For doctors and nurses, the AI that saves the most time is an ambient scribe that listens to the consultation and drafts the note. In India, Eka Care's EkaScribe turns dictation into a prescription and works with its EMR, which is built for India's ABDM health records. In larger hospital systems, Abridge, used by more than 300 health systems, and Microsoft's Dragon Copilot do the same inside the hospital record. For clinical questions, a general assistant can explain a guideline or write patient instructions in plain language, but check it against the guideline itself and never paste identifiable patient details into a consumer chatbot, since health records are personal data under India's DPDP Act. For imaging, Qure.ai reads X-rays and CT scans at more than 5,500 sites in over 105 countries. Rule: a scribe inside your EMR first, an assistant for explanations, and the clinician's judgement on every decision.
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WHO's guidance on where general AI models help in clinical care and where the risks lie, the frame for using any assistant with patients.
World Health Organization Jan 2024
Open who.int →The law that makes patient records personal data, and why identifiable details do not belong in a consumer chatbot.
Government of India Aug 2023
Open meity.gov.in →An Indian health platform with EkaScribe, voice-to-prescription note-taking, an EMR built for ABDM records, and clinical decision support during consultations, on Mac, Windows and Android.
Eka Care Nov 2026
Open eka.care →Ambient clinical documentation built by clinicians and used by more than 300 health systems, with customer results on time spent on notes.
Abridge Nov 2026
Open abridge.com →Microsoft's clinical assistant for physicians, nurses and radiologists, from ambient documentation to information at the point of care.
Microsoft Nov 2026
Microsoft Dragon Copilot on eChai Explore
Open microsoft.com →Imaging AI that reads chest X-rays and CT scans, used at 5,500-plus sites in 105-plus countries, including tuberculosis screening programmes.
Qure.ai Nov 2026
Open qure.ai →
