Last updated 2026-08-31

PatientScribe User Guide

PatientScribe records your medical appointments, turns them into clear summaries, and builds a picture of your health over time. This guide walks you through the basics first, then covers each feature in more detail.

PatientScribe helps you keep track of your care. It is not a medical device and it does not give medical advice. For anything about your health or treatment, talk to your provider.

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PatientScribe records a medical appointment and turns the conversation into a clear summary. Think of it as a friend who comes to your appointment and remembers everything.

You do not need to learn special app terms before your first visit. Start with the recording button, follow the labels on each screen, and PatientScribe guides you through the rest.

The app has four tabs along the bottom:

Begin on Home when you are ready to record an appointment. After the visit, PatientScribe asks for a few details and builds the summary for you.

For caregivers: Choose the profile of the person whose visit you are recording. PatientScribe will keep that visit with the right person's information.

Record your first visit

  1. Open PatientScribe and tap Home at the bottom of the screen.

  2. Tap Record Your First Visit. After your first visit, this button says Record Your Visit. The recording screen opens, but recording has not started yet.

  3. Check the name under Recording for. If you manage more than one profile, use the profile button at the top right to choose the correct person.

The name may be your provider's name, the selected person's name, or Your Visit when no other name is available.

  1. Tell your provider and anyone else in the room that you plan to record. Recording consent may be required where you live.

  2. Place your iPhone where it can clearly hear the conversation.

  3. Tap the round microphone button labeled Tap to record.

  4. The first time you record, PatientScribe explains why it needs the microphone. Tap the choice to continue, then allow microphone access in the iPhone permission prompt.

What to expect: the microphone permission prompts appear only when PatientScribe does not already have a microphone choice from you.

Recording did not begin because microphone access is off? Tap Open Settings in the alert. Turn on microphone access for PatientScribe, return to the app, and tap the microphone button again.

  1. Look for the timer and the word Recording. These confirm that PatientScribe is listening.

The timer shows how long the current recording has been running.

  1. Have your appointment as usual. You can lock your iPhone or use another app while the recording continues.

What to expect: an incoming call or another audio interruption may pause the recording. PatientScribe keeps what it has already recorded. It tries to resume automatically after an interruption ends. A pause you chose stays paused until you resume it.

  1. During a period when nobody is talking, tap the large pause button. The screen changes to Paused.

  2. When the conversation starts again, tap the play button to resume. Check that the screen says Recording again.

  3. When the appointment is over, tap Done beside the square stop symbol. PatientScribe saves the recording and opens the visit details screen.

The button may briefly say Saving while PatientScribe finishes the audio file.

What to expect: an iPhone recording can last up to three hours. PatientScribe warns you when about five minutes remain, then stops automatically at the limit.

  1. If you change your mind before recording begins, tap the back arrow at the top left. You return to Home without creating a recording.

For caregivers: Before you start, confirm the correct profile at the top of the recording screen. This keeps the recording and the summary with the person whose appointment you are attending.

From recording to summary

After you tap Done, PatientScribe asks for details that help identify and organize the visit.

  1. On the visit details screen, check the person selected for the visit.

  2. Check Visit Date. Tap the date if you need to change it. This date helps place the appointment correctly in the person's visit history.

PatientScribe may fill in details from a matching calendar appointment. Review them before you continue.

  1. Enter the name of the doctor, clinic, therapist, or other provider in Provider Name. The provider name is required. It labels the visit and helps PatientScribe recognize the provider again later.

  2. Review the other choices on the screen if you want to add more context.

  3. Tap Process My Recording.

The details screen closes once processing starts, so check the date and provider name before you tap the button.

Not ready to process this recording right now? Tap the back arrow to return to Home. Your recording is saved there, so nothing is lost. Tap it whenever you are ready to fill in the details and process it. Once a recording is processed, PatientScribe keeps the recording alongside the transcript.

  1. Keep PatientScribe open while it sends the recording. The status card first says Stay with us a moment and Sending your recording securely.

  2. Wait until the card says You're free to go. At that point the upload is complete and PatientScribe is building the summary on the server. You can leave the screen, switch apps, or lock your iPhone.

