Abridge Partnership Scales Ambient Clinical Intelligence Across Hartford HealthCare’s Clinical Enterprise

HARTFORD, Conn. & PITTSBURGH--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sep 2, 2025--

Abridge ’s AI-powered ambient clinical intelligence platform has been selected by Hartford HealthCare, Connecticut’s most comprehensive healthcare network, following a rigorous evaluation and successful pilot.

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This milestone underscores Hartford HealthCare’s commitment to advancing healthcare by partnering with the world’s leading entrepreneurs, their technologies and aligned visionary leadership.

Abridge’s platform integrates tens of thousands of pieces of clinician feedback daily, ensuring it meets real-world needs while pushing the boundaries of AI—demonstrated by its pioneering work in real-time Prior Authorization at the point of care. Today, Hartford HealthCare is focused on using Abridge to reduce the administrative burden of clinical documentation—a leading contributor to clinician burnout. Nearly 50% of physicians report symptoms of burnout, according to the American Medical Association. Peer-reviewed research in the Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association shows that 67% of clinicians using Abridge feel less at risk of burnout.

The partnership will enable the two organizations to develop solutions together and scale its enterprise-grade platform to nurses, physicians, and advanced practitioners across Hartford HealthCare.

Over the past decade, Hartford HealthCare’s bold approach to AI innovation sets it apart. The system’s Center for AI Innovation in Healthcare partners with world-class startups and entrepreneurs, leading global academic institutions, venture capital, and corporate partners.

Hartford HealthCare has emerged as a pioneer in unlocking the potential of AI in healthcare—doing so with a strong focus on unlocking the full potential of AI for patients in a safe and responsible way.

At the heart of this transformation is Hartford HealthCare’s dedication to improving Access, Affordability, Excellence, and Health Equity (A2E2)—a mission that continues to shape every strategic decision.

“This innovation is central to patient care and clinician well-being,” said Barry Stein, MD, Vice President and Chief Clinical Innovation Officer, Hartford HealthCare. “The notes built from the conversations with clinicians and their patients are the foundation of the patient record, and capturing them effortlessly has an outsized impact on both the patient’s and the clinician’s experience. Abridge understands this and their vision is aligned with ours. Together, we are not just keeping pace with where healthcare is going—we are helping to shape it.”

Abridge has already demonstrated success across outpatient, inpatient, and emergency department settings, supporting more than 55 specialties, over 28 languages, robust auditability and best-in-class hallucination mitigation—key factors in the decision to scale system-wide.

“At Abridge, we share Hartford HealthCare’s vision for how AI can reshape the future of care delivery. Together, we are building not just for today’s documentation needs, but for the next era of healthcare—where ambient AI transforms the revenue cycle, accelerates value-based care, and even informs clinical decision-making,” said Shiv Rao, MD, CEO and Co-Founder of Abridge and a practicing cardiologist. “Hartford Healthcare’s integrated care model, robust innovation ecosystem, and decade-long commitment to accelerating clinically impactful AI make it one of the most forward-looking health systems in the country. We are at the beginning of our journey together and are privileged to be on it.”

Looking ahead, Hartford HealthCare and Abridge are expanding their collaboration to explore how ambient AI can transform nursing workflows and revenue cycle management, accelerate value-based care, and support clinical decision-making at the point of conversation.

About Hartford HealthCare

With 44,000 colleagues and a bold vision for the future, Hartford HealthCare is transforming healthcare across Connecticut and beyond—enhancing access, affordability, health equity, and excellence. Spanning more than 500 locations in 185 towns and cities, the system delivers care to 27,000 people every day.

Hartford HealthCare’s comprehensive network includes world-class hospitals, an expansive behavioral health system, multispecialty physician groups, urgent and virtual care, surgery centers, home and senior care, rehabilitation, and mobile neighborhood health programs. Its unique Institute Model unites leading experts in neuroscience, cancer, digestive health, heart and vascular care, orthopedics, and urology & kidney health to provide a consistent, high standard of care.

