Speech Processing Solutions, the global leader in professional dictation and speech solutions sold under the Philips brand, today announced the upcoming April 2026 launch of Philips SpeechLive Health AI Assistant, an AI-powered clinical documentation assistant designed for healthcare professionals across multiple clinical care settings. This new solution aims to enable the reduction of administrative burden, streamline documentation, and improve provider and patient experiences.
Purpose-built for clinical documentation workflows
Clinical workload remains a major challenge across healthcare. In the U.S., AMIA’s 2024 TrendBurden survey found that 77% of healthcare professionals said documentation makes them finish work later than desired or work at home, while 74% said documentation impedes patient care[1]. In Europe, health systems are also under strain, with shortages of around 1.2 million doctors, nurses and midwives in the EU[2]. Philips SpeechLive Health AI Assistant is designed to address these pressures by reducing documentation effort, streamlining routine workflows, and enabling clinicians to spend more time on patient care.
SpeechLive Health captures clinical conversations in real time and converts them into structured documentation, including SOAP notes, visit summaries, and referral letters. By supporting clinicians during consultations, the solution helps streamline documentation while maintaining the accuracy and structure required for clinical records.
Unlike general-purpose AI models, SpeechLive Health uses a healthcare-trained large language model built by doctors specifically for medical environments. Built for clinical use, the system is designed to generate structured documentation that supports clinical workflows, coding and compliance requirements.
“For more than 70 years, Speech Processing Solutions has helped shape professional dictation and transcription in healthcare and in doing so, established a reputation as a leading partner in the medical market,” said Dr. Thomas Brauner, CEO of Speech Processing Solutions. “Philips SpeechLive Health marks the next step in that journey – building on the strong foundation of successfully combining superior dictation hardware and leading software solutions. By adding this healthcare-trained AI assistant to create the next generation of an integrated solution that further reduces administrative burden, simplifies workflows and multiplies customer benefits, this is giving clinicians more time to focus on what matters most: patient care.”
AI designed for accuracy, compliance, and clinical trust
SpeechLive Health enables real-time documentation during visits and consultations, reducing the need for manual note-taking. In high-volume or conversation-heavy settings, the AI assistant can significantly reduce the time clinicians spend on documentation, allowing practitioners to stay present with their patients.
Built in line with SPS’s privacy-first strategy, SpeechLive Health has security and compliance at its core. The platform supports AES-256 encryption and is designed to align with major healthcare and data protection frameworks, including HIPAA and GDPR, while meeting internationally recognized standards such as ISO 27001. Clinicians retain control over stored audio files and editable documentation within the system.
Integrated software and hardware for clinical documentation
SpeechLive Health, used together with the new Philips SpeechMike Ambient Wearable AI Assistant for clinical environments, delivers the high level of audio capture quality required for successful clinical documentation. With a multi-microphone array and AI-based voice-filtering technology, the hands-free device captures clear speech from individual speakers as well as doctor-patient conversations, even in busy healthcare settings – in an examination room or on the go. This supports accurate real-time documentation by complementing the SpeechLive Health platform, forming an end-to-end integrated solution designed to simplify clinical documentation workflows while maintaining the reliability and security required in healthcare.
Philips SpeechLive Health AI Assistant will be available starting in April 2026 through the global SpeechLive sales partner network.
[1] amia.org/news-publications/amia-survey-underscores-impact-excessive-documentation-burden
[2] www.oecd.org/en/publications/health-at-a-glance-europe-2024_b3704e14-en/full-report.html