What to expect: PatientScribe turns the recording into text, finds important health details, creates the summary, and finishes saving it. The progress screen shows the current step. A summary usually takes two to three minutes, although a long visit can take longer.

  1. If notifications are on, PatientScribe sends a notification when the summary is ready. The notification may arrive while the app is in the background, after the finished summary has been saved.

  2. If you return to PatientScribe while it is still working, the app checks the job again and continues showing its progress.

  3. When processing finishes while you are watching, PatientScribe opens the completed summary. If you left the app, tap the ready notification to return and open it.

Your summary is still processing? Give it a few more minutes. If the Taking a little longer message appears, tap Check Status. You can also tap Go Home and return later. PatientScribe keeps the job so it can be checked again.

For caregivers: Enter the appointment date and provider for the person whose profile you selected. These details make it easier to find the right visit later and distinguish visits with different specialists.

The Home tab

Home is the starting point for a new recording and a quick view of what needs your attention.

To begin a visit, tap Home, then tap Record Your Visit. If you have not recorded before, the button says Record Your First Visit. The recording screen opens so you can check the person and provider before you tap the microphone.

If PatientScribe has saved a recording that still needs to be processed, Home shows it above your recent visits. Tap that recording to listen, share it, or continue processing it.

Under Recent Visits, Home shows one or two of your newest completed summaries. Tap a visit card to open its Visit Summary. Tap View All to open the complete visit history.

An Upcoming Visits prep card can appear when PatientScribe has a dated follow-up for you. Home chooses the nearest upcoming visit for the profile you are viewing.

The card shows the provider and visit date, along with preparation based on information already saved for that person. Its content can include recent context, follow-ups, and health trends that may be useful before the appointment.

  1. Tap the prep card to open the full preparation view.

  2. Read the suggested topics before the appointment.

  3. When it is time for the visit, tap the recording button on the card to start the normal recording flow.

  4. If you do not want the card on Home, swipe it to the left to hide it. Hiding the card does not delete the visit.

What to expect: Home updates the prep card when you open the screen, return to the app, change profiles, or change saved health information. It also checks again while Home remains open, so the card can change as the appointment gets closer.

For caregivers: Use the profile control before reading a prep card or starting a recording. When you view all profiles, Home may show the nearest visit for any person you manage.

The Visits tab

Tap Visits at the bottom of the screen to find scheduled care and completed visit summaries. At the top, choose Upcoming or Past.

If you manage more than one profile, check the profile control near the top. Your selection changes which person's visits are shown.

Upcoming visits and your calendar

The Upcoming segment combines dated follow-ups found in your previous visits with medical appointments detected on your device calendars.

To connect your calendar:

  1. Tap Visits, then tap Upcoming.

  2. Tap the calendar connection card.

  3. Read the explanation, then tap the control to connect.

  4. Allow full calendar access in the iPhone permission prompt. PatientScribe needs full access to read appointments. Write-only access cannot fill the upcoming list.

  5. After access is granted, PatientScribe scans the calendars enabled for detection. By default, it scans your own calendars and leaves shared, subscribed, delegated, and birthday calendars out.

  6. To change which calendars are scanned, tap Manage calendars in the Upcoming view and choose the calendars you want PatientScribe to use.

PatientScribe looks for upcoming events that appear to be medical appointments. A newly detected event has a From your calendar label and must be confirmed before it becomes part of your visits.

  1. Check the provider, specialty, date, and time on the detected card.

  2. Tap Confirm if it is your appointment.

  3. If you manage several profiles, choose the person whose appointment it is. PatientScribe may mark one choice as Suggested, but you make the final selection.

  4. Tap Not this if the event is not a medical appointment.

To add an appointment by hand, create it in the Calendar app on your iPhone and save it in a calendar that PatientScribe scans. Return to PatientScribe, open Visits, choose Upcoming, and confirm the detected card.

To remove a confirmed calendar appointment from the upcoming list, tap Remove on its card. This dismisses the detected appointment from PatientScribe. It does not delete the original event from the Calendar app.

