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Miami Herald
27-05-2025
- Health
- Miami Herald
Ambience Healthcare's AI Platform Surpasses Clinician Performance by 27% in Medical Coding, Powered by New OpenAI Breakthrough
Ambience's latest AI model reduces coding errors and targets $266 billion in annual administrative waste SAN FRANCISCO, CA / ACCESS Newswire / May 27, 2025 / Ambience Healthcare today announced a major advancement in ambient AI, unveiling the first AI model that outperforms board-certified physicians in ICD-10 coding accuracy. Trained using OpenAI's Reinforcement Fine-Tuning (RFT) technology, Ambience's AI platform achieved a 27% relative improvement over physician benchmarks-reducing coding errors by approximately one-quarter and offering a powerful tool to tackle the $266 billion in annual administrative waste, including $19 billion in diagnosis coding & documentation substantiation errors. This new model identifies precise ICD-10 codes based on patient encounters, which feed into Ambience's 'coding-aware' scribe. By leveraging these codes first, the scribe generates a fully informed note-allowing clinicians to review and confirm accurate documentation and coding in real time. "Think of this technology as a scribe that fluently speaks both clinical language and the intricate healthcare billing rulebook from day one," said William H. Morris, MD, MBA, Chief Medical Officer of Ambience Healthcare. "Our platform helps clinicians finish their notes faster and ensures that revenue cycle teams receive cleaner, more accurate, and audit-ready charts." Ambience is live across inpatient, outpatient, and emergency settings at health systems throughout the United States, supporting over 100 medical specialties with real-time, compliant documentation. Clinicians at more than 40 organizations including UCSF Health, St. Luke's Health System, Houston Methodist, John Muir Health, and Memorial Hermann Health System leverage Ambience before, during, and after patient encounters to generate compliant documentation, alleviate burnout, and enhance care quality. How Ambience's "Coding-Aware" AI Scribe WorksAmbience Healthcare's platform streamlines the clinical documentation and coding process: Clinicians simply tap 'Record' on their device, conduct patient visits as usual, and then review a draft note, complete with suggested ICD-10 and CPT codes;Ambience integrates natively with major EHRs-including Epic, Oracle Cerner, and athenahealth-ensuring that after clinicians review and sign off, the complete and coded documentation is automatically filed back into the patient's record;By addressing coding at the point of care, Ambience eliminates downstream compliance issues and the time-consuming back-and-forth queries between clinicians and coding/billing departments. "We built for compliance at the core of our platform because health systems need assurance that AI technology in the workflow can stand up to audits, protect reimbursement, and support clinical documentation integrity," said Michael Ng, CEO and Co-Founder of Ambience Healthcare. "The stakes of getting this wrong are too high for compliance to be an afterthought." Validated Results with RFT TechnologyTo validate its AI's mastery of the "coding rulebook," Ambience assembled a "gold-panel" test dataset of complex clinical cases spanning multiple medical specialties. Each encounter was meticulously labeled by a consensus of four or more expert clinicians to establish a high-quality ground truth. "Reinforcement Fine-Tuning lets developers align powerful AI models with the precision and robustness that high-stakes domains like healthcare demand," said Shyamal Anadkat, Head of Startup Solutions at OpenAI. "Ambience's results show how RFT can lift the performance of AI systems in safety-critical environments". The Ambience model was benchmarked against 18 experienced, board-certified physicians on ICD-10 coding accuracy. The results were significant: Ambience's AI demonstrated a 27% relative improvement in coding performance compared to the expert physician baseline, suggesting the model could help eliminate up to one quarter of the coding errors even the most seasoned clinicians make. About Ambience HealthcareAmbience Healthcare is the leading AI platform for clinical