Association of ambient artificial intelligence scribe availability with patient instruction documentation and readability in ambulatory care.

Artificial intelligence instructions were longer than clinician-authored content (median 1994 vs 482 characters) and scored higher on 3 text-complexity indices (all P < .001).

Clinician editing of artificial intelligence content increased length without meaningfully reducing complexity.

Artificial intelligence drafts and final documentation differed substantially, with a median character-level edit distance of 39.7%.

DISCUSSION: artificial intelligence scribe availability was associated with increased patient instructions documentation.