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The Hanah blog

Articles on modern health practice — for GPs, nurse practitioners and allied health — and the latest from the product.

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Hanah vs The Rest: an objective, transparent benchmark

We played the same 13 recorded consultations into seven AI scribes and graded every note and transcript blind. Hanah's notes had no major hallucination flags, captured 93.7% of the required clinical details against an average of 84.2%, and its transcripts had 66% fewer clinically significant errors. Every transcript, note and grade is published.

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Heidi Health alternatives for allied health (2026)

Hanah, Grounded Scribe, Lyrebird Health and Freed, and the scribes built into Halaxy, Zanda, Nookal and splose, compared for allied health practices on price, the practice software each one works with, and who each one fits.

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Hanah for dietitians

Hanah, Grounded Scribe, Heidi, Practice Better and Nutrium compared for Australian dietitians: ADIME notes, the GP report, NDIS meal plans, pricing, and the meal plan the patient follows at home.

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Hanah for occupational therapists

Hanah, Grounded Scribe, Heidi, Everbility and Capacoty compared for Australian occupational therapy: NDIS and home modification reports, home visits, the GP report, pricing, and the plan the client follows between visits.

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Hanah for psychologists

Hanah, Heidi, NovoNote, Grounded Scribe and Lyrebird compared for Australian psychologists: the Better Access report to the GP, NDIS and WorkCover forms, consent under the APS guidelines, pricing, and the plan the client keeps between sessions.

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Hanah for chiropractors

Hanah, Heidi, PatientNotes, Grounded Scribe and Lyrebird compared for Australian chiropractors: re-examination notes, WorkCover and TAC forms, the GP report, pricing for a long list, and the plan the patient follows at home.

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Hanah for multidisciplinary allied health practices

Hanah, Grounded Scribe, Heidi, CliniScribe and Perci compared for Australian allied health practices: every discipline's notes, the GP report, NDIS and WorkCover forms, filing into the PMS, and one price per practitioner.

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Hanah for osteopaths

Hanah, Heidi, PatientNotes, Grounded Scribe and Lyrebird compared for Australian osteopathy: the consent record, the GP report, WorkCover, TAC and DVA paperwork, pricing, and the plan the patient follows at home.

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Hanah for nurse practitioners

Hanah, Heidi, Lyrebird, TeleScribe and Freed compared for Australian nurse practitioners: the time-based consult note, specialist referrals, the medication line, pricing, and the plan the patient follows at home.

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Hanah for physiotherapists

Hanah, Grounded Scribe, Heidi, Voxenta and Physitrack compared for Australian physiotherapy: the objective exam, WorkCover and TAC forms, the GP report, pricing, and the exercise program the patient follows at home.

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Hanah for GPs

Hanah, Lyrebird, Heidi, MedicalDirector Smart Scribe and mAIscribe compared for Australian GPs: multi-problem consults, GPCCMPs and mental health plans, Best Practice and MedicalDirector, pricing, and the plan the patient keeps.

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Hanah found to be the best AI scribe in rigorous industry benchmarks

ScribeStandard ran six AI scribes on the same 12 recorded consultations and graded every note blind. Hanah had the fewest errors and the quickest review, and ranked first on 18 of 19 measures. Every recording, note and grade is published.

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Hanah vs Freed: a plain comparison

What happens to your recording when the connection drops, what each product does, what it costs, and how each company handles accuracy, with sources linked so you can check every claim.

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The real cost of a free AI scribe

We don't want to sacrifice output quality by using cheaper LLMs, that's why Hanah offers a generous 30 day trial and no cheap model option.

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Best AI scribe for podiatrists in Australia (2026)

Hanah, Grounded Scribe, Heidi, Lyrebird and Freed compared for Australian podiatry: diabetic foot notes, the GP report, photos, pricing, and the plan the patient follows at home.

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Best Heidi Health alternative in Australia (2026)

Why clinicians look for a Heidi alternative: integrations sold as a paid add-on, templates behind paid tiers, a product that stops at the note, and no published error rates. Then where Hanah fits, with sources linked.

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Hanah for podiatrists

Hanah is the AI scribe built for how podiatrists work: foot assessments in your format, the report back to the GP from the same consult, one flat price for a full list, and a plan your patient follows at home.

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DAP note template and example: how to write DAP notes with an AI scribe

What goes in each section of a DAP note, a worked example, how an AI scribe drafts it from a session, what you still need to check, and the report back to the GP under Better Access.

