81%About 4 in 5of US physicians reported awareness or use of AI in their practice in 2026, AMA's headline figure

Publisher

American Medical Association, 2026 Physician Survey on Augmented Intelligence

Source type

Industry body: Trade association report

What it measures

81% of US physicians reported awareness or use of AI in their practice in 2026, AMA's headline figure

Data period

Jan-Feb 2026 (ends 2 Feb 2026)

Published by the source

12 Mar 2026

Who is counted

AMA survey of 1,692 physicians; n = 1,342 for this question.

In the source's words

Physicians reporting awareness or use of AI in their practice increased to 81% in 2026

Checked at source

23 Oct 2026: Read in the AMA PDF page 4 and on ama-assn.org ("The 81% use rate is more than double..."). Keep next to the 72% explicit-use figure.

Reuse

Copyrighted; quote with attribution. Quote figures with credit to the AMA; draw our own charts.

Next expected update

Not announced (American Medical Association, roughly every one to two years (2023, 2024, 2026))

Original page

www.ama-assn.org: 2026 Physician Survey on Augmented Intelligence

Data files

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No changes recorded yet. First checked at the source on 23 Oct 2026.

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