Health system Inova Health has chosen AI-enabled medical documentation company Abridge as its system-wide generative AI platform for clinical conversations with the aim of improving documentation for clinicians. 

According to the company, the Abridge AI-powered platform turns patient-clinician conversations into structured clinical notes in real-time.

Abridge will be fully integrated into Inova’s electronic medical record with the aim of simplifying the documentation process by creating easy to manage notes at the point of care. 

"Inova is committed to driving innovation and enhancing the patient experience by investing in cutting-edge technology that supports our clinicians and safely improves care delivery," Matt Kull, chief information and digital strategy officer for Inova, said in a statement.

"With Abridge, our providers will be able to spend less time on documentation and more time engaging directly with their patients. By streamlining workflows and reducing administrative burden, our goal is to improve the overall healthcare experience for both providers and patients."

THE LARGER TREND 

Earlier this month, Abridge raised a $250 million Series D investment. The round was co-led by Elad Gil and IVP, with participation from Bessemer Venture Partners, California Health Care Foundation, CapitalG, CVS Health Ventures, K. Ventures, Lightspeed Venture Partners, NVentures (NVIDIA’s venture capital arm), Redpoint Ventures, Spark Capital and SV Angel. 

In 2024, Abridge, health IT giant Epic and healthcare system Mayo Clinic partnered to create a genAI documentation platform that integrates Abridge's tools into Epic's EHR for Mayo Clinic nurses. 

The companies combined Abridge's AI technology, Epic's development expertise and Mayo Clinic's nursing practice knowledge to create the genAI ambient documentation workflow tool. 

That same year, Abridge partnered with Northern California-based healthcare system Sutter Health, which permitted Abridge’s clinical documentation software to be available to Sutter clinicians. The software was directly embedded into Sutter’s Epic EMR system. 

In January, DeepScribe, an AI-enabled clinical documentation tool for healthcare providers, partnered with oncology-focused digital health company Flatiron Health to bring DeepScribe's AI documentation to clinicians that use Flatiron's OncoEMR cloud-based electronic medical record platform.