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Not yet recruitingNCT07742618Updated Aug 3, 2026

Effectiveness of AI-Assisted Clinical Documentation

An interventional study of AI clinical documentation tool and AI clinical documentation tool in Effectiveness of AI-assisted Clinical Documentation Tool and Healthy, sponsored by University of Turku. Not yet recruiting at 1 site in Finland. Open to participants aged 18 Years and older, including healthy volunteers. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2026-08-03.

Sponsored by University of Turku · Not applicable, Interventional, and Health services research

Phase
Not applicable
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
400
Allocation
Randomized
Ages
18 Years and older
Sex
All
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Study summary

Effectiveness of AI-assisted clinical documentation tool (AI scribes) in healthcare services using staggered difference-in-differences and multiple sources of data including registers, questionnaires and interviews. Primary outcomes include completion of statutory health check-ups, working hours, time use of nurses, secondary outcomes include subjective nurse job satisfaction, job burden and perceived quality of work and time use.

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Conditions studied

  • Effectiveness of AI-assisted Clinical Documentation Tool
  • Healthy

Keywords

  • AI Scribes
  • Clinical Notes
  • Nurse Time Use
  • AI Clinical Documentation Tools
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In context

Lead sponsor

University of Turku is the lead sponsor of 122 studies on the registry; 16 are open to participants now.

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Who can participate

Ages eligible
18 Years and older
Sexes eligible
All
Accepts healthy volunteers
Yes

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Inclusion criteria

  • Member of study population: nurses working at wellchild or student health care services of Western-Uusimaa Wellbeing Services County.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Nurse works in several teams.
  • Under 18 years.
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Study design

Phase
Not applicable
Primary purpose
Health services research
Allocation
Randomized
Intervention model
Sequential assignment
Masking
None (open label)
Enrollment
400 participants (estimated)

Study arms

  • Experimental
    Early-Treated

    Nurses adopting AI clinical documentation tool (treatment)

    Device: AI clinical documentation tool

  • Experimental
    Later-Treated

    Nurses that have not yet adopted AI clinical documentation tool (control)

    Device: AI clinical documentation tool

Interventions

  • DeviceAI clinical documentation tool

    AI clinical documentation tool is adopted starting at different assigned time points by eight subgroups. Early vs later adopters are compared using staggered difference-in-differences design. The order of subgroups is randomized for 7/8 subgroups.

  • DeviceAI clinical documentation tool

    AI clinical documentation tool is adopted starting at different assigned time points by eight subgroups. Early vs later adopters are compared using staggered difference-in-differences design. The order of subgroups is randomized for 7/8 subgroups.

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. Ratio of completed statutory health check-ups

    Time frame: 7 months.

  2. Number of completed statutory health check-ups

    Time frame: 7 months.

  3. Working Hours

    Number of working hours (average and dynamic measures)

    Time frame: 7 months.

Secondary outcomes

  1. Time use

    Questionnaire. Time used in documentation and other tasks (self-assessed). "How much time did you spend on each activity during the preceding workday (on average per client)? 1. Documentation (record-keeping / charting) 2. Client contact (direct client encounters / face-to-face client interaction) 3. Other (e.g. special responsibilities, prescriptions)"

    Time frame: 7 months.

  2. Job Satisfaction

    Questionnaire: 1. How satisfied have you been with your work during the preceding workday? Very dissatisfied Somewhat dissatisfied Neither dissatisfied nor satisfied Somewhat satisfied Very satisfied 2. How often has each of the following clearly disturbed, worried, or burdened you at work during the preceding workday? 1. Constant time pressure and the burden of unfinished tasks Very rarely or never Fairly rarely Occasionally Fairly often Very often or constantly 2. Too little time to do the work properly Very rarely or never Fairly rarely Occasionally Fairly often Very often or constantly 3. How well do you feel you performed your work tasks (from the patient's perspective) during the preceding workday? Very dissatisfied Fairly dissatisfied Neither dissatisfied nor satisfied Fairly satisfied Very satisfied

    Time frame: 7 months.

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Study locations

1 site
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References and documents

Individual participant data

Plan to share: No

No publications or documents are linked to this record.

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Updates

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on Aug 3, 2026, before this site started recording changes on Sep 25, 2026. Its history is on ClinicalTrials.gov ↗
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Registry details

Key details

Study ID
NCT07742618
Collaborators
University of Helsinki, Helsinki University Hospital, Finland
Responsible party
Laura Jernström (Principal Investigator, University of Turku) — Principal investigator
First posted
Aug 3, 2026
Start date
Sep 1, 2026 (estimated)
Primary completion
Mar 31, 2027 (estimated)
Completion
Dec 31, 2027 (estimated)
Last update
Aug 3, 2026

Study contacts

Laura Jernström, PhD
Contact
laura.jernstrom@utu.fi
+358413629767

Oversight

Data monitoring committee
No
FDA-regulated drug
No
FDA-regulated device
No
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