AI in Clinical Practice
Ava gathered survey submissions from healthcare organizations whose combined teams include more than 100 providers.
Each survey was completed by a family physician, clinic manager, or director. The findings are self-reported and reflect the individual role or specific team described.
Results at a Glance
- 2 to 4 additional patients per day, reported by two healthcare organizations
- Up to 800 potential additional appointment opportunities per physician per year*
- 5 to 10 minutes of charting time saved per patient, estimated for allied health providers at one healthcare organizations
- 4 or more hours saved per week in three of the five healthcare organizations
- Less work after hours in all submissions where the question applied
- Ava Scribe, AutoChart, and the Enhanced Document Classifier identified as leading time-savers
*Illustrative projection based on 200 clinic days. This is not a measured annual total, and results should not be applied across all providers.
When AI Gives Time Back, Care Has More Room
About Ava Pro
Ava Pro brings AI-enabled tools into the same environment where clinicians already review patient information, document visits, and plan care.
Ava Scribe supports clinical documentation. Real-time chart summaries help clinicians review relevant information sooner. AI-generated care plans help turn clinical notes into actionable next steps.
Rather than asking healthcare professionals to adopt another disconnected application, Ava Pro is designed to support the work already happening throughout the clinic day.
The Question: Is AI making a meaningful difference during a real clinic day?
AI can produce an impressive demonstration. Healthcare teams need it to produce something more practical.
They need to know whether notes are completed sooner. Whether fewer tasks follow clinicians home. Whether saved time creates room for another patient, a longer conversation, or a clinic day that ends when it is supposed to.
Ava reached out to five healthcare organizations to understand where AI was making a difference, which tools were saving the most time, and how those gains were being used.
Time Savings Across Different Roles
Each of the five survey submissions included an estimate of time saved.
Three estimated that Ava saved four hours or more each week. The reported daily savings ranged from 15 minutes to more than two hours, depending on the role, workflow, and organization.
More than half of the healthcare organizations who completed the survey each estimated saving between one and two hours during a typical clinic day.
At one multidisciplinary healthcare organization, allied health providers were estimated to save approximately five to ten minutes of charting time per patient. The organization noted that the result varied by discipline and appointment type.
These findings should not be treated as a single benchmark. They show that time savings can appear differently across clinical, administrative, and multidisciplinary environments.
Different Tools, Different Gains
There was no single feature identified as the leading time-saver across every healthcare organizations.
Two healthcare organizations selected Ava Scribe. One selected AutoChart, while another selected the Enhanced Document Classifier. At a larger multidisciplinary organization, the answer varied by program and workflow.
This matters because administrative work does not happen in one place. It appears while documenting visits, reviewing records, handling incoming information, and preparing the next step in a patient’s care.
The strongest results came from tools that addressed a specific part of that work.
Less Work Followed Clinicians Home
Three clinics provided applicable feedback about work completed outside regular clinic hours.
All three indicated that Ava had reduced that work. Two reported some reduction, while one physician reported a significant reduction.
That distinction is important. Saving time during the day has greater value when it helps work end earlier, rather than moving unfinished documentation into the evening.
For Two Physicians, Saved Time Became Patient Capacity
The survey also reported being able to see more patients in a day.
One organization capacity for two additional patients and others reported capacity for four.
Two participating healthcare organizations reported that physicians were able to see an additional two to four patients per day.
If sustained across 200 clinic days, the reported increases would represent approximately:
- 400 additional appointment opportunities per year for the physicians reporting two more patients per day
- 800 additional appointment opportunities per year for the physicians reporting four more patients per day
These figures are illustrative projections, not measured annual totals. The actual effect will depend on scheduling, appointment type, patient needs, and how each physician chooses to use the time available.
“Ava Pro has made charting faster, smoother, and more enjoyable. The platform continues to evolve with practical features that improve workflow and help me focus more on patient care.”
-Dr. A Leung
What the Feedback Points to Next
The survey also identified opportunities to make Ava Pro more useful.
Suggestions included more practical examples showing how features can be used in everyday clinic operations, easier reporting, additional support for correspondence to referring providers, and broader adoption of AutoChart and Patient Care Summaries.
The message was not simply to add more AI. It was to make each tool easier to understand, apply, and incorporate into existing work.
That feedback gives Ava a practical direction for continued development, shaped by the people using these features during real clinic days.
The Takeaway
Five survey submissions are not an organization-wide benchmark for more than 100 providers. They are an early view into how AI is being experienced across different healthcare roles and settings.
The findings point in a consistent direction: less time spent on documentation and information handling, less work extending beyond regular hours, and, for two physicians, more room in the day for patients.
The value was not AI for its own sake.
It was what healthcare professionals could do with the time it returned.