An AI medical scribe for infectious disease
An infectious disease consultation depends on detail that is easy to lose: an exposure months ago, a culture sensitivity, the exact day an antibiotic started. ClearPass transcribes the conversation and drafts a note that keeps those details in order, and reads uploaded lab reports into it.
What the note needs to capture
Whether you see outpatients after discharge, run a clinic for chronic viral infection or review patients on outpatient intravenous therapy, the note is used by others to continue or stop treatment. The exposure history and the antimicrobial timeline carry most of the weight.
- Exposure history: travel with dates and activities, animal and insect contact, food and water, occupational exposure, sick contacts.
- Sexual history where relevant, taken and written with care, and only what the plan needs.
- Vaccination history and immune status: steroids, chemotherapy, biologics, transplant, HIV.
- Fever pattern, sweats, weight loss, localising symptoms.
- Microbiology: organism, specimen, date, sensitivities, and whether the result is a contaminant or a true pathogen in your view.
- Antimicrobials: drug, dose, route, start date, planned duration, day number today, levels where monitored, side effects.
- Line care and monitoring bloods for patients on outpatient intravenous therapy.
- For chronic viral infection: viral load, CD4 count, adherence, interactions with other medicines.
Example: outpatient intravenous therapy review
Background: Man in his sixties with lower leg cellulitis, day 5 of intravenous cefazolin 2 g three times daily via peripheral cannula. Type 2 diabetes. Interval history: Pain improving. No fever for 72 hours. Eating well. No diarrhoea. Examination: Temperature 36.8. Erythema receded 4 cm inside the marked margin. No fluctuance. Interdigital skin between 4th and 5th toes macerated. Cannula site clean. Results: CRP 42 (was 160 on admission). White cell count normal. Blood cultures no growth. Assessment: Cellulitis responding to treatment. Probable portal of entry at toe web space. Plan: Switch to oral cefalexin 1 g four times daily to complete 10 days in total. Cannula removed. Topical antifungal to toe web. Foot care advice. Review by family doctor in one week, return sooner if spreading redness or fever.
Templates, structures and uploads
There is no infectious disease group among the guided templates. Internal Medicine has Fever of unknown origin (PUO) and Infection / suspected sepsis; Pulmonology has TB workup; Family Medicine / GP has Travel / occupational health. Use them when the visit fits; otherwise free text with New patient or Follow-up works for most clinics.
Microbiology and blood reports can be photographed and uploaded, and the clinical details are read into the note. Photos are not redacted automatically, so crop out names and file numbers before you upload. For a long list of results, check each organism and sensitivity against the original report.
Letters and documents
- Referral letters to the family doctor with the antimicrobial end date and what to watch for, or to surgery for source control.
- Patient instructions on how to take the course, side effects, line care, and when to come back.
- Sick note or a fitness letter when the infection affects work, school or travel; see the fitness letter template.
- Prior authorization for a costly antimicrobial or antiviral using a letter of medical necessity.
Reviewing the draft
- Check the antimicrobial timeline. Start date, day number and planned end date must agree with each other.
- Check organism names and sensitivities. Spelling and resistance patterns are easy to mishear; compare with the report.
- Check units. Viral loads, CD4 counts and drug levels carry units that change their meaning. The Numbers check marks values that were never said.
- Keep sensitive history proportionate. Use the Ask box to shorten sexual or social history to what the plan needs.
What ClearPass does not do
- It does not replace your judgement. Every note is an AI draft that you review and correct before it is used.
- It is not a medical device and does not make clinical decisions. It is a documentation aid.
- It does not connect to your EMR. The note is copy-ready text that pastes into any system.
Privacy
Clinical note content is not stored on ClearPass servers: it is processed to write the note, then discarded. Consultation audio is transcribed and discarded, never stored. Your note history stays in your browser, on your device, and you choose how long it is kept. Common identifiers are removed from typed and transcribed text before it reaches the AI; that is a best-effort safeguard, so leave names, ID numbers and file numbers out where you can. Processing goes through the AI providers named in our Privacy Policy, which sets out exactly what each one receives and how long it keeps it. ClearPass does not sign HIPAA business associate agreements today.
Questions
Can it separate the history the patient gives from what a relative adds?
Transcribe separates speakers, so a relative's account and the patient's are distinguishable in the transcript. Check the note attributes each point to the right person.
Will it suggest an antibiotic?
No. ClearPass does not make clinical decisions. It writes down the choice you state and your reasons.
Can I use it for patients who speak little English?
Language is detected automatically, including switches mid-sentence, and the note is written in English. Quality varies by language and accent, so test with your own patients during the trial.
What does ClearPass cost?
The 7-day trial is free, needs no card and simply ends after 7 days, with no automatic charge. After that there is one plan: $78 a month or $858 a year, with every visit transcribed.
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