Many Pearl residents first notice something is off when they read their discharge paperwork or follow-up notes and see references to:
- automated imaging summaries or “AI-assisted” interpretations
- generated clinical notes or transcription software
- risk scoring used during pre-op screening
- decision-support outputs referenced in the operative timeline
Sometimes the documentation is vague. Other times it reads like the system “decided,” even though patient safety should always be anchored to clinician review.
The key point: technology references are often clues—not proof by themselves. But they can change what must be requested early, because some electronic logs and workflow details may be harder to reconstruct later.