A dated follow-up from an earlier visit appears as a regular upcoming visit card. Swipe that card to the left and tap Remove. If the follow-up was extracted from a visit, PatientScribe removes it from the upcoming list and briefly offers Undo. If it was added manually, removing it deletes that manual health item.

What to expect: PatientScribe scans when the Upcoming view opens, when you change profiles, and when the app becomes active again. While you are looking at the view, it also checks again after an event is added, edited, or deleted in Calendar. A change can take a moment to appear.

Expected visit not showing up? Confirm that PatientScribe has full calendar access, not write-only access. Open Manage calendars and make sure the calendar containing the event is enabled. Check that the event is in the future and clearly names a medical provider, clinic, or medical purpose. Then return to the Upcoming view or reopen PatientScribe so it scans again. You can also create or edit the event in the Calendar app, then return and look for a From your calendar card.

For caregivers: When you confirm a detected appointment, choose the person who will attend it. Calendar detection is shared across the profiles you manage, so do not rely on the suggested person without checking.

Past visits

Choose Past to see completed visits, with the newest visits first. Tap any card to open its Visit Summary.

To correct the identifying details for a past visit:

  1. Swipe the visit card to the left.

  2. Tap Edit.

  3. The Edit Summary sheet opens over the Past list.

  4. Change Provider Name, Medical Specialty, Visit Date, or My Notes.

  5. Tap Save. If you changed the provider, confirm the change when PatientScribe asks.

To delete a past visit, swipe the card to the left and tap Delete. Read the confirmation carefully. When iCloud sync is enabled, PatientScribe may ask whether to delete the visit only from this device or from all synced devices.

What to expect: visits shared through a profile may take a moment to appear after syncing. Pull down on the Past list to refresh. A profile shared with view-only access does not offer Edit or Delete.

For caregivers: Before editing or deleting, check the selected profile and the provider and date on the card. Deleting a visit from a shared profile can remove it for everyone who shares that profile.

Your Visit Summary

Tap a completed visit on Home or in Visits, then Past, to open its Visit Summary. The provider, specialty, and visit date at the top help you confirm that you opened the right appointment.

Below your notes, a row of content tabs lets you move between the saved summary, transcript, and extracted health details.

The tabs vary by visit:

The Summary tab

Tap Summary to read the visit in plain language. The summary helps you review what was discussed. It does not replace instructions from your provider.

When clinical details are available, the screen can show:

Some Action Items include a future date and a calendar icon. Tap an eligible item to place that appointment in Calendar. If several dated items are available, tap Add Appointments to Calendar to add the remaining items together.

The first time you add an appointment, iPhone may ask for Calendar access. Allow access to create the event. If access is off, PatientScribe offers a way to open Settings.

What to expect: only Action Items with a usable future date can be added. Once an event is found in Calendar, PatientScribe marks it as added instead of creating a duplicate.

To read the designed full summary, tap View Full Summary.

To share or keep a PDF copy:

  1. Stay on the Summary tab.

  2. Tap the share icon at the top right.

  3. Tap Share PDF to open the iPhone share sheet.

  4. Tap Save to Files to choose a folder in the Files app.

  5. Tap Print to choose an available printer. Print appears only when printing is available on your device.

PatientScribe may briefly show a progress indicator while it creates the PDF.

The three dots menu is separate from PDF sharing. If you can edit the visit, use it to move the summary to another profile or delete the summary.

For caregivers: A PDF is useful when handing the visit recap to another family member or provider. Review the profile, provider, and date before sharing.

The Transcript tab

Tap Transcript to read the raw text created from the recording. The transcript preserves more of the original conversation than the plain language summary, so it may include false starts, repeated words, or transcription mistakes.

If the original recording is still stored on the device, an audio player appears above the transcript.

  1. Tap the play button to listen.

  2. Tap pause when you want to stop temporarily.

  3. Use the 15 second controls to move backward or forward.

The Transcript tab has two separate share actions:

If the audio player is missing, the original recording is no longer available on that device. The transcript can still be read and shared.

