As we prepare for the transition to Epic, employees will gain access to several AI tools that can help reduce their everyday administrative burden. One of these tools is native to the EHR, and all others are compatible with our new workflows alongside Epic.
Below are highlights of what each tool can do for you.
Suki Ambient Listening – accurate patient notes, less time
Whom it’s for: Will be available to all providers in February 2026 as a standalone application and will be integrated in Epic’s note workspace
Talking to your patient with undivided attention is critical to providing the best care. However, having to take notes manually or transcribe recordings can be a distraction. Suki is an ambient listening tool that captures the provider-patient conversation and turns it into a consistently structured draft note. It functions first as a real-time transcriber, converting the spoken encounter into text, and then it applies formatting based on the visit type and specialty.
Suki will save time and improve accuracy. Instead of typing from scratch or dictating large blocks of text after the visit, Suki first transcribes the conversation and then produces a draft for the provider to review and edit.
When Epic goes live in July 2026 for UAB St. Vincent’s, Suki will be able to send drafts directly into Epic’s note workspace. Until then, it remains a standalone app that providers can download on their smartphone or tablet and use anywhere.
Epic GenAI – instant insights from the patient chart
Whom it’s for: All medical staff in Epic
Epic’s native GenAI tools work inside the EHR and use the patient’s actual chart data. This is the primary difference between GenAI and any external tool. With access to the patient’s labs, medications, imaging summaries, vitals, and encounter history, you can use it to generate first drafts that reflect only real chart information.
Clinicians can:
- Summarize a complex medical history before a visit
- Draft portions of a note using recent results and documented symptoms
- Generate a suggested reply to a patient message based on the chart context
Clinicians then edit and finalize the output, maintaining full oversight of what appears in the record.
Doximity DoxGPT – clinical writing precision
Whom it’s for: Nurses and non-provider clinical staff at UAB Medicine and Cooper Green Mercy Health Services
DoxGPT is a HIPAA-compliant workflow assistant within Doximity, a secure messaging platform many of our staff already use. It helps with clinical writing and communication by generating templates for common visit types, summarizing long blocks of text, rephrasing information for patients at different reading levels, and creating draft messages or referral letters.
It also answers clinical questions with referenced, evidence-based responses, which can help clinicians and nurses quickly verify information before moving on.
Because it is not linked to the EHR, DoxGPT supports a range of users who handle communication, patient education, and documentation tasks outside the exam room.
UpToDate Expert AI – a resource for clinical decision-making
Whom it’s for: All nurses and providers (go-live dates will vary by entity)
UpToDate has long been a trusted clinical evidence resource for best practices, clinical recommendations, and key considerations in treatment. Expert AI is a question-and-answer interface within UpToDate that helps users more quickly find useful information from physician-reviewed content. UpToDate spans more than 13,000 topics across 25 specialties.
You can interact with Expert AI the same as you would ChatGPT or Microsoft Copilot. Expert AI is most useful when medical staff (including nurses, pharmacists, APPs, residents, physicians, and faculty) need to get oriented to an unfamiliar topic or confirm a detail they do not encounter every day. It draws on existing UpToDate guidance and links directly to the full topics, including external citations, when a deeper review is needed. This feature won’t create new recommendations; instead, it draws on existing UpToDate guidance to simplify the research process.
As of Dec. 15, Expert AI is available to UAB Medicine providers and nurses. It will become available to nurses and providers at all other UAB entities as they go live with Epic.
All you’ll need to use Expert AI is an UpToDate account set up with your UAB credentials.
Responsible use
We hope you are excited about how these tools can support your daily workflow alongside Epic. It is important to be cautious about how we use them. AI output, such as draft notes, is shaped by your input, but it will never be perfect and does not substitute for human judgment.
All AI output must be carefully reviewed and edited for accuracy. The ultimate responsibility for clinical decision-making always rests with the provider.
More information about how to access each tool will be shared in the coming months.