Fireflies brings its AI meetings tech to healthcare

If there's one thing doctors don't need, it's more paperwork. Yet in 2024, they're drowning in it. Fireflies.ai - best known as the AI sidekick that powers meetings for three-quarters of the Fortune 500 - is stepping into the exam room with Fireflies for Healthcare, a HIPAA-compliant documentation assistant that aims to slash note-taking time by 60% and do it at a fraction of the cost of traditional medical scribes.

"Healthcare providers deserve technology that helps them see more patients, not more paperwork," says Fireflies CEO Krish Ramineni. And that's exactly what this new product promises: freeing up over an hour of a clinician's day, every day.

How does it work?

Fireflies for Healthcare listens in on patient conversations, then turns them into structured, compliant clinical notes — in minutes instead of hours. No heavy lifting for the doctor, no late-night charting.

The platform comes pre-loaded with clinical smarts, such as templates for every workflow — including SOAP, DAP, BIRP, GIRP, PIRP.

Also, there are 15 healthcare-specific AI apps that can:

• Generate differential diagnoses
• Track meds
• Summarize patient symptoms & social history
• Draft referral letters & sick notes
• Schedule follow-ups and even patient surveys

And here's the kicker: a simple Chrome extension pipes notes directly into EHR systems without pricey API integrations — meaning clinics can get up and running in days, not months.

"In healthcare, compliance and accuracy aren't optional," says Karina Lupercio of Healthcare Highways. She credits Fireflies with helping her teams "capture every detail consistently, saving time while strengthening documentation integrity."

Why does it matter?

Physician burnout is at a breaking point. According to the AMA, nearly half of U.S. doctors report burnout, and 62% point to documentation overload as the main culprit. They spend nearly 6 hours per shift in EHRs, plus almost 3 more after hours.

Fireflies for Healthcare chips away at this problem in a big way:

• 60% less administrative burden
• Over an hour saved per day per provider
• Costs up to 90% lower than competitors (starting at $10/month per provider)

Psychiatric nurse practitioner Jennifer Bowen puts it bluntly: "With Fireflies, I can create structured, compliant notes directly from my sessions in minutes instead of hours, freeing me to focus more of my energy on patient care and less on paperwork."

The context

This launch isn't a one-off. It's part of Fireflies' larger bet on industry-specific AI — following its earlier Fireflies for Finance release — with more niche solutions coming soon.

It also hits at the right time: healthcare organizations are under pressure to see more patients with fewer staff, while staying compliant with HIPAA, SOC 2 Type II, and GDPR. Fireflies checks those boxes out of the gate, with 256-bit encryption, audit trails, and a strict no-patient-data-for-training policy.

The move signals a shift toward making enterprise-grade AI accessible to the smaller clinics that don't have the budgets for $600-per-month medical scribes or months-long IT projects. In short, Fireflies wants to democratize AI-powered documentation — and for the first time, it might actually feel within reach.