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Short answer: Doximity AI Scribe (officially Doximity Scribe) is an ambient clinical documentation tool integrated into the Doximity clinician platform and mobile application, offered at no cost to verified U.S. physicians, nurse practitioners (NPs), physician assistants (PAs), and medical students. Using automatic speech recognition (ASR) and clinical large language models alongside Doximity GPT, it listens to consented in-person or Doximity Dialer telehealth encounters and drafts structured clinical notes (such as SOAP notes, History & Physicals, and specialty consult summaries). For HIPAA compliance, Doximity includes a Business Associate Agreement (BAA) in its platform terms for verified clinicians, encrypts data in transit and at rest under 45 CFR § 164.312, and deletes raw audio immediately as it is transcribed.
What is Doximity AI Scribe and how does it relate to Doximity GPT?
Within Doximity’s clinical productivity suite, two complementary generative AI tools address distinct parts of the documentation burden:
- Doximity Scribe (Ambient AI Scribe): An ambient listening and medical dictation module available on iOS, Android, and desktop web browsers. During a patient visit, Doximity Scribe captures multi-speaker dialogue—or a clinician’s post-visit voice summary—filters non-clinical conversation, and structures the clinical narrative into customizable sections (Chief Complaint, History of Present Illness, Review of Systems, Physical Exam, and Assessment & Plan).
- Doximity GPT (Clinical Writing and Administrative Assistant): A prompt-driven generative AI workspace (originally launched in beta as DocsGPT) designed to draft administrative and patient-facing documents, including insurance prior authorization and appeal letters, letters of medical necessity, referral letters, and plain-language patient education instructions, with integrated faxing and e-signature support.
How does Doximity AI Scribe work in clinical practice?
Because Doximity authenticates users against the National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES) National Provider Identifier (NPI) registry and state medical licensing boards, verified clinicians can launch Doximity Scribe directly inside their existing Doximity account without an enterprise hospital procurement cycle:
- Patient Consent and Encounter Initiation: Before recording, the clinician obtains verbal or written patient consent in accordance with institutional policy and applicable state one-party or all-party recording laws. The clinician selects either an in-person ambient encounter (captured via smartphone or computer microphone), a post-encounter voice dictation, or a Doximity Dialer video/audio telehealth visit where ambient capture runs natively inside the virtual visit interface.
- Real-Time Streaming Transcription and Audio Disposal: Audio is streamed over TLS-encrypted channels, converted to text in real time, and immediately discarded so that persistent raw audio files are never stored on the clinician’s mobile device or Doximity’s servers.
- Template Selection and Custom Formatting: Clinicians select from standard clinical templates (SOAP, H&P, Progress Note, Discharge Summary, or Procedure Note) or configure custom section prompts and formatting preferences (such as bulleted problem-based Assessment & Plan blocks vs. narrative paragraphs).
- Clinician Attestation and EHR Transfer: Within seconds of ending the encounter, the draft note renders for clinician review. The clinician edits any clinical details, verifies accuracy, and transfers the finalized text into the electronic health record (EHR).
Is Doximity AI Scribe HIPAA compliant? Privacy, BAA, and audio retention
When evaluating an individual or enterprise ambient AI scribe against the HIPAA Privacy and Security Rules (45 CFR Part 164), compliance officers examine four governance controls:
- Built-In HIPAA Business Associate Agreement (BAA): Under 45 CFR § 164.504(e), a covered entity may only disclose electronic protected health information (ePHI) to a cloud vendor under a signed BAA. Doximity incorporates a standard HIPAA BAA directly into its Terms of Service for verified clinicians using Doximity Scribe, Doximity GPT, and Doximity Dialer.
- Zero Persistent Audio Storage: Raw voice recordings contain biometric voiceprints and direct patient identifiers. Doximity Scribe processes audio streams transiently in memory to generate the text transcript and deletes the audio upon transcription.
- Ephemeral Transcript and Note Lifecycle: Generated transcripts and draft clinical notes are encrypted at rest and automatically purged on a rolling retention schedule (or immediately upon manual deletion by the clinician) once transferred to the system of record (the hospital or practice EHR).
- Health System IT Policy Alignment: Although Doximity provides an individual-level BAA at no subscription cost to verified clinicians, physicians and advanced practice providers employed by large health systems must still confirm whether their organization’s Information Security and AI Governance Committee permits third-party BYOD (bring-your-own-device) ambient scribes alongside enterprise-contracted platforms.
How does Doximity AI Scribe integrate with EHR systems compared to other ambient scribes?
| Platform Dimension | Doximity AI Scribe | Standalone / Independent Scribes (Freed AI, Heidi Health) | Enterprise EHR-Embedded Scribes (DAX Copilot, Abridge AI) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Access & Licensing Model | Free to NPI-verified U.S. physicians, NPs, PAs, and medical students | Freemium or per-clinician monthly SaaS subscription | Enterprise health system contract per seat or encounter volume |
| Native Telehealth Capture | Built directly into Doximity Dialer video and voice calls | Browser tab audio capture during web telehealth sessions | Integrated with Epic Haiku/Hyperdrive telehealth and enterprise video platforms |
| EHR Transfer Mechanism | EHR-agnostic workflow: desktop web sync, mobile-to-desktop transfer, and one-click copy/paste into any EHR chart | Browser extension push, copy/paste, or lightweight FHIR/API connectors | Deep bidirectional API integration (e.g., Epic Haiku capture populating SmartSections directly inside Epic Hyperdrive) |
Frequently asked questions
What is Doximity AI Scribe?
Doximity AI Scribe (Doximity Scribe) is a free, HIPAA-compliant ambient clinical documentation tool built into the Doximity platform for verified U.S. physicians, nurse practitioners, physician assistants, and medical students. It listens to patient encounters in person or on Doximity Dialer telehealth calls and drafts structured clinical notes.
How does Doximity AI Scribe work in clinical practice?
After obtaining patient consent, the clinician starts an encounter recording on the Doximity mobile app, desktop web portal, or inside a Doximity Dialer telehealth call. The software transcribes the conversation in real time, deletes the audio stream immediately, formats the clinical information into the clinician’s chosen note template, and presents the draft for review and transfer into the EHR.
Is Doximity AI Scribe HIPAA compliant?
Yes. Doximity covers Doximity Scribe under a HIPAA Business Associate Agreement (BAA) included in its terms for verified healthcare professionals, encrypts all data in transit and at rest, and does not retain audio recordings after real-time transcription.
How does Doximity AI Scribe integrate with EHR systems?
Doximity AI Scribe operates as an EHR-agnostic companion workspace: clinicians can capture encounters on a mobile device or inside Doximity Dialer, open the synchronized draft note on their desktop workstation browser, review and edit sections, and use one-click copy-and-paste to file the note into Epic, Oracle Health, eClinicalWorks, athenahealth, or any other EHR.
