AI scribe

An AI scribe runs in the background during a clinic consultation
By  Adam Ang 08:40 pm April 6, 2025
Asan Medical Center has developed a voice-based clinical documentation system powered by a large language model. HOW IT WORKS The system automatically records and analyses conversations – including identifying symptoms and classifying diseases – between and among staff and patients in near real-time. It also creates patients' medical records on the spot which are automatically saved to AMIS 3.0,...
Interface of Heidi AI scribe
By  Adam Ang 07:58 pm March 6, 2025
Australian startup Heidi Health has raised another $16.6 million in Series A funding from a round led by Headline. The follow-on investing round was also joined by Local Globe, Anthology (Menlo Ventures and Anthropic), as well as existing investors Blackbird, HESTA, Possible Ventures and Archangel Ventures.  Formerly Oscer, Heidi relaunched in 2024 with a customisable AI-powered clinical...
A doctor reviewing a patient record on a desktop computer
By  Adam Ang 09:25 pm August 13, 2024
The Royal Australian College of GPs, the peak body for general practices in Australia, has released guidance for practitioners looking to adopt AI scribes to support clinical documentation. An AI scribe captures audio speech from a clinical encounter to convert it into text that becomes part of a patient's health record.  WHAT IT'S ABOUT RACGP initially suggests developing a policy on...