What to expect: a transcript that is not stored locally may take a moment to load. Audio and transcript text are separate files, so sharing one does not include the other.

For caregivers: The transcript can contain sensitive details beyond the shorter summary. Check the recipient and the file type before sharing.

The Clinical tab

Tap Clinical to review the health details PatientScribe extracted from this visit. The tab appears only when the visit produced clinical items.

Clinical items are grouped into the categories that were found. These can include Allergies, Medications, Conditions, Follow-ups, Lab Results, Vital Signs, Procedures, Symptoms, Orders, and Providers.

Each category starts collapsed. Tap a category to expand it and read the items and details captured from the conversation.

These same extracted items also contribute to My Health, where PatientScribe brings information from visits together over time.

If there is no Clinical tab, PatientScribe did not save clinical items for that visit. Use the Summary and Transcript tabs to review what was discussed.

For caregivers: Clinical items belong to the profile attached to the visit. If the details appear under the wrong person, use the three dots menu to move the summary to the correct profile before relying on My Health.

My Health

Tap My Health at the bottom of the screen to see health information gathered across your visits. If you manage more than one profile, use the profile button at the top right to choose the person whose information you want to see.

PatientScribe starts building this record after it finds health details in a visit. You can also add many kinds of information yourself.

Review your health record regularly. PatientScribe uses AI to pull details out of your visits, and AI is not perfect. It can misread something or create a duplicate. Because this record is the picture you and your providers rely on, it is worth checking now and then, removing duplicates, and correcting anything that does not look right. A few minutes of upkeep keeps the record trustworthy.

Three ways to view your health

When the selected profile has health information, choose Categories, Snapshot, or Clinical near the top.

Categories is the default view and the best place to maintain your information. It shows a grid of health topics with a count for each one. Tap a category to see its items, add an item, or make a change.

Snapshot is a quick, plain language view for you or a family member. It brings active information from the nine categories into one scrollable page. Categories that need attention are easier to spot, and long lists may show only the first few items with a control to view the rest.

Clinical arranges the same health record as a clinical document, formatted the way a provider expects to read one. It is built so you can simply hand your phone to a member of your care team and let them scan a compact medical view, instead of walking them through the everyday Snapshot.

In Snapshot, tap an item to read its details, or tap View All to open its category. In Snapshot or Clinical, tap All providers to limit the view to one provider. Allergies remain visible in Snapshot even with this filter. In Clinical, tap the share icon to create and share a PDF.

The nine categories

The Categories grid contains exactly nine topics:

These labels describe the Categories grid in My Health. The Clinical tab inside one Visit Summary can also contain Orders, so its list may differ from this grid.

Each category card shows how many saved items it contains. Tap a card to open the category detail screen.

Adding and editing items

To add an item yourself:

  1. Tap My Health.

  2. Make sure Categories is selected.

  3. Tap the category where the item belongs.

  4. Tap the plus control at the top right.

  5. Enter the requested details. The fields depend on the category.

  6. Save the item.

The plus control is not available in Providers. Provider entries come from your visits.

To review or edit an existing item, open its category and tap the item. The detail sheet shows the saved information and the available editing controls.

Category rows also have two different swipe directions:

For example, the status action is Discontinue for a medication, Resolve for a condition, and Complete for a follow-up. Other categories show actions that fit their information.

Read the button before tapping it. Removing an item and changing its status are different actions.

If a shared profile gives you view-only access, editing controls are not available.

Providers

Providers work differently from the other eight categories. You cannot add a provider with the plus control, and provider rows do not have swipe actions.

To open a provider:

  1. Tap My Health, then choose Categories.

  2. Tap Providers.

  3. Tap the provider's name.

To correct a provider:

  1. Open the provider detail screen.

  2. Tap the pencil at the top right.

  3. Edit the provider name or details.

  4. Save the change.

The detail screen can also show the provider's specialty, recorded visits, related health items, and mentions from visits.

What to expect: renaming a provider updates every visit for that profile where the same provider name appears. Use the new name you want on all of those visits.