documentation, CDI, and coding-built to ensure compliance, eliminate administrative burden, and improve care delivery. Trusted by top health systems across North America, Ambience's platform is live across outpatient, emergency, and inpatient settings, supporting more than 100 specialties with real-time, coding-aware documentation. The platform integrates directly with Epic, Oracle Cerner, athenahealth, and other major EHRs. Founded in 2020 by Mike Ng and Nikhil Buduma, Ambience is headquartered in San Francisco and backed by Andreessen Horowitz, OpenAI Startup Fund, Kleiner Perkins, and other leading investors. Media ContactKarina StabileAria Marketing for Ambience Healthcarekstabile@ SOURCE: Ambience
CNBC
27-05-2025
- Business
- CNBC
Ambience announces OpenAI-powered medical coding model that outperforms physicians
Artificial intelligence startup Ambience Healthcare on Tuesday announced a new medical coding model that outperforms doctors by 27%. Ambience uses AI to draft clinical notes in real-time as doctors consensually record their visits with patients. The company used tools from OpenAI to build the new model. The startup is part of a fiercely competitive market that has taken off as health-care executives search for solutions to help reduce staff burnout and daunting administrative workloads. The company's new model can listen to patient encounters and identify ICD-10 codes, which are internationally standardized classifications for different diseases and conditions. There are about 70,000 ICD-10 codes that are regularly updated and used to facilitate billing and other reporting processes in health care. Ambience said its new ICD-10 model can reduce billing mistakes and help clinicians and professional coders work more efficiently. The model notched a "27% relative improvement over physician benchmarks," according to a release on Tuesday. "We're not replacing doctors or coders," Brendan Fortuner, Ambience's head of engineering, told CNBC in an interview. "What we're doing is we're liberating them from administration, and we're fixing mistakes that help make health care better, safer, more cost-effective." Documenting ICD-10 codes has traditionally been a labor-intensive task in health care, but it's a crucial way to track outcomes, mortalities and morbidities in a standardized way, said Dr. Will Morris, the chief medical officer of Ambience. "If you think about it from a data perspective, it's how you can compare and contrast clinician A to B, or health system A to B," Morris said in an interview. "It's the cornerstone for quality." Ambience's technology is used at more than 40 health-care organizations, like Cleveland Clinic and UCSF Health. It has raised more than $100 million, according to PitchBook, from investors including Kleiner Perkins, Andreessen Horowitz and the OpenAI Startup Fund. The company is reportedly seeking fresh capital at a valuation of over $1 billion, according to a report from The Information. Ambience declined to comment on the report. Ambience trained its new AI model using OpenAI's reinforcement fine-tuning technology. This technology allows companies to tune OpenAI's best reasoning models for very specific domains, like health care. To validate the model, Ambience tested it against a "gold panel" set of labels, the company said. The labels were established by a group of expert clinicians who evaluated complex clinical cases and came to an agreement on what the right codes were. The company then recruited 18 different board-certified doctors and compared their performance on ICD-10 coding accuracy to the model's performance. That comparison showed the Ambience technology performed 27% better than the physician baseline. "It shows for the first time that an AI system can actually surpass clinician experts at a very, very important administrative task, especially in coding," Fortuner said. Ambience already has similar capabilities available for other medical codes like Current Procedural Terminology (CPT) codes, and Fortuner said it's exploring how to tackle other areas like prior authorizations, utilization management and clinical trial matching. The company's new ICD-10 model will roll out to customers over the summer. "Getting it right at the point of care is a fundamental change," Morris said.
