STAT+: After hospitals, patients get a turn to bring AI into the doctor’s office
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- Ambient scribes are used by more than a quarter of U.S. medical practices to capture visits in real time and draft clinical notes for electronic health records.
- VisitRecall and other consumer apps such as Advoca Health and AlignCare provide AI‑generated visit summaries and action items for patients.
- Kin Health announced a $9 million seed funding round in May, backed by the co‑founder of GoodRx.
Why it matters: Patients gain immediate, AI‑generated visit summaries, while clinicians could see reduced documentation workload; the $9 M seed round for Kin Health signals growing investment in patient‑side health AI.
