NHS Grampian pilots Corti ambient voice documentation on Donbank Ward at Inverurie Hospital
NHS Grampian's Innovation Hub, supported by Aberdeenshire Health and Social Care Partnership, is piloting Corti's ambient voice technology with ward nurses on Donbank Ward at Inverurie Hospital. The tool listens to conversations and generates structured notes that nurses review and edit. Corti's write-up reports nurses saying documentation time dropped nearly 70% and handover quality improved, and says staff are teaching the model the Doric dialect through live edits.
Overview
NHS Grampian's Innovation Hub, supported by Aberdeenshire Health and Social Care Partnership, is piloting Corti's ambient voice technology with ward nurses on Donbank Ward at Inverurie Hospital. The tool listens to conversations and generates structured notes that nurses review and edit. Corti's write-up reports nurses saying documentation time dropped nearly 70% and handover quality improved, and says staff are teaching the model the Doric dialect through live edits.
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The NHS faces a significant administration burden, and clinicians spend hours each week reconstructing encounters after the fact, time that comes out of patient care.
The solution
NHS Grampian's Innovation Hub, supported by Aberdeenshire Health and Social Care Partnership, is piloting Corti's ambient voice technology with ward nurses at Inverurie Hospital's Donbank Ward. It listens to conversations and generates structured clinical notes that nurses review and edit before they are finalized.
Reported business value
Early results reported by nurses on the ward: documentation time has dropped nearly 70%, and the quality of information handed over between shifts has improved. The source says the findings will inform whether the approach can scale across NHS Grampian.
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