AI tools for healthcare professionals: our selection (7)

AI for healthcare professionals

For healthcare professionals, AI can support documentation, literature searches and selected administrative tasks. Its usefulness depends on the care setting and the arrangements for handling information. Consensus can search scientific publications and summarise findings across studies. Rayyan can help screen references for a systematic review and identify duplicate records. During a working day, you might prepare a literature search before appointments, then review a structured note generated by Nudge AI from a consultation recorded under an appropriate process. You can use the resulting time to check the record and clarify instructions with the patient. These tools cannot replace a clinical examination, an individual assessment or professional judgement. A transcript may miss a negative statement or attribute words to the wrong person. A research summary can also omit limitations that materially affect how findings should be interpreted in a particular clinical situation.

Tasks where AI saves time

• Search scientific publications for a defined clinical question before critically reading the articles relevant to your work.
• Summarise findings across studies to identify points that require closer examination in the original research papers.
• Screen references for a systematic review using eligibility criteria that you have defined and documented in advance.
• Identify duplicate references before continuing the article selection process for a literature review or research project.
• Transcribe an appropriately authorised consultation to prepare a clinical note that you check before adding to records.
• Translate a scientific document to support reading, then verify specialist terminology and passages relevant to clinical interpretation.

Our picks

Picks set by simple rules on the verified data, with no partnership:

• Best scored : Consensus. 81/100 on our access and transparency grid.
• Cheapest paid option : Rayyan. First plan at $4.99 per month.
• To keep data in Europe : EKHOS AI. Processing on your device.

The best-scored tools at a glance

Consensus 81/100

Consensus searches scientific publications and synthesizes findings from multiple studies. It serves people who want to filter papers by method, organize references or export results to a reference manager. Features: Search for scientific publications; Synthesize findings from multiple studies; Filter papers by their method. Entry price: $144 per year, with a free tier. Runs on: web browser, iPhone and iPad, Android, and API. Data hosting: United States.

Rayyan 68/100

Rayyan helps research teams screen systematic review references, detect duplicates and estimate article relevance. It also supports data extraction from full texts, collaboration on inclusion decisions and production of a PRISMA diagram. Features: Screen references for a systematic review; Detect duplicate references; Estimate article relevance. Entry price: $4.99 per month, with a free tier. Runs on: web browser, iPhone and iPad, and API.

EKHOS AI 53/100

EKHOS AI lets Windows users transcribe audio and video files on their computer. It identifies speakers, records audio, supports transcript correction during playback, and stores transcripts in an encrypted local database. Features: Transcribe audio and video files on your computer; Distinguish and name speakers; Record the microphone or computer audio. Entry price: $9 per month, with a free tier. Runs on: Windows. Data hosting: On device.

X-doc AI 53/100

X-doc AI is for people translating technical and scientific documents. It processes batches of large documents, preserves formatting during translation, and allows a human reviewer to check a translation. Features: Translate technical and scientific documents; Process batches of large documents; Preserve formatting during translation. Free tier available. Runs on: web browser and API.

Wysa 50/100

Wysa offers people seeking emotional support conversations with an assistant and wellbeing exercises. It includes exercises for managing stress and improving sleep, with coaching depending on the available plan. Features: Chat with an emotional support assistant; Practice exercises to manage stress; Access a library of wellbeing tools. Free tier available. Runs on: iPhone and iPad and Android. Data hosting: Several regions.

Nudge AI 48/100

Nudge AI transcribes consultations and generates structured clinical notes for healthcare professionals. It adapts notes to custom templates, identifies diagnosis and billing codes, and transfers notes to medical records. Features: Transcribe consultations; Generate structured clinical notes; Adapt notes to custom templates. Entry price: $99 per month, with a free tier. Runs on: web browser, iPhone and iPad, and macOS. Data hosting: United States.

In figures

Of the 7 tools selected for this job, 6 (86%) offer a free tier, 43% have a public API and 2 have a French interface. The median entry price, per month, is $12 (across 5 tools with a published price). 5 disclose where data is hosted, 1 of them in Europe or on device.

Health and wellbeing

To track health and wellbeing: 3 tools. See the whole category.

Research assistants

To find, read and summarise papers: 2 tools. See the whole category.

Speech to text

To transcribe audio to text: 1 tool. See the whole category.

AI translation

To translate texts and documents: 1 tool. See the whole category.

Job-specific precautions

Professional confidentiality should guide your choice of service and the information you share. Check hosting arrangements, access controls, retention and any reuse of submitted data. Before recording a consultation, follow the applicable requirements for informing people and obtaining permission. Review names, medicines, doses and negative statements in every note. Read the relevant original publications before using a summary to inform care. Translation can alter a clinically significant nuance. You remain responsible for interpretation, documentation and professional decisions, including checking whether an output fits the individual patient's situation.

Where to start

Begin with a literature search on a focused question that contains no patient information. Use Consensus to find publications, then open the relevant papers. Compare the process with your usual search method on a similar topic. Measure the time spent searching and checking sources together. Record relevant papers missed and results that do not answer the question. Keep using the tool only if you can trace its output to sources and the saving survives the necessary critical reading.

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