"Don’t wait."
That’s the message Dr. Lieke van Huis would give other doctors considering Autoscriber. Yes, the technology will keep improving. But already now, she says, the benefits speak for themselves.
Before, she’d pause 20 to 40 times during a consultation to type. Now? Maybe once or twice.
That change alone is huge.
She no longer has to multi-task, this means that the conversation can flow more naturally and she has more capacity to focus on the conversation and can make more eye contact with the other people in the room.
“I can dedicate more attention to the people who come with the patient now too. The family members, the partners. They want to feel seen, to also be heard and now I am able to give them more focus too.”
That presence also has emotional value both for the patient and for their support system.
“I can just consult on instinct,” she says. “It’s all happening in the background.”
It’s not perfect. Some transcripts need reviewing. But for Dr. Lieke van Huis, that’s not a reason to wait. It’s a reason to start, and grow with it.
Because connection can’t wait.
And the gains are already too valuable to miss.