Miami Herald
19-05-2025
- Health
- Miami Herald
Onvida Health and Ambience Healthcare Partner to Enhance Patient Care and Revolutionize Clinical Workflows with AI Technology
YUMA, AZ / ACCESS Newswire / May 19, 2025 / Onvida Health, a leading provider of integrated care throughout Arizona, and Ambience Healthcare, the leading AI platform for clinical documentation, CDI, and coding, today announced the launch of a pilot program across multiple clinical sites. Onvida Health clinicians across outpatient, inpatient, and emergency department settings will be piloting Ambience's suite of AI applications to generate comprehensive and compliant documentation in real time-directly within Epic's Electronic Health Record (EHR). The pilot, launching in June 2025, reflects Onvida Health's ongoing commitment to delivering the highest quality care in the region-while supporting clinicians with innovative technology to improve efficiency, reduce burnout, and increase time with patients. With this technology, Onvida Health providers will spend less time on administrative work and more time with patients-while strengthening documentation integrity, supporting compliance, and improving financial accuracy. "We are investing in the most advanced AI platform in healthcare because we believe the best patient care starts with supporting our clinicians," said Marc Chasin, M.D., Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer at Onvida Health. "Ambience will allow our clinicians to spend less time on paperwork and more time with their patients-while improving quality, accuracy and compliance." Ambience's suite of AI applications includes: Scribing: The only AI medical scribe built to support the medicine, workflows, and coding and billing requirements of more than 100 specialties and subspecialties, including inpatient and emergency medicineCDI: A point-of-care CDI assistant that analyzes conversations and surfaces precise ICD-10 codes, CPT codes, and full audit trails for revenue cycle teamsPatient Summaries: Comprehensive summaries for patients, their families, and caretakersReferrals: Clinically relevant and well-organized referral letters for primary care clinicians and specialists Ambience's AI platform helps clinicians design their agenda before a patient visit begins. Once the clinician is in the room with a patient, Ambience listens to the conversation. The technology then leverages all of the patient's historical EHR data, as well as the recording of the visit, to automate documentation for the patient and clinician. This includes clinical notes, after-visit summaries, referral letters, and CPT and ICD-10 coding suggestions. "By equipping our clinicians with Ambience's AI technology, we're ensuring that every patient receives more personalized attention, more thorough care, and a better overall experience," said Kristina Diaz, M.D., President of Onvida Health Medical Group. "This partnership is about giving our patients and clinicians the time, focus, and quality they deserve-putting the human connection back at the center of every visit." Clinicians at leading health systems across North America leverage Ambience before, during, and after patient encounters. Ambience has been deployed at Cleveland Clinic, UCSF Health, St. Luke's Health System, Houston Methodist, John Muir Health, Memorial Hermann Health System, and others. "We are honored to partner with Onvida Health, an organization deeply committed to putting patients first, supporting their providers, and driving innovation," said Mike Ng, CEO and Co-Founder of Ambience Healthcare. "Today, clinicians spend only about a quarter of their time on direct patient care - and together with Onvida Health, we are going to change that. By supporting every clinical encounter with Ambience's AI technology, we're helping clinicians reclaim their time, enhance compliance and accuracy, and refocus healthcare around what matters most: the patient." About Onvida Health Onvida Health is a not-for-profit hospital system with 430 inpatient beds, 45 outpatient clinics and a free-standing Emergency Department. The Onvida Health team includes 495 providers representing 52 specialties, 4000 employees and hundreds of volunteers who work closely together to create a welcoming, caring and compassionate environment for patients and their families. Onvida Health is dedicated to building a healthier tomorrow for Yuma County residents and the surrounding southwestern Arizona communities. About Ambience HealthcareAmbience Healthcare's mission is to supercharge healthcare providers with breakthrough generative AI technology. Ambience's products are currently leveraged by leading provider organizations and health systems across North America to reduce documentation burden, alleviate provider burnout, and improve care quality. Founded in 2020 by Mike Ng and Nikhil Buduma, Ambience is headquartered in San Francisco, California, and backed by Andreessen Horowitz, OpenAI Startup Fund, Human Capital, Kleiner Perkins, Martin Ventures, AIX Ventures, AirTree Ventures, John Doerr, Jeff Dean, Richard Socher, Pieter Abbeel, Anne Wojcicki, Eren Bali, Jay Desai, Nish Bhat, Matt Mochary, and others. To learn more, visit For more information, press only: Karina StabileAria Marketing for Ambience Healthcarekstabile@ Jenn Lotz Williams(504) 376-3253Jwilliams4@ SOURCE: Ambience
