Ambient AI scribe use tied to less active note time for emergency physicians; EM residents match PEM fellows on pediatric first-pass intubation

• AI Oct 27, 2026
  Ambient AI scribe use tied to 2.4 fewer minutes of active note time across 20 EDs, with no rise in 72-hour returns
  In an electronic health record study across 20 emergency departments, three academic and 17 community, 31% of encounters among 275 attending physicians were AI-scribed, according to Annals of Emergency Medicine. Physicians spent less active time in AI-scribed notes, a median 10.0 versus 12.5 minutes, or 2.4 minutes less after adjustment, and produced notes about 14% longer. Note completion was not delayed, and 72-hour emergency department returns were not increased (-0.8 percentage point; 95% CI -1.5 to -0.1).
  Source: Annals of Emergency Medicine
• Research Oct 27, 2026
  EM residents' first-attempt success matches PEM fellows' in 1,404 pediatric ED intubations, registry finds
  In a multicenter retrospective study in the National Emergency Airway Registry for Pediatric Emergency Medicine, 642 of 1,404 intubation encounters (48%) were primary intubations by trainees, with 73% overall first-attempt success, according to Annals of Emergency Medicine. First-attempt success was 75% for emergency medicine residents and 74% for pediatric emergency medicine fellows, with no difference in first-attempt success or adverse airway outcomes between the two groups. Pediatric residents had lower first-attempt success than emergency medicine residents (adjusted odds ratio 0.41, 95% CI 0.20 to 0.82).
  Source: Annals of Emergency Medicine

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