[Freed AI] Enhance template flexibility and customization options

Hi everyone! I'm a family doc who also does hospitalist work, and I'm a big tech geek on the side. Ever since AI scribes started popping up everywhere, I got super curious (and honestly a bit hopeful) that one of these could help out with my charting. So I decided to just try as many as I could, usually during actual patient care, and here’s my honest take after spending a couple months bouncing between them. **1. Vero Scribe** ($79/month) Total underdog, but this is probably my favourite out of all of them and the one I’m still using daily. The Learn feature is probably the biggest plus for me, and after a few edits, it made the notes pretty reflective of how I like them. They also have the insights feature which flags what you miss. Their chat functionality is super helpful, and I can ask it quick medical questions when I don't want to search it through UpToDate. Accuracy has been great, which is the most important to me. **2. Freed AI** ($99/month) Very basic but I think that's the point. It’s dead simple to use (which I guess is a plus), but it felt like there wasn’t much flexibility, just a few templates and not much ability to tweak how it works. Output was good for simple visits, but not robust enough for my more complex cases. **3. Heidi Health** (free tier or $99/month) Not a bad scribe and generates consistent notes. I paid for the premium because I like my custom templates to generate notes exactly how I like them. Their chat functionality doesn't answer medical questions which I find a medical scribe should be able to do. Also, they seem really slow to add new features. Their public roadmap is full of coming soon stuff that’s been sitting there forever. **4. Nabla** ($119/month) Same vibe as Freed, clean UI, but felt bare-bones. If you want something super simple, it’ll do the trick, but I needed more control and accuracy. Lacks a lot of specialty/custom options. **5. Scribeberry** ($99/month) I couldn’t get behind this one, the output just wasn’t accurate for a lot of cases. Some errors in phrasing, missed important negatives in the ROS, etc. Did not stick along long to keep trying out all the features. **6. Tali AI** ($150/month) This one’s really popular, but my notes came out weirdly formatted and sometimes missed key details or summarized in a way that felt off. Also they use their chrome plugin as their main selling point, but I'd rather it not see all my web browsing history when I'm not doing clinical related duties. **Other stuff I noticed:** * **Privacy/PHI:** Most claim data is encrypted/secure and stays in US/Canada, but always check. Some are pretty transparent about it, others just claim but have no backing. * **EMR integration:** None of these are “true” plug-and-play in my EMR, but most of them have these features on the way. * **Cost:** All of them have some free trial or demo, but pricing varies a lot. Vero was also surprising the most affordable at $79/month. Heidi has a free tier but there are not many templates to choose from, and I ended up paying the $99/month anyways. Tali came in at the most expensive at $150/month for their premium tier. Would love to hear what other people’s experiences have been, especially if you’ve used any others I missed. Happy to answer any questions. Hope you find this useful and happy charting!