AI Scribes Now Outperform Doctors at Medical Coding and Note-Taking
Ambience Healthcare’s AI generates medical notes and accurate ICD-10 codes from doctor-patient talks, cutting paperwork and boosting coding accuracy by 27%. This tool integrates with EHR systems to speed documentation and reduce errors.
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An AI-Powered Startup Can Now Perform This Important Task Better Than Doctors
Doctors spend a huge amount of time on paperwork, often at the expense of patient care. One promising solution comes from Ambience Healthcare, a startup using AI technology to ease this burden. Their new AI model, built with OpenAI’s tools, can generate medical notes and accurate ICD-10 codes from doctor-patient conversations—potentially outperforming physicians in this task.
ICD-10 codes are essential for classifying diseases and medical conditions, impacting billing and record-keeping. By listening to consultations, Ambience’s AI can identify relevant conditions and produce notes with precise codes. This capability helps reduce errors and speeds up documentation.
- Clinicians spend nearly 28 hours per week on administrative tasks, according to a 2024 study by Google Cloud and The Harris Poll.
- 94% of clinicians report that paperwork limits the time they can spend with patients.
Ambience’s chief medical officer, William H. Morris, describes their platform as a scribe fluent in both clinical language and healthcare billing rules from day one. The AI assists clinicians in finalizing notes faster and ensures that revenue cycle teams receive cleaner, audit-ready charts.
The platform integrates directly with popular electronic health record (EHR) systems like Epic and Oracle. Once clinicians review and approve the notes, they are instantly added to patient records, streamlining workflows.
Ambience raised $70 million in a Series B round in early 2024, co-led by OpenAI’s startup fund, marking a collaboration that allowed them to fine-tune a model on a dataset of complex clinical cases labeled with precise ICD-10 codes.
In head-to-head testing against 18 board-certified physicians, Ambience’s AI showed a 27% relative improvement in coding accuracy. This level of precision can help medical providers get paid properly for their work and reduce billing mistakes.
For healthcare professionals interested in learning more about AI applications in medicine or enhancing their skills with AI tools, exploring dedicated courses and training can be valuable. Resources like Complete AI Training’s healthcare-focused courses offer practical guidance on integrating AI in medical settings.
