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ArticleJMIR medical informatics2026

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

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

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Alexandra Rabotin *Family Medicine Residency Program, Mission Community Hospital, 14860 Roscoe Blvd, Panorama City, CA, 91402, United States, 1 818-787-2222.ORCID 0000-0002-2832-1792
Efren Aguilar *David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, United States.ORCID 0009-0006-4442-3154
Saitiel Sandoval GonzalezDavid Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, United States.ORCID 0000-0002-7917-6097
Alonso IniguezDavid Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, United States.ORCID 0000-0002-4869-3278
Christina JungDepartment of Clinical Informatics, AltaMed Health Services, Los Angeles, CA, United States.ORCID 0009-0003-4364-4762
Eric LeeDepartment of Clinical Informatics, AltaMed Health Services, Los Angeles, CA, United States.ORCID 0009-0006-9304-9357
Douglas S Bell *Department of Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, United States.ORCID 0000-0002-5063-8294
Jeffrey Arroyo *Department of Clinical Informatics, AltaMed Health Services, Los Angeles, CA, United States.ORCID 0009-0001-2022-6360

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Unlabelled: 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.

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Artificial IntelligenceDocumentationSpeech Recognition SoftwareTranslatingHumansMedical Interpretingambient AI scribesambient clinical documentationambient scribesartificial intelligencecommunicationdigital scribesdocumentationmedical interpretingpatient safetyspeech recognition software

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