Dayton Children’s partners with Abridge to enhance care conversations

Dayton Children’s Hospital is teaming up with Abridge to bring advanced AI technology into the exam room—helping doctors and nurses spend less time on paperwork and more time focused on patients and families. As one of the first pediatric hospitals in the nation to use this innovative platform, Dayton Children’s is leading the way in making care conversations clearer, more personal and more connected.

Abridge’s ambient AI platform is designed to transform medical conversations into accurate, structured documentation during patient appointments. By integrating directly with the hospital’s electronic health record (EHR) system, the platform enables providers to spend more time connecting with patients and less time managing documentation, improving both clinician experience and quality of care.

“The question for health systems is not really, ‘should we do ambient AI? – because ambient will very quickly be the expected functionality for providers,” said J.D. Whitlock, chief information officer at Dayton Children’s. “The question is, who is the best strategic partner for ambient? We chose Abridge because of the quality of the AI-generated notes, their depth of integration with EPIC, the hospital’s EHR system and their aggressive product roadmap.”

Abridge's platform is distinguished by its Contextual Reasoning Engine  – an AI architecture that produces more clinically useful and billable notes at the point of care. It supports more than 50 specialties and over 28 languages, making it a versatile tool for diverse care environments, including outpatient clinics, emergency departments, and inpatient settings. Abridge is committed to patient privacy and has a robust policy outlining practices to ensure data is secure and patients are empowered with their medical information.      

"As every parent knows, pediatric clinicians face unique challenges when seeing patients, including fidgety and crying patients," said Dr. Shiv Rao, CEO and Founder of Abridge and a practicing cardiologist in Pittsburgh. "That's why we designed Abridge's AI to understand the subtleties of pediatric care, enabling the heroes who heal our children to focus on caring for kids and their families."

The integration of Abridge at Dayton Children’s comes at a time when health systems nationwide are searching for solutions to combat clinician burnout and improve care delivery efficiency. As one of the first pediatric hospitals with this technology, Dayton Children’s continues to lead in transforming the care experience for both providers and patients.

About Abridge
Abridge was founded in 2018 to power deeper understanding in healthcare. The enterprise-grade AI platform transforms medical conversations into clinically useful and billable documentation at the point of care, reducing administrative burden and clinician burnout while improving patient experience. With deep EHR integration, support for 28+ languages, and 50+ specialties, Abridge is used across a wide range of care settings, including outpatient, emergency department, and inpatient.

Abridge’s enterprise-grade AI platform is purpose-built for healthcare. Supported by Linked Evidence, Abridge is the only solution that maps AI-generated summaries to source data, helping clinicians quickly trust and verify the output. As a pioneer in generative AI for healthcare, Abridge is setting the industry standard for the responsible deployment of AI across health systems.

Abridge was recently awarded Best in KLAS for Ambient AI segment in addition to other accolades, including TIME Best Inventions of 2024, the 2024 Forbes AI 50 List, and Fortune’s 2024 AI 50 Innovators.