{"slug":"abridge","name":"Abridge","domain":"abridge.com","verdict":"As of 2026-07-15, ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Grok collectively rank Abridge first for ai medical scribe. Source: https://modelsagree.com/product/abridge (modelsagree.com, CC BY 4.0).","best_rank":1,"categories":1,"brief":{"category":"best-ai-medical-scribe","title":"Best AI medical scribe","rank":1,"of":8,"top":null,"day":"2026-07-16","why":[{"t":"Deep Epic workflow integration","m":["ChatGPT","Claude","Grok"],"q":"the deepest inside-Epic workflow integration"},{"t":"Linked Evidence builds trust","m":["ChatGPT","Claude","Gemini"],"q":"Its \"Linked Evidence\" feature allows clinicians to instantly verify any note sentence against the original audio clip, building unparalleled trust."},{"t":"Strong real-world deployment results","m":["ChatGPT","Claude","Grok"],"q":"Best-documented real-world performance at scale"},{"t":"Accurate complex conversation parsing","m":["Grok","Gemini"],"q":"excels in accuracy for complex conversations, multi-speaker attribution"}],"gap":[],"fix":[{"t":"Enterprise-only contracts","m":["ChatGPT","Claude","Gemini","Grok"],"q":"Enterprise-only — sold through health-system contracts at premium pricing"},{"t":"Excludes solo and small practices","m":["ChatGPT","Claude","Gemini","Grok"],"q":"completely excluding solo and small private practices."},{"t":"Longer costly deployments","m":["Grok"],"q":"Enterprise-focused with longer deployments and higher costs"}]},"entries":[{"slug":"best-ai-medical-scribe","title":"Best AI medical scribe","rank":1,"of":8,"score":19,"appearances":4,"modelRanks":{"ChatGPT":1,"Claude":1,"Gemini":2,"Grok":1},"reason":"Best overall note quality, specialty breadth, deep Epic integration, strong deployment results, and Linked Evidence that ties generated text to the conversation; assumes access through a participating health system","reasons":[{"model":"ChatGPT","reason":"Best overall note quality, specialty breadth, deep Epic integration, strong deployment results, and Linked Evidence that ties generated text to the conversation; assumes access through a participating health system"},{"model":"Claude","reason":"Best-documented real-world performance at scale — deployed across major systems (Kaiser, UPMC, Johns Hopkins, Mayo-affiliated sites) with the deepest inside-Epic workflow integration, evidence-linked notes that let clinicians verify every generated sentence against the transcript, and consistently top clinician-trust scores; assumes the typical practitioner works in an Epic-based health system, which shaped its #1 rank"},{"model":"Grok","reason":"Best in KLAS Ambient AI 2025 and 2026 based on real health system feedback; excels in accuracy for complex conversations, multi-speaker attribution, contextual notes with history/labs integration, strong Epic workflows, revenue cycle impact, high adoption/retention in large systems (e.g., Mayo, UPMC); proven reduction in burnout and documentation time."},{"model":"Gemini","reason":"Best-in-class ambient conversation parsing and medical terminology translation, backed by a proprietary ML stack that handles natural clinic chatter. Its \"Linked Evidence\" feature allows clinicians to instantly verify any note sentence against the original audio clip, building unparalleled trust."}],"fixes":[{"model":"ChatGPT","fix":"Enterprise procurement and opaque pricing make it a poor fit for unsupported solo practices"},{"model":"Claude","fix":"Enterprise-only — sold through health-system contracts at premium pricing, so a solo or small-group clinician cannot simply sign up and use it."},{"model":"Gemini","fix":"Locked behind enterprise contracts with no self-serve or individual clinician signup options, completely excluding solo and small private practices."},{"model":"Grok","fix":"Enterprise-focused with longer deployments and higher costs; not ideal for solo/small practices seeking quick cheap setup or non-Epic heavy users."}],"updated":"2026-07-15","rank_history":{"days":["2026-07-12","2026-07-13","2026-07-15"],"ranks":[1,1,1]},"reasoning_shift":[{"model":"Claude","from":"2026-07-12","to":"2026-07-13","added":[{"t":"top clinician-trust scores","q":"consistently top clinician-trust scores"},{"t":"Epic assumption shaped rank","q":"assumes the typical practitioner works in an Epic-based health system, which shaped its #1 rank"},{"t":"premium pricing","q":"sold through health-system contracts at premium pricing"}],"dropped":[]},{"model":"Gemini","from":"2026-07-12","to":"2026-07-13","added":[{"t":"Ambient conversation parsing","q":"Best-in-class ambient conversation parsing and medical terminology translation"},{"t":"Handles natural clinic chatter","q":"a proprietary ML stack that handles natural clinic chatter"}],"dropped":[{"t":"Enterprise Epic integration","q":"enterprise health systems using Epic"},{"t":"Institutional IT deployments","q":"institutional IT deployments"}]}],"api":"https://modelsagree.com/api/v1/best/best-ai-medical-scribe.json"}],"page":"https://modelsagree.com/product/abridge","check":"https://modelsagree.com/check?q=Abridge","updated":"2026-08-10T18:18:45.051Z","attribution":"modelsagree.com, CC BY 4.0"}