Effective adoption rose from 47% to 54% in less than a year, driven by the hope of recovering clinical time — but 71% of practitioners are still concerned about the accuracy of the answers.
Doximity's annual report on the state of AI in medicine confirms a shift in usage. 94% of physicians surveyed use AI or plan to do so, and actual adoption reached 54%, compared to 47% in the April 2025 wave. Data are from two survey periods, March-April 2025 and November 2025-January 2026.
The reasons are less diagnostic than administrative. 75% of users report that AI has reduced their documentation work, 88% believe that it can reduce burnout and 90% that it could reduce post-consultation work — this "pajama time" that American practitioners readily count in lost evenings, with an estimated reduction of 48% in weekly night time. The dominant uses are consistent with this diagnosis: documentary research (35%) and assisted dictation (29%).
Two reservations persist. Accuracy and reliability remain the main concern for 71% of respondents, and 47% report that their institution's internal policies are still being developed.
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