Associated Press
19-05-2025
- Health
- Associated Press
Onvida Health and Ambience Healthcare Partner to Enhance Patient Care and Revolutionize Clinical Workflows with AI Technology
YUMA, AZ / ACCESS Newswire / May 19, 2025 / Onvida Health, a leading provider of integrated care throughout Arizona, and Ambience Healthcare, the leading AI platform for clinical documentation, CDI, and coding, today announced the launch of a pilot program across multiple clinical sites. Onvida Health clinicians across outpatient, inpatient, and emergency department settings will be piloting Ambience's suite of AI applications to generate comprehensive and compliant documentation in real time-directly within Epic's Electronic Health Record (EHR). The pilot, launching in June 2025, reflects Onvida Health's ongoing commitment to delivering the highest quality care in the region-while supporting clinicians with innovative technology to improve efficiency, reduce burnout, and increase time with patients. With this technology, Onvida Health providers will spend less time on administrative work and more time with patients-while strengthening documentation integrity, supporting compliance, and improving financial accuracy. 'We are investing in the most advanced AI platform in healthcare because we believe the best patient care starts with supporting our clinicians,' said Marc Chasin, M.D., Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer at Onvida Health. 'Ambience will allow our clinicians to spend less time on paperwork and more time with their patients-while improving quality, accuracy and compliance.' Ambience's suite of AI applications includes: Ambience's AI platform helps clinicians design their agenda before a patient visit begins. Once the clinician is in the room with a patient, Ambience listens to the conversation. The technology then leverages all of the patient's historical EHR data, as well as the recording of the visit, to automate documentation for the patient and clinician. This includes clinical notes, after-visit summaries, referral letters, and CPT and ICD-10 coding suggestions. 'By equipping our clinicians with Ambience's AI technology, we're ensuring that every patient receives more personalized attention, more thorough care, and a better overall experience,' said Kristina Diaz, M.D., President of Onvida Health Medical Group. 'This partnership is about giving our patients and clinicians the time, focus, and quality they deserve-putting the human connection back at the center of every visit.' Clinicians at leading health systems across North America leverage Ambience before, during, and after patient encounters. Ambience has been deployed at Cleveland Clinic, UCSF Health, St. Luke's Health System, Houston Methodist, John Muir Health, Memorial Hermann Health System, and others. 'We are honored to partner with Onvida Health, an organization deeply committed to putting patients first, supporting their providers, and driving innovation,' said Mike Ng, CEO and Co-Founder of Ambience Healthcare. 'Today, clinicians spend only about a quarter of their time on direct patient care - and together with Onvida Health, we are going to change that. By supporting every clinical encounter with Ambience's AI technology, we're helping clinicians reclaim their time, enhance compliance and accuracy, and refocus healthcare around what matters most: the patient.' About Onvida Health Onvida Health is a not-for-profit hospital system with 430 inpatient beds, 45 outpatient clinics and a free-standing Emergency Department. The Onvida Health team includes 495 providers representing 52 specialties, 4000 employees and hundreds of volunteers who work closely together to create a welcoming, caring and compassionate environment for patients and their families. Onvida Health is dedicated to building a healthier tomorrow for Yuma County residents and the surrounding southwestern Arizona communities. About Ambience Healthcare Ambience Healthcare's mission is to supercharge healthcare providers with breakthrough generative AI technology. Ambience's products are currently leveraged by leading provider organizations and health systems across North America to reduce documentation burden, alleviate provider burnout, and improve care quality. Founded in 2020 by Mike Ng and Nikhil Buduma, Ambience is headquartered in San Francisco, California, and backed by Andreessen Horowitz, OpenAI Startup Fund, Human Capital, Kleiner Perkins, Martin Ventures, AIX Ventures, AirTree Ventures, John Doerr, Jeff Dean, Richard Socher, Pieter Abbeel, Anne Wojcicki, Eren Bali, Jay Desai, Nish Bhat, Matt Mochary, and others. To learn more, visit For more information, press only: Karina Stabile Aria Marketing for Ambience Healthcare [email protected] 516-317-5835 Jenn Lotz Williams (504) 376-3253 [email protected] SOURCE: Ambience press release
