BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//ox.ac.uk//NONSGML oxford.event//EN X-WR-TIMEZONE:Europe/London BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Europe/London X-LIC-LOCATION:Europe/London BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:19700329T010000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=-1SU;BYMONTH=3 TZNAME:BST TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:19701025T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=-1SU;BYMONTH=10 TZNAME:GMT TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Dr Chris Dietz: Should AI Scribes be Regulated as Medical Devices? DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260610T120000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260610T130000 DTSTAMP:20260606T082437Z UID:cd7f2bb1-4d54-f111-bec6-7ced8d6bf634 CREATED:20260520T131331Z DESCRIPTION:“Dr Chris Dietz: Should AI Scribes be Regulated as Medical D evices?"\n \nThis special collaborative session between the International AI in Primary Care Special Interest Group\, and the Social Theory Group at the Nuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences\, University of O xford\, welcomes guest author\, Dr Chris Dietz from the University of New South Wales\, Sydney\, to join us to discuss his work on the ethical and l egal issues of using AI scribes in primary healthcare.\n\nDr Dietz is a so cio-legal scholar interested in the intersection of health justice\, techn ology\, and embodiment. His research focuses on how trust in health system s is affected by law\, particularly when it involves priority populations. He has a longstanding interest in trans health services and\, more recent ly\, has been moving into the ethics of using medical technologies with pa tients.\n \nThis will be a HYBRID session to enable international colleag ues to join. We encourage in-person attendance from those in Oxford\, as C hris will be visiting the department. Francesca Dakin is chairing the sess ion.\n\n \nShould AI scribes be regulated as medical devices?\n \nAuthors\ n \nChris Dietz (UNSW Sydney) and Alexandra Sinclair (University of Sydney )\n \nAbstract\n \nDigital transcription software products marketed as ‘ AI scribes’ are among the latest technologies to enter the medical field . Combining ambient speech recognition\, natural language processing\, and large language models\, scribes automatically populate health records. Ou tside the UK\, they tend not to be regulated as medical devices – even t hough they increasingly suggest diagnoses and treatment plans. Scribes hav e been touted as a solution to pressures on clinician time\, with the CEO of the company behind one of over 100 scribes on the market boasting: ‘I n a world where doctors are crying out for help\, Heidi is delivering [… ]’. Yet questions should be asked about the suitability of these technol ogies for healthcare settings. Doctors cannot access the information neede d to evaluate the efficacy of these models or whether patient data is bein g stored in compliant ways. This casts doubt upon how informed patient con sent to transcription can be. There are equity implications for disadvanta ged patients\, as AI systematically downplays the symptoms of women and mi norities. By comparing how scribes sit within legal frameworks in Australi a\, the UK\, and the EU\, this article charts the ethical and legal issues that arise. It also informs key debates about how scribes ought to be reg ulated.\n\nCalendar invite attached.\n \nVenue: Gibson 1st Floor Meeting R oom 1(at the top of the stairs) on Wednesday 10th June 12:00pm - 1.15pm\nT eams: https://teams.microsoft.com/meet/310150916680488?p=niAVikMWWYWrEZJeq z\nMeeting ID: 310 150 916 680 488\nPasscode: QL6rt7JY\n\nAll the best\,\n Francesca\n\nDr Francesca H. Dakin\, M.Phil\, D.Phil\nSenior Researcher in Digital Health\, NDPCHS\, University of Oxford\nMildred Blaxter Fellow\, NDPCHS\, University of Oxford\nJunior Research Fellow\, St Anne’s Colleg e/ The Centre for Personalised Medicine\nVisiting Fellow\, Centre for Heal th Informatics\, Australian Institute of Health Innovation\, Macquarie Uni versity LAST-MODIFIED:20260520T131428Z END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR