive tasks such as documenting patient visits, updating medical records, and summarizing treatment plans.

An important distinction between AI Scribes from other AI applications in medicine is the role they play. AI Scribes help with documentation, but they do not play a role in diagnosing or treating patients. 

AI Scribes are relatively new. It’s important to understand what AI Scribes are and how they could benefit your practice, as well as the risks and limitations to be aware of as a physician.

Benefits and Risks

Physicians report several benefits of using an AI Scribe. These include:

• Saving time on documentation, recognizing most physicians spend one to two hours per day on charting.
• Improving patient-physician interaction by reducing note-taking distractions, allowing physicians to listen more attentively and build a stronger relationship with each patient. 
• Improved quality and accuracy of clinical notes, with AI Scribes able to pull in complex medical information.

However, using AI Scribes comes with some risks, which you must be aware of and address as a physician. This includes:

• Privacy: as an extension of your obligation to protect and secure patient’s personal health information.
• Accuracy: You are responsible for your documentation, whether it’s drafted by you, another human, or an AI Scribe. As AI has to potential to inaccurate information, you must review, edit and correct AI drafts before signing off. 
• Consent: At this stage, regulators require physicians to obtain patient consent about using technology to help with your documentation. 

➡️ You can learn more about this in a separate article here.

Getting Started

One of the biggest hurdles is figuring out how and where to start:

• Do you have the right hardware, including not only your computer but also a microphone and speakers?
• Do you have adequate internet connection in patient exam rooms?
• Which AI Scribe is best for you, and how does it integrate with your EMR?

You also need to consider how to work an AI Scribe into your practice workflow and our patient interaction.

➡️ Watch this special webinar we hosted on June 4, 2025, about AI scribes and how to get started. 

Canada Health Infoway has also developed several resources to help.

Choosing a Vendor

Until recently, it has been challenging to understand which AI Scribe products are a safe and reliable choice for your practice. 

Thankfully, Canada Health Infoway has undertaken a national and rigorous procurement process to identify 9 AI Scribe vendors – all based in Canada – for their ability to meet national standards and unique regional needs. The rigorous evaluation criteria included vendor capabilities, privacy, cybersecurity, EMR integration, and clinical usability. These vendors have also been reviewed by Digital Shared Services with Shared Health and cleared for use with certified EMRs in Manitoba.

More details will follow soon about these vendors, including information to help you choose. For now, we can say the vendors include:

• Autochart​.ai (Aya Health Technologies)
• AutoScribe (Mutuo Health Solutions)
• Empathia AI
• CareWay (MEDFAR)
• Mikata Health
• Pippen AI
• ScribeBerry
• Tali AI
• WELL Health Technologies

NOTE: there are several other AI Scribe products available that likely meet Canadian and Manitoba privacy standards. However, as they are not included in the list above it’s important for physicians to carefully review how they meet these standards. 

Infoway AI Scribe License Program

Canada Health Infoway has created an AI Scribe Program for primary care clinicians, which offers a funded one-year license for an AI Scribe solution from the list of pre-qualified vendors, with the confidence that the tool will meet the unique needs of their practice and align with their jurisdiction’s health system. 

➡️ The application process opened on June 10, 2025. You can click here to apply.