The Future of Trust in Behavioral Health AI
The Future of Trust in Behavioral Health AI By Allison Sikorsky, DNP, PMHNP-BCFounder & CEO, PMHScribe For most of my career, finding good information was relatively straightforward. If I had a question about psychiatric care, documentation, or a new technology, I searched for it, reviewed the evidence, and made a clinical decision. Lately, I’ve noticed […]
The Four Types of Documentation Burden in Behavioral Health
The Four Types of Documentation Burden in Behavioral Health What Building an AI Scribe Taught Me About Why Mental Health Providers Feel Exhausted By Allison Sikorsky, PMHNP For years, I thought documentation was the problem. Like many psychiatrists, PMHNPs, and therapists, I spent evenings finishing notes and weekends catching up on charts, spending far too […]
Responsible AI in Psychiatry: Applying the NIST Framework to PMHScribe
Artificial intelligence is becoming part of everyday clinical workflows, especially in mental health documentation. In psychiatry, accuracy, nuance, and privacy are not optional. They are foundational. Any system that generates clinical notes must operate with a high level of responsibility, transparency, and clinical alignment. PMHScribe was built with this in mind. Rather than treating AI […]
AI Scribes in Psychiatry: What the 2026 JAMA Study Means for PMHNPs
A large AI scribe study in primary care has real implications for psychiatry The April 2026 JAMA study by Rotenstein et al. is the largest multisite evaluation to date of AI-powered scribes. Across 8,581 clinicians at five U.S. academic health systems, AI scribe adoption was associated with 13.4 fewer minutes of total EHR time and […]
HIPAA, AI, and Patient Transcripts: What Clinicians Must Know About De-Identification Before Using AI Tools
HIPAA, AI, and Patient Transcripts: What Clinicians Must Know About De-Identification Before Using AI Tools Artificial intelligence tools are rapidly entering healthcare workflows. Clinicians are experimenting with AI to summarize patient encounters, generate chart notes, and answer billing questions. While these tools can improve efficiency, there is an important compliance issue many providers overlook: Entering […]
Patients’ Right of Access: How the 21st Century Cures Act, HIPAA, and Psychotherapy Notes Impact Mental Health Providers and How PMHScribe Helps You Stay Compliant
Patients’ Right of Access: How the 21st Century Cures Act, HIPAA, and Psychotherapy Notes Impact Mental Health Providers and How PMHScribe Helps You Stay Compliant Patients today have more rights than ever before to access their medical information quickly and without unnecessary barriers. For mental health providers, this means ensuring that clinical notes, diagnoses, medication […]