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How should a nurse practitioner document a consultation with an AI scribe?

Get consent and note it, let the scribe draft the SOAP note, then check the four parts that carry the most risk in NP practice: medication changes, investigations, safety-netting and follow-up. With a worked example, a checklist to run before you sign, and a short FAQ.

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Physiotherapy SOAP note example: how to write one with an AI scribe

What belongs in each section of a physio SOAP note, what an AI scribe needs to hear you say in the room, a worked example with a fictional patient, and how to check the draft before you sign it.

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How should an osteopath document informed consent, and can an AI scribe help?

Osteopathic regulators in Australia, the UK and New Zealand treat consent as a conversation to record, not a form to sign. Here is what the consent part of an osteopathic note should contain, when to renew it, and which parts an AI scribe can and can't document for you.

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How do you document a diabetic foot assessment with an AI scribe?

Say your findings aloud, use a template built on the screening the guidelines ask for, set the risk category yourself, and send the GP report from the same consult. Each step, grounded in the Australian diabetes-related foot disease guidelines, with a worked example.

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How do you write referral and GP report letters from an allied health consult with an AI scribe?

Record the consult, draft the letter from a letter template, check it, send it. Here is what a report to the referring GP needs to contain, how an AI scribe fills it without guessing, and how to handle letters that cover a whole course of care.

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How can occupational therapists use an AI scribe for NDIS reports?

What the NDIS asks for in an OT report as of September 2026, what an AI scribe can draft from your assessment, what it can't, and how to fill your own report template. Linked to the NDIS pages so you can check.

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ADIME note template and example: writing the PES statement with an AI scribe

What goes in each section of an ADIME note, how to write a PES statement that holds together, a worked example with a fictional patient, how an AI scribe drafts each part from the consult, and what the dietitian still has to check.

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How do you draft a GP chronic condition management plan (GPCCMP) with an AI scribe?

Since 1 July 2025, GP management plans and team care arrangements have been replaced by the GPCCMP. Here's what the written plan has to contain, how an AI scribe can draft it from the planning consult, what to check before you finalise it, and a template structure you can use with any tool.

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Chiropractic SOAP Notes: What to Include and How AI Scribes Can Help

The Chiropractic Board of Australia retired its record-keeping guidelines on 1 December 2025. Here is what a chiropractic SOAP note needs now, including consent, treatment and re-examinations, and which parts an AI scribe can and can't draft for you.

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Deploying AI in your practice: six questions to ask before you sign

Every AI scribe demo looks the same. The differences turn up later — in the invoice, the subprocessor list, and the first consult you record in a room with no signal. Six questions to put to every vendor, with our own answers written down.

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Updating to new model and transcription algorithm.

We've updated the model that drafts your notes and the algorithm that transcribes your consults. Our benchmarking shows word error rate down from 5.9% to 1.6%, and invented details down from 5 confirmed cases to 1. Here's what changed, and what didn't.

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Setting up your Cliniko API key

Two minutes in Cliniko, two minutes in Hanah. Where the API key lives, what Hanah does with it, and how to add the browser integration so you can watch Hanah work from inside Cliniko itself.

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Hanah vs Lyrebird in 2026: a Lyrebird alternative compared

What each product does, what it costs, and how each company handles accuracy — side by side, with sources linked so you can check every claim.

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Hanah vs Heidi Health in 2026

In our benchmark Hanah finalised notes 30% faster than Heidi with 54% fewer errors per note. What each product does, what it costs, and how each company handles accuracy, with sources linked so you can check every claim.

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Educated patients are engaged patients

An accurate note the patient can't read is only half a note. Inline health literacy turns the jargon in every visit summary into tappable, plain-language explanations — without watering the clinical note down — because a patient who understands their care is a patient who stays in it.

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AI health tech should be transparent. Most of it isn't.

Hanah does not pass our own benchmarks with perfect accuracy — across 106 tests it made 3 mistakes, and we're publishing that on purpose. Why we refuse to massage the numbers, and what accountability actually means in health tech.

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Why an AI scribe shouldn't stop at the note

Most AI scribes stop at the note. We think the higher-value work is everything that happens after the consult ends — and that the scribe should handle that too.

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New: bring your own template for document generation

Upload your existing PDF or Word forms and Hanah fills them straight from the consult — insurance forms, referrals, your own letterhead, ready to review.