Share your record with an AI assistant

The AI Export card sits below the category grid on the Categories view. Tap it to turn the selected profile's health record into a single document written for AI assistants such as ChatGPT or Claude. The document holds the profile's visit timeline and the active items from each category, arranged so an assistant can read everything in one pass. It never includes your recordings or transcripts.

  1. Tap My Health, then choose Categories.

  2. Tap the AI Export card below the category grid.

  3. The first time you export a profile, PatientScribe reminds you that the app you share the document with handles your information under its own rules, outside PatientScribe's control. Tap Continue to agree. This reminder appears once per profile.

  4. The share sheet opens with the document attached. Choose an assistant app, or save the file anywhere you like.

After you share it, ask the assistant questions in your own words, such as "which medications are current" or "what changed since the last cardiology visit". The document itself asks the assistant to explain what is recorded, to say so when something is not recorded, and to leave medical decisions to you and your care team.

What to expect: the document is created on your iPhone from information already in the app, and nothing leaves your phone until you pick a destination in the share sheet. Export again any time for a fresh copy; each document carries the date it was created near the top. The card appears once the profile has health information in My Health; an empty profile shows the Build Your Health Record screen instead, with no export option.

The assistant reads your record exactly as it stands, so the upkeep described at the top of this section, removing duplicates and correcting misreads, directly improves the answers you get.

For caregivers: each profile exports its own document, so first select the profile of the person you are asking about. A family member's shared profile exports the same way as your own.

The Settings tab

Tap Settings at the bottom of the screen to manage profiles, calendar choices, and iCloud sync. This tab also contains the link back to this User Guide.

Profiles and sharing

A profile keeps one person's visits and health information together. To add one:

  1. Tap Settings.

  2. Tap Manage Profiles under Patient Profiles.

  3. Tap Add Profile.

  4. Enter a Display Name and choose your relationship to the person.

  5. If you want, add a photo or enter a first name, last name, and date of birth for clinical documents. Then tap Create.

To share a profile with a family member or caregiver, first turn on iCloud Sync:

  1. In Settings, tap iCloud Sync.

  2. Turn on Sync Summaries in the sheet that opens.

  3. Close the sheet, tap Manage Profiles, then tap the profile you own and want to share.

  4. In Sharing, tap Share Profile. If it is already shared, tap Invite More People.

  5. Use the iCloud sharing screen to choose the person and send the invitation. You can send it however is easiest, for example as a text message or an email.

The other person taps the invitation link and follows the iCloud prompt to accept it. PatientScribe opens and shows progress while it accepts the invitation, downloads the profile, and finishes. After completion, the profile appears under Shared With Me in Manage Profiles.

What to expect: creating an invitation and downloading a shared profile use iCloud and can take a moment. Both people must be signed in to iCloud, and iCloud Sync must be on in PatientScribe.

For caregivers: Ask the profile owner to share the profile with you. After you accept, look under Shared With Me and choose that profile before recording, reviewing, or editing a visit. Your access may be view only or may allow editing, depending on the permission the owner chose.

Calendar settings

Calendar settings control which calendars PatientScribe scans for possible medical appointments.

  1. Tap Settings.

  2. Tap Calendar.

  3. If asked, read the explanation and allow full calendar access. Write-only access is not enough to scan appointments.

  4. When the calendar list appears, turn scanning on or off for each calendar.

Your own calendars are on by default. Shared, subscribed, delegated, and birthday calendars stay off by default. Changes save as soon as you use a toggle. Return to Visits, then Upcoming, to scan your new choices.

What to expect: iPhone shows its own permission prompt the first time you allow calendar access. If access was denied or only write access was allowed, the Calendar screen offers a way to change the permission in the Settings app.

iCloud sync and why to turn it on

iCloud Sync backs up your PatientScribe data in your personal iCloud account. Turn it on to keep your information available across your Apple devices, make moving to a new phone easier, and enable profile sharing with a family member or caregiver.

The switch is inside the sheet opened by the Settings row:

  1. Tap Settings.

  2. Tap iCloud Sync under Data & Sync.

  3. Check iCloud Status. It says Connected when PatientScribe can use your iCloud account.

  4. Turn on Sync Summaries.

  5. Close the sheet.

The sheet also explains privacy and shows whether sync is automatic. While work is in progress, it can show Syncing, the number of summaries waiting to upload, or a sync error.

