# Prevalence of Use of AI-assisted Clinical Notetaking Tools at Public Healthcare Institutions and Safeguards for Such Use

- Date: 2026-08-04
- Added: 2026-09-04
- Who: Assoc Prof Jamus Jerome Lim · Mr Ong Ye Kung
- Source: https://sprs.parl.gov.sg/search/#/sprs3topic?reportid=written-answer-na-23974
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## Why it matters

MOH has ruled that AI clinical note-taking tools fall outside the Health Products Act medical-device regime, leaving clinician review before entry into records as the sole safeguard and naming no deploying institutions.

## Summary

Workers' Party MP Assoc Prof Jamus Jerome Lim asked the Coordinating Minister for Social Policies and Minister for Health in a written question which public healthcare institutions have deployed AI-assisted clinical note-taking tools, whether such tools are classified as medical devices under the Health Products Act, and if not, what mandatory safeguards exist to ensure their accuracy and safety. Minister for Health Ong Ye Kung replied that because AI-assisted clinical note-taking does not diagnose, manage or treat medical conditions, these tools are not medical devices regulated under the Health Products Act. Healthcare professionals are required to go through the AI-generated notes before adding them to their clinical records, so the notes ultimately remain the professional's own rather than the AI tool's — the principle of keeping the human in the loop when implementing AI tools. The reply did not name the institutions that have deployed such tools.

## Key points

- AI-assisted clinical note-taking does not diagnose, manage or treat medical conditions, so such tools are not medical devices regulated under the Health Products Act
- Healthcare professionals must go through AI-generated notes before adding them to clinical records; the notes ultimately remain the professional's, not the AI tool's
- MOH frames this as the principle of keeping the human in the loop when implementing AI tools
- The reply did not name which public healthcare institutions have deployed such tools

## Full text

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88 Assoc Prof Jamus Jerome Lim asked the Coordinating Minister for Social Policies and Minister for Health (a) which public healthcare institutions have deployed AI-assisted clinical note-taking tools; (b) whether such tools are classified as medical devices under the Health Products Act; and (c) if not, what mandatory safeguards exist to ensure the accuracy and safety of such tools.

Mr Ong Ye Kung : As artificial intelligence (AI)-assisted clinical note-taking does not diagnose, manage or treat medical conditions, they are not medical devices regulated under the Health Products Act.

Healthcare professionals are required to go through the AI-generated notes before adding them to their clinical records. Ultimately, the notes are still from the healthcare professional, not the AI tool. This is the principle of keeping the human in the loop when we implement AI tools.