A typical physician spends nearly two hours on documentation for every one hour of direct patient care. Emergency department doctors face stacks of clinical notes from prior visits, lab results, imaging reports, and specialist consultations, all before making a single decision. In 2024, several major hospital systems deployed AI summarization tools that reduced clinical documentation review time by 40-60%. At one academic medical center, physicians reported reclaiming an average of 75 minutes per shift. That time went directly back to patients. The challenge is immense: clinical notes contain life-or-death details buried in pages of text. AI must compress without losing critical information, a missed allergy or overlooked lab value could be catastrophic.