AsyncHealth—AI Assistants for Mental Health Clinicians » Double Your Mental Health Team for Better Care

Peter Yellowlees MD

In AsyncHealth’s platform, two AI systems work in tandem like a well-trained duo – and the results are game-changing for consultations performed by all mental health clinicians. The combination of the AI Interview Assistant and the Ambient AI Scribe creates a synergy that vastly improves efficiency and thoroughness. Let’s explore why this “double team” approach is so powerful when assessing patients.

Picture a typical psychiatry intake: traditionally, a clinician spends about an hour asking questions and jotting notes, then later types up or dictates a detailed report. With AsyncHealth, those two steps happen simultaneously and asynchronously. As the AI interviewer engages the patient with a full battery of clinically vetted questions, the session is not only recorded on video – it’s also transcribed in real time. Immediately afterward, the AI scribe processes that transcript to produce a structured draft of the consultation note. By the time the clinician reviews the case, they have all the patient’s answers plus a neatly summarized history, complete with highlighted key symptoms or “red flags” (for example, mention of suicidal thoughts is automatically flagged for quick attention). Essentially, the scribe has already written the first draft of the psychiatric evaluation for you.

The advantages of this combo are immediately apparent: First, efficiency. An intake that used to require ~60 minutes of interviewing can now be completed with about 10 minutes of the clinician’s review time, since the asking and documenting were handled by AI. That’s why clinicians using Async report cutting intake time in half. No more spending your evenings finishing charts – the heavy lifting is done for you, concurrently with the interview.

Second, comprehensiveness and accuracy get a boost. The AI interviewer follows a protocol that ensures no important question is missed – from psychiatric history to risk assessment – and the AI scribe captures every word the patient says. This means the resulting documentation is extremely detailed. The scribe doesn’t get tired or cut corners; it transcribes verbatim and then condenses the information into a coherent narrative summary. Clinicians often find the notes more complete than what they could write by hand in a live session, because the AI never forgets or mishears something. And if a patient brings up something unexpected, it’s all recorded. The ambient scribe also standardizes the note format, so you get structured information (history of present illness, meds, family history, etc.) laid out neatly every time. This consistency helps ensure quality and can even assist with billing documentation at the highest correct coding level as the notes include all necessary elements.

Third, better focus during live interactions. In cases where the clinician does meet with the patient (for example, an intake consultation or medication management monitoring session in an outpatient practice), the ambient AI scribe can run in the background to document the conversation. Knowing that an AI scribe is capturing the conversation, the clinician can give full attention to the patient without worrying about writing everything down. Later, the clinician reviews the auto-generated note for accuracy. This frees you to maintain eye contact, observe the patient’s affect, and respond empathically – the AI will remember the details for you. Psychiatrists value the therapeutic alliance, and not having to interrupt the flow of the conversation to document notes strengthens that alliance.

Clinicians using AsyncHealth have described the experience as “having a second pair of eyes and ears – just like working with a resident” on every consult. The AI interviewer asks and the AI scribe to document – freeing the clinician to think, analyze, and make decisions. The end result: higher quality care in less time. Clinicians can see more patients or spend more time on each complex case, confident that routine parts are handled. The enthusiasm from early adopters is palpable: Why do it the old way, once you’ve tried this double team? Mental health practices achieve new levels of productivity without sacrificing the personal touch – in fact, the personal touch is enhanced because the clinician isn’t buried in paperwork.

Double Your Mental Health Team for Better Care – Use AI Scribes + AI Interviewers