Dutch-based Autoscriber and Microsoft team up to alleviate administrative burden of health workers; here’s how

American technology company Microsoft and Eindhoven’s voice recognition software provider Autoscriber, have announced a strategic collaboration to advance the commercialisation of Autoscriber’s platform across the EMEA region.

Founded in 2021 by Jacqueline Kazmaier and Koen Bonenkamp, Autoscriber develops AI-powered speech recognition and natural language processing technologies to extract structured data from conversations between physicians and their patients.

The company’s software generates structured clinical summaries during patient consultations, significantly reducing documentation time for doctors by 20 to 50 per cent. 

Co-founder Kazmaier, says, “The patient consultation is one of the most central and important elements of healthcare. We aim to completely reimagine this process; eliminating administrative data capture tasks for the doctor, and supporting them all the way from preparation to follow-up with real-time data-driven insights and decision support.”

“Our mission is to enable human-centric and data driven healthcare, giving doctors time and attention for better quality patient care. Autoscriber has been rolled out across multiple departments at major hospitals, as well as primary care and psychology practices, and we are already seeing these benefits take shape,” adds Kazmaier.

Autoscriber to scale its AI-driven clinical intelligence platform

Microsoft will provide Autoscriber with essential partnership resources and dedicated compute capacity to facilitate the large-scale rollout of its ambient clinical intelligence product, which utilises speech-based AI technology.

The Dutch company aims to become the leading ambient clinical intelligence provider in the EMEA region, targeting the saving of 500,000 hours of administrative work annually for doctors.

Co-founder Bonenkamp, says, “The models we run to process the audio of doctor-patient interactions and generate structured clinical encounter notes quickly become GPU-intensive. With the worldwide shortage of GPUs, the support of Microsoft to scale our architecture and reserve technical capacity is critical to our ability to offer our solution to hundreds of clinicians at the same time at a single healthcare provider.”

“Together with Microsoft, we have the ability to scale more quickly and efficiently than other providers. Microsoft has also been very collaborative with our AI engineers to further optimise our solution offering.”

Ralph Haupter, President of Microsoft EMEA, adds, “As Microsoft, we aim to service our healthcare clients in the best way possible and to support our clients with the optimisation of their workflow and services.”

“The administrative burden of health workers and the lack of structured and interoperable data are known problems. By supporting Autoscriber, as the leading provider of ambient clinical intelligence in the EMEA region, we believe Microsoft will positively contribute to its healthcare clients.”

Autoscriber’s partnerships

Autoscriber has integrated its clinical intelligence platform with major electronic health record providers, including Epic, CompuGroup Medical, Chipsoft, Nexus, and Pharmapartners, making it accessible within existing healthcare workflows. 

Its strategic collaboration with Microsoft is crucial for scaling operations across clients in the EMEA region, where the company is “well-positioned” with offices in the Netherlands and South Africa.

Co-founder Kazmaier, says, “We have aligned our entire organisation, technology and processes to servicing this multilingual and fragmented region.”

“Autoscriber has a growing library of clinically validated templates suitable for different styles and norms of clinical note taking, we integrate with various international medical coding standards and support multiple languages including English, Dutch, German, Norwegian, French, Spanish and even Afrikaans. Furthermore, we continuously ensure regulatory compliance across these regions.”

Brief about Microsoft

Microsoft aims to empower individuals and organisations worldwide through technology that drives meaningful innovation. 

The company believes AI, when centered on people, can enhance capabilities, foster creativity, and support strategic growth. Microsoft claims to be committed to building trustworthy AI, leveraging decades of research and feedback to ensure privacy, safety, and security in its solutions.