What to expect: sync is automatic after you turn it on. A new or changed item may take a moment to reach another device.

Synced data not appearing on another device? On both devices, open Settings, tap iCloud Sync, and confirm that iCloud Status says Connected and Sync Summaries is on. Keep both devices connected to the internet and give the sync a moment to finish. If the sheet shows pending summaries or an error, leave sync on and check again after iCloud becomes available.

Recording on Apple Watch

You can record an appointment on Apple Watch, then send the recording to your iPhone for processing.

Before you begin, tell your provider and anyone else in the room that you plan to record. Recording consent may be required where you live.

Start and finish a Watch recording

  1. Open PatientScribe on your Apple Watch.

  2. Tap Record.

  3. The first time you record, allow microphone access when the Watch asks.

  4. Lower your wrist whenever you like. PatientScribe keeps listening with the screen off, using the watch's background audio mode. The recording itself is what keeps the Watch awake. PatientScribe never asks for health access.

What to expect: this permission prompt appears after your first tap on Record, not during a separate setup. The recording begins after permission is available.

  1. Check the timer and the word Recording. A pulsing dot also shows that PatientScribe is listening.

  2. To pause from inside the Watch app, tap Pause. Tap Resume in the app when you are ready to continue.

  3. When the appointment is over, tap Stop. PatientScribe saves the recording on the Watch.

  4. You can tap Play to check the saved recording. When you are ready, tap Send to iPhone.

  5. Wait for the transfer to finish. Your iPhone does not have to be beside the Watch while you record, but it must become available for the recording to transfer.

What to expect: the transfer works even when PatientScribe is closed on your iPhone, because the Watch hands the recording to the system to deliver in the background. If the app was closed, the recording finishes arriving after you next open PatientScribe on the iPhone, and a long recording can take up to a minute to appear there. For the fastest and most reliable transfer, keep PatientScribe open on your iPhone with the phone near your Watch.

  1. On your iPhone, open PatientScribe. The Watch recording appears with your other saved recordings on Home. Tap it, enter the visit details, and process it through the normal summary steps.

What to expect: a Watch recording can last up to three hours, the same limit as the iPhone. At two hours and 45 minutes, the Watch warns that fifteen minutes remain. You can stop then or continue until PatientScribe stops at the limit. Recording uses roughly 12% of the Watch battery per hour (about a third of a full charge over a three-hour visit), so start a long visit with a comfortable charge.

If the iPhone is not available when you finish, the recording stays on the Watch. From the PatientScribe Watch home screen, tap Recording or Recordings to return to saved recordings and send one later.

Watch will not start recording again after you paused? You need to be back inside the app to resume. Tap the small recording indicator at the top of the watch face to jump straight back to PatientScribe, or open the app from your apps list. Once the app is open, tap Resume. watchOS requires the app to be open to restart the microphone. Your saved audio from before the pause is still there.

For caregivers: A Watch recording arrives on the iPhone without a person or provider selected. On the iPhone, choose the correct profile and enter the visit details before you process it.

Add the watch face complication

A complication is a small shortcut you can place on your watch face, in a corner or in the center, that takes you straight into an app with one tap. Adding the PatientScribe complication means you can start a recording without hunting for the app in your apps list.

The complication is called PatientScribe. It is available for circular, corner, rectangular, and inline complication positions.

  1. Edit your watch face on the Watch or in the Watch app on iPhone.

  2. Choose an available complication position.

  3. Select PatientScribe.

  4. Tap the complication when you want to record. It opens the PatientScribe Watch app. Recording does not start until you tap Record, so you still have time to ask for consent and place the Watch where it can hear.

Beyond the basics

Widgets and Live Activity

PatientScribe ships two Home Screen widgets. Quick Record is a small widget that shows your most recent provider when available. Tap it to open the recording screen. My Health is available in small and medium sizes. The small size shows your next follow-up, while the medium size shows health category counts. You can choose which profile the My Health widget displays.

