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The Best AI Scribe for Allergy and Asthma Practices (2026): An Honest Buyer's Guide
2026-09-24 · 5 min read
The short answer: for an allergy and asthma practice, the best AI scribe
is the one that documents allergy work as structured clinical data — skin
test panels, immunotherapy over months, trigger and control history across
asthma follow-ups — and not just as a transcript of the conversation around
it. Medora is built specifically for that specialty. General-purpose scribes
such as Abridge, Microsoft Dragon Copilot, Suki, Freed and Heidi are strong
products, and for a large multi-specialty health system one of them may be
the better fit. This guide explains how to tell the difference for your
practice.
Why allergy and asthma documentation is different
Most ambient scribes are trained and tuned on general outpatient medicine.
Allergy and asthma visits have a shape those tools rarely see:
- Skin testing is data, not dialogue. A skin-prick session produces
dozens of wheal and flare measurements against controls. A general scribe
hears the conversation about the test; it does not hold the panel itself.
- Immunotherapy is longitudinal. Build-up schedules, maintenance doses and
reactions span months. Every visit depends on what happened in the last one.
- Asthma follow-ups turn on history. Triggers, symptom control since the
last visit, rescue use, what was ruled out. The pertinent negatives matter
as much as the positives.
- Pediatric visits have three voices. Parent, child and clinician all
contribute history. Who said what has to survive into the note.
Eight questions to ask any AI scribe vendor
- Can it document a full skin-prick session, with controls, as structured results?
- Does the next visit start from the last one, or from a blank page?
- Can you trace every line of the note back to the moment in the visit it came from?
- Does it capture pertinent negatives, not only positive findings?
- Does it separate patient-reported history from clinician recommendations?
- Does the reviewed note reach your EMR natively, or does someone paste it?
- Is clinician review mandatory before a note becomes documentation?
- Can you see the price and start on your own, or is it a sales cycle?
How the main options compare
Abridge is an enterprise ambient documentation platform with deep Epic
integration, deployed across large health systems. If you are part of a big
Epic-based system, it is a serious option. It is built for enterprise
rollouts rather than for a small independent allergy practice buying on its own.
Microsoft Dragon Copilot (formerly Nuance DAX Copilot) is Microsoft's
ambient documentation product, embedded in Epic and sold largely to
enterprise healthcare organizations across many specialties.
Our Dragon Copilot comparison.
Suki combines ambient documentation with a voice assistant and supports a
very broad range of specialties, sold mainly per user through sales
conversations. Our Suki comparison.
Freed is a popular general-purpose ambient scribe for independent
clinicians. Our Freed comparison.
Heidi offers a free tier and several paid plans, and is easy to try.
Medora is built for one specialty: allergy, asthma and immunology. It runs
every day inside a working two-location allergy practice, and it is the only
option on this list designed around skin testing and immunotherapy rather
than adapted to them.
What Medora does for an allergy and asthma practice
- Allergy-specific SOAP notes. HPI, review of systems, histories,
assessment and plan written for allergy and asthma visits.
- Evidence Mapping. Supported lines of the note link back to the
transcript moment that produced them, so review is checking, not re-reading.
- Prior-visit context. Returning patients — immunotherapy, asthma
follow-ups — start from what the chart already knows.
- Pertinent negatives and speaker attribution. What was ruled out, and who
reported what, are kept in the note.
- AllergenIQ. Allergy history organized into a reviewable profile.
- Native IMS Meditab integration. The reviewed note lands in the IMS chart
without copy-paste.
- Clinician review, always. Every note is reviewed and signed by a
clinician before it counts.
The result from a real clinic
In a 60-day pilot at Allergy Affiliates, 312 skin tests were documented
through Medora and provider sign-off time on a skin-test visit dropped from
18 minutes to 4, with every note clinician-reviewed and signed.
Where Medora is not the right choice
- Large multi-specialty systems that need one scribe for every department
will usually be better served by an enterprise platform.
- Native EMR write-back is IMS Meditab today. On other EMRs the reviewed
note travels the way your current process does.
- Asthma documentation is note-based. Medora documents asthma visits in
the allergy note with history, triggers and prior-visit context; it does not
import spirometry results.
- No human-free notes. If you want documentation with no clinician in the
loop, Medora is the wrong tool by design.
Pricing
Medora's scribe (Medora Copilot) is $99 per month with a **7-day free
trial — $0 today**, card required, cancel any time before day 7 at no charge.
There is no setup fee and no sales call required.
Frequently asked questions
What is the best AI scribe for allergists?
For a practice whose days are skin testing, immunotherapy and asthma
follow-ups, the best AI scribe is one built for allergy rather than adapted to
it. Medora is designed specifically for allergy, asthma and immunology
practices; general-purpose scribes such as Abridge, Dragon Copilot, Suki,
Freed and Heidi are better suited to broad multi-specialty use.
Is there an AI scribe for asthma visits?
Yes. Medora documents asthma follow-ups inside an allergy-specific SOAP note,
carrying forward triggers, symptom history and prior-visit context, and
capturing pertinent negatives. It does not currently import spirometry.
How much does an AI scribe for allergy practices cost?
Medora's scribe is $99 per month per provider with a 7-day free trial and no
setup fee. Enterprise ambient platforms are typically priced through sales
conversations rather than published prices.
Does Medora work with IMS Meditab?
Yes. Medora's integration with IMS Meditab is live and native: the reviewed,
signed note is written back to the IMS chart without copy-paste.
Do clinicians still review AI scribe notes?
With Medora, always. Every note is reviewed and signed by a clinician before
it becomes documentation.
Can I try Medora without talking to sales?
Yes. You can start a 7-day free trial yourself at medoramd.ai/pricing; nothing
is charged today.