Scottish Sun
11-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Scottish Sun
Coronation Street's Claire Sweeney shows off lucrative second job and luxury suite
Click to share on X/Twitter (Opens in new window) Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) CORONATION Street star Claire Sweeney has a sweet side gig performing on cruise ships. The TV icon, who plays evil Cassie on the ITV soap, is currently onboard the Ambassador Cruises' ship, Ambience, where she is getting ready to put on a concert for guests. Sign up for the Entertainment newsletter Sign up 6 Coronation Street star Claire Sweeney has a lucrative second job 6 The actress also works as an entertainer onboard Ambassador Cruises Credit: Instagram 6 She is sailing on their ship, Ambience Credit: Instagram 6 Claire showed off her luxury suite Credit: Instagram Claire showed off her deluxe cabin, complete with a balcony, personalised chocolates with a welcome message and huge wardrobe. "So this is my home for the next couple of days, I've got my show tomorrow night," Claire said in a video of her cabin that she posted to her Instagram stories. "It's been a crazy few days, I've got today to chill out then I go and do my show tomorrow night." As she took the camera out onto the balcony, she commented: "This is nice, I always like to have a cup of tea out here of a morning. It's lovely." Claire boarded the ship in Lisbon, Portugal and will depart when it reaches Gibraltar on Monday. She is one of a number of soap stars that will provide entertainment on the Ambassador Cruise lines this year, with the others including Dean Andrews, Beverly Callard, Sue Cleaver, and Catherine Tyldesley. They will each participate in the company's 'In Conversation With…' talks and meet and greets on board the Ambience and Ambition ship. The actress is no stranger to cruise ships as she used to work on them as an entertainer and serves as an ambassador for travel company, Just You. Claire also starred in the first two series of the Channel 5 smash-hit murder mystery The Good Ship Murder where she played the role of the ship's entertainment director Beverley Carnell. She performed at the VE Day 80 concert on May 8 in front of King Charles and other members of the Royal Family. Claire performed alongside fellow soap stars Emma Barton and Michelle Hardwick in a tribute to the Andrews Sisters. Their medley included the classic songs, In the Mood, Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy, and Sing, Sing, Sing. The actress recently teased what's in store for her Corrie character, including Cassie's "evil" plan to manipulate Ken Barlow. Coronation Street's Claire Sweeney reveals she rejected an intimacy co-ordinator Claire, 53, said her character has filmed some explosive scenes with arch nemesis and Ken's daughter Tracy Barlow. She also teased that Cassie's evil plan has only just started and said it will play out for the next few months. Speaking exclusively to the Sun, Claire revealed: 'Cassie manages to talk herself out of so many situations. She doesn't want to hurt Ken, she's just keeping him sleepy so he needs her. "She just wants him to need her, Ken is the first person who sees her and gives her time and teaches her things - it's like in Pygmalion, My Fair Lady type of relationship, where within the house she's got the romance with Steve McDonald, she's got the banter with Tracy and she suddenly feels part of something.' 6 Claire plays the evil Cassie on Corrie Credit: ITV 6 Emma Barton, Michelle Hardwick and Claire during the concert celebrating the 80th Anniversary of VE Day Credit: Getty Coronation Street Spoilers: News & Cast Updates The beloved British soap has been captivating audiences for decades. The show follows the lives of the residents as they navigate love, loss, family drama, and community struggles. Here's the latest on: Coronation Street spoilers Up-to-date news on our soap spoiler live blog New, leaving and returning cast members Where is Coronation Street filmed and can you visit the set? The history of Coronation Street's iconic pub Rovers Return Inn
