Propagation of Interpreter Errors by Ambient AI Scribes: Study Using Simulated Clinical Encounters.

Authors

Alexandra Rabotin, Efren Aguilar, Saitiel Sandoval Gonzalez, Alonso Iniguez, Christina Jung, Eric Lee, Douglas S Bell, Jeffrey Arroyo

Published in

JMIR medical informatics. Volume 14. Pages e88734. Jul 28, 2026. Epub Jul 28, 2026.

Abstract

In simulated English and Spanish clinical encounters, ambient AI scribes propagated interpreter errors into clinical notes, with patterns varying by speaker role and error type. These findings highlight the need for further evaluation of AI-scribe performance in multilingual and interpreter-mediated clinical care.

PMID:
42520279
Bibliographic data and abstract were imported from PubMed on 29 Jul 2026.

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