The Quick Record Lock Screen widget comes in circular, rectangular, and inline forms. Each opens the recording screen. A Record Visit control is also available in Control Center, the Lock Screen control area, and the Action Button on supported iPhones.

Adding a widget or control does not begin recording silently. PatientScribe opens so you can check the visit and start the microphone yourself.

While an iPhone recording is active, a Live Activity appears on the Lock Screen and in the Dynamic Island on supported iPhones. It shows the timer and whether recording is active or paused.

Tap Pause or Resume on the Live Activity to open PatientScribe. The app performs the action after it opens in the foreground. You may need to unlock your iPhone first.

What to expect: the Live Activity is a status and return path, not a background remote control. Opening the app is required so iOS can safely pause or restart the microphone.

Spanish translation

We built Spanish translation especially with caregivers in mind. Picture a mother who takes her child to an appointment where the doctor and her child speak English, but she follows things more comfortably in Spanish, her first language. A Spanish summary lets her read exactly what was said and what to do next, in the language she knows best.

You choose a language for each visit on the visit Details screen, after recording and before processing.

  1. On the Details screen, tap Summary Language.

  2. Choose Spanish.

  3. Review the profile, provider, and visit date.

  4. Tap Process My Recording.

PatientScribe creates the summary in Spanish and translates the transcript into Spanish. Extracted clinical details are also translated when translation succeeds.

Your language choice becomes the default for future recordings. Choose English on a later Details screen when you want to switch the default back.

What to expect: Spanish processing includes an additional translation step, so it can finish after the main summary work. PatientScribe waits for that step before saving the completed visit.

For caregivers: Choose the language the person reading the visit will understand best. Check the choice on every Details screen when different family members prefer different languages, because the latest choice stays selected for the next recording.

Notifications

PatientScribe asks for permission before it sends notifications. Notifications serve two purposes.

When a visit finishes processing, the notification says Your summary is ready. It can arrive after you leave PatientScribe. Tap it to open the finished visit.

For a confirmed timed appointment, PatientScribe schedules a reminder 15 minutes before the start time. For an all day appointment, it schedules the reminder for 8:00 AM on the day of the visit. A calendar based reminder says Upcoming appointment and Tap to start recording your visit. A reminder created from a dated follow-up can include the provider name and preparation from your saved health information.

What to expect: reminders are scheduled on your iPhone. If notification permission is off when a reminder is due, no banner appears.

PatientScribe does not have separate switches for summary and appointment notifications. To change notification access, open the iPhone Settings app, tap Notifications, tap PatientScribe, and change the system notification choices.

Common questions

Do I need internet?

You can record without an internet connection. Sending a Watch recording to your iPhone uses the connection between your Apple devices. Processing a recording into a transcript and summary requires internet access. iCloud sync and profile sharing also require internet access.

Do I need Bluetooth on?

For recording on your iPhone, no. To send a recording from your Apple Watch to your iPhone, the two devices need to reach each other, so keep Bluetooth on, or have both on the same Wi-Fi network. Once they connect, the transfer finishes on its own.

Who can see my information?

PatientScribe does not make a profile public. A person you invite to a shared profile can see that profile according to the access you grant. If you turn on iCloud Sync, your information is kept in your personal iCloud account and synced to your devices. Before sharing a transcript, audio file, PDF, or profile, check the recipient and the selected person.

Can I fix a mistake in a summary?

Use the Transcript tab to compare the summary with the original conversation. You can edit the provider, specialty, visit date, and your notes from the Past visits list. You can also correct items in My Health. PatientScribe does not replace your provider's instructions, so contact the provider when a medical detail is unclear or appears wrong.

Is PatientScribe medical advice?

No. PatientScribe is not a medical device and does not give medical advice. It helps you review what was discussed. Ask your provider about your health, diagnosis, or treatment.

Getting help

If something is not working, or if a part of this guide does not match what you see, email privacy@patientscribe.app. Describe what you were doing, what you expected, and what happened.

Do not include private medical details unless they are necessary to explain the problem. A written description is enough.

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