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The numbers that matter in clinical environments

The terms that determine patient outcomes — medication names, dosages, and diagnoses — transcribed more accurately than ever.

3.2%

Medical Error Rate (MER) with Medical Mode

88%

Fewer Missed Medical Entities
(vs. general STT models)

$0.15/hr

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Doctors Visit

00:00

01:23

00:00

Doctor

Hi, Mr. #####. How are you?

00:01

Patient

I'm good. Dr. #####, nice to see you.

00:03

Doctor

Nice to see you again. What brings you back?

00:06

Patient

Well, my back's been hurting again.

00:09

Doctor

I see. I've seen you a number of times for this, haven't I?

00:13

Patient

Yeah, well, ever since I got hurt on the job three years ago, it's something that just keeps coming back. It'll be fine for a while, and then I'll bend down or I'll move in a weird way, and then boom, it'll just go out again.

00:28

Doctor

Unfortunately, that can happen, and I do have quite a few patients who get reoccurring episodes of back pain. Have you been keeping up with the therapy that we had you on before?

00:41

Patient

Which? The pills?

00:44

Doctor

Actually, I was talking about the physical therapy that we had you doing. The pills are only meant for short term because they don't actually prevent the back pain from coming back.

00:57

Patient

Yeah, once my back started feeling better, I was happy not to go to the therapist anymore.

01:03

Doctor

Why was that?

01:05

Patient

Well, it started to become kind of a hassle, you know, with my work schedule and the cost was an issue. But I was able to get back to work, so. And I could use the money.

01:17

Doctor

Do you think the physical therapy was helping?

01:20

Patient

Yeah, well, it was slow going at first.

01:23

Doctor

I see. Physical therapy is a bit slower than medications, but the point is to build up the core muscles in your back and your abdomen. Physical therapy is also less invasive than medications, so that's why we had you doing the therapy. But you mentioned that cost was getting to be a real issue for you. Can you tell me more about that?

Diagnoses

Primary diagnosis: Chronic mechanical low back pain without radiculopathy, with recurrent acute exacerbations

If coding: M54.50 Low back pain, unspecified, G89.29 Other chronic pain (to denote chronicity)

Subjective

Chief complaint: Recurrent low back pain.

History of present illness: Male with chronic low back pain since a work-related injury ~3 years ago. Experiences intermittent flares triggered by bending or awkward movements; current flare prompted visit. Reports prior improvement with physical therapy but discontinued when insurance-limited sessions were used and travel/parking became costly and logistically difficult with work. Previously took tramadol, which helped but became too expensive. Prefers to avoid missing work and wants lower-cost options. Open to nonpharmacologic therapies (yoga, tai chi, meditation). No specific red-flag symptoms discussed in the encounter.

Medications: Previously tramadol (stopped due to cost). No current prescription analgesics noted.

Allergies: Not discussed.

Relevant social/cost factors: Insurance limits on PT; increased travel/parking costs; desires cost-effective care; willing to compare insurance options during open enrollment.

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Everything you need for medical transcription in one API

Clinical Speech-to-Text Model

Purpose-trained on medical terminology, pharmaceutical names, acronyms, and multi-specialty vocabulary. 66% fewer missed entities vs. general models.

Speaker Diarization

Accurately separate patient, provider, and staff at 2.9% error rate. Handles interruptions, overlapping speech, and multi-party encounters.

PHI Redaction

Automatically detect and redact Protected Health Information before data leaves your pipeline.

Real-Time Streaming

Stream medical-grade accuracy live. Ambient scribes and clinical copilots get terms right as they're spoken

LLM Gateway -> Clinical Notes

Generate SOAP, SBAR, DAP, or custom note formats from transcripts. Bring your own LLM or use AssemblyAI's hosted models.

Business Associate Agreement (BAA)

HIPAA-eligible infrastructure and BAA included, data training opted out by default.

Build a HIPAA-eligible medical scribe in minutes

Three API calls: transcribe with Universal-3 Pro + Medical Mode, redact PHI, generate SOAP notes. Production-ready from day one.

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What healthcare builders say

In the medical context, accuracy is highly important….[and] there can be multiple people present. Separating them is key to accuracy. The biggest impact AssemblyAI has had has been in enabling our technical team to focus on workflow-specific features rather than a general speech-to-text pipeline,"

Jackson Bierfeldt, Cofounder + CTO, JotPsych

‍36% improvement in WER

By leveraging AssemblyAI's accurate transcription capabilities through Dovetail, Careship can truly understand the needs of caregivers and patients, turning qualitative research into the foundation for better healthcare experiences across Europe.

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