UK startup Aide Health has launched an AI scribing tool to summarize consultations for patients, providing a record of medical advice.
Research shows that up to 80% of medical advice is forgotten immediately, and nearly half of what is remembered about medicine is inaccurate. This can lead to missed medication, unclear instructions, and poorer health outcomes, costing the NHS an estimated £1 billion a year.
Aide Health's 'medical memory' app, called Mirror, listens during healthcare consultations and produces a plain-English summary. It uses audio recordings to create written summaries and then automatically deletes the recordings to maintain privacy.
Medical advice is not lost when the patient leaves the room.
Author's summary: Aide Health launches AI tool to improve patient memory of medical advice.