A London GP partner uses an AI scribe for notes and referral letters
A GP partner at a London health center says an AI scribe saves up to two hours a day on clinical notes and also drafts referral letters and meeting preparation.
The GP uses Heidi to document patient consultations, transcribe non-clinical meetings, draft referral letters, and prepare for appraisals and practice meetings.
How it went
He says it saves up to two hours a day on clinical notes, improves morale and wellbeing, and lowers mental load so more patients can be seen.
Worth knowing
This is a vendor-published story and the results are one GP's own claims. Consultation notes are special category data under UK GDPR, so consent wording, data protection checks and clinician review of every note and letter are needed.
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