Ambience Healthcare
by Ambience Healthcare, Inc.
AI platform for ambient clinical documentation and medical coding
Last reviewed 2026-06-19
Ambience Healthcare is an AI platform for ambient clinical documentation, medical coding, and clinical workflow used by clinicians. It listens to patient-clinician encounters and generates coding-aware draft notes across outpatient, emergency, and inpatient settings and 100+ specialties, then writes to the chart after the clinician reviews and signs. It is positioned as a documentation, coding, and workflow platform rather than a transcription scribe alone. All generated notes and coding suggestions are drafts that require clinician review and sign-off; clinical and billing accuracy are not guaranteed by the AI. Ambience integrates with major EHRs and is sold to health systems on enterprise terms. It reached unicorn status with a 2025 Series C.
What it can do
Generate draft clinical notes from the visit
CopilotListens to the patient-clinician encounter and drafts a structured note; the clinician must review, edit, and sign. Clinical accuracy is not guaranteed.
sourceSuggest medical codes tied to documentation
CopilotProposes coding (such as E/M and ICD/CPT-aligned codes) linked to the documentation; a coder or clinician must validate before billing.
sourceSupport multi-setting, multi-specialty documentation
AssistantDrafts documentation across emergency, inpatient, and outpatient settings and 100+ specialties.
sourceWrite notes back into the EHR
SupervisedPushes the finalized note into the chart after the clinician signs off.
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Strengths
- +Broad multi-specialty and multi-setting coverage, including emergency and inpatient
- +Coding-aware documentation rather than transcription alone
- +Strong enterprise EHR integrations and well funded
Limitations
- −Enterprise-only with no public pricing
- −Generated notes and codes are drafts requiring clinician review and carry clinical and billing-accuracy risk
- −Limited public technical documentation
Overview
Ambience Healthcare builds an AI platform for ambient clinical documentation, medical coding, and clinical workflow. It listens to the patient-clinician encounter and produces coding-aware draft notes that the clinician reviews and signs, spanning outpatient, emergency, and inpatient care and more than 100 specialties.
What it does
During a visit, Ambience captures the conversation and drafts a structured note. It also surfaces coding suggestions tied to that documentation. Crucially, the output is a draft: the clinician must review, edit, and sign, and any coding must be validated before billing. Once signed, the note is written back into the EHR. Because human review and signature are required, we classify Ambience as a documentation copilot, with supervised write-back.
Integrations & setup
Ambience integrates with major EHRs including Epic, Oracle Health (Cerner), and athenahealth. It is deployed and configured per health system.
Pricing
Enterprise, contact-sales. No public list pricing.
Traction
Ambience was founded in 2020. In July 2025 it announced a $243M Series C co-led by Oak HC/FT and Andreessen Horowitz, reaching a reported $1.25B valuation; earlier backers include the OpenAI Startup Fund and Kleiner Perkins. Funding figures come from the company and press, not from this wiki.
Best for / not for
Best for health systems that want broad, multi-setting ambient documentation with coding support and deep EHR integration. Not a fit for buyers needing transparent self-serve pricing or a lightweight single-clinician tool.
Alternatives
Abridge and Nabla are leading ambient documentation peers; Suki adds a voice-assistant interface; Hippocratic AI targets patient-facing healthcare agents.
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FAQ
Does Ambience write clinical notes on its own?+
It drafts notes from the encounter, but the clinician must review, edit, and sign before anything is finalized in the chart. It is a documentation copilot, not an autonomous system, and clinical accuracy is not guaranteed by the AI.
Which EHRs does it work with?+
Ambience integrates with major electronic health record systems including Epic, Oracle Health (Cerner), and athenahealth.
Sources
- Ambience Healthcare (official site) · accessed 2026-06-19
- Ambience Healthcare announces $243M Series C · accessed 2026-06-19
- Ambience banks $243M Series C (Fierce Healthcare) · accessed 2026-06-19
Last reviewed 2026-06-19