Recognized nationally for patient safety and clinical excellence, Hartford HealthCare received the American Hospital Association Quest for Quality Prize in 2025 and holds Leapfrog A-ratings across all hospitals—making it one of the safest healthcare systems in the country.

About Abridge

Abridge was founded in 2018 to power deeper understanding in healthcare. The enterprise-grade AI platform transforms medical conversations into clinically useful and billable documentation at the point of care, reducing administrative burden and clinician burnout while improving patient experience. With deep EHR integration, support for 28+ languages, and 55+ specialties, Abridge is used across a wide range of care settings, including outpatient, emergency department, and inpatient.

Abridge’s enterprise-grade AI platform is purpose-built for healthcare. Supported by Linked Evidence, Abridge is the only solution that maps AI-generated summaries to source data, helping clinicians quickly trust and verify the output. As a pioneer in generative AI for healthcare, Abridge is setting the industry standard for the responsible deployment of AI across health systems.

Abridge was awarded Best in KLAS 2025 for Ambient AI in addition to other accolades, including Forbes 2025 AI 50 List, TIME Best Inventions of 2024, and Fortune’s 2024 AI 50 Innovators.

Abridge Partnership Scales Ambient Clinical Intelligence Across Hartford HealthCare’s Clinical Enterprise

Abridge Partnership Scales Ambient Clinical Intelligence Across Hartford HealthCare’s Clinical Enterprise

TOKYO (AP) — A powerful 7.5 magnitude earthquake struck off northern Japan late Monday, injuring 23 people and triggering a tsunami in Pacific coast communities, officials said. Authorities warned of possible aftershocks and an increased risk of a megaquake.

The Japanese government was still assessing damages from the tsunami and late-evening quake, which struck at about 11:15 p.m. in the Pacific Ocean, around 80 kilometers (50 miles) off the coast of Aomori, the northernmost prefecture of Japan’s main Honshu island.

“I’ve never experienced such a big shaking,” convenience store owner Nobuo Yamada told the public broadcaster NHK in the Aomori prefecture town of Hachinohe, adding that “luckily” power lines were still operating in his area.

A tsunami of up to 70 centimeters (2 feet, 4 inches) was measured in Kuji port in Iwate prefecture, just south of Aomori, and tsunami levels of up to 50 centimeters struck other coastal communities in the region, the Japan Meteorological Agency said.

The Fire and Disaster Management Agency said 23 people were injured, including one seriously. Most of them were hit by falling objects, NHK reported, adding that several people were injured in a hotel in Hachinohe and a man in Tohoku was slightly hurt when his car fell into a hole.

The meteorological agency reported the quake's magnitude as 7.5, down from its earlier estimate of 7.6. It issued an alert for potential tsunami surges of up to 3 meters (10 feet) in some areas and later downgraded to an advisory.

Chief Cabinet Secretary Minoru Kihara urged residents to go to higher ground or seek shelter until advisories were lifted. He said about 800 homes were without electricity, and that the Shinkansen bullet trains and some local lines were suspended in parts of the region.

Nuclear power plants in the region were conducting safety checks, Kihara said. The Nuclear Regulation Authority said about 450 liters (118 gallons) of water spilled from a spent fuel cooling area at the Rokkasho fuel reprocessing plant in Aomori, but that its water level remained within the normal range and there was no safety concern.

About 480 residents were taking shelter at the Hachinohe Air Base, and 18 defense helicopters were mobilized for a damage assessment, Defense Minister Shinjiro Koizumi said.

About 200 passengers were stranded for the night at New Chitose Airport in Hokkaido, NHK reported.

The meteorological agency issued a caution about possible aftershocks in the coming days. It said there is a slight increase in risk of a magnitude 8-level quake and possible tsunami occurring along Japan's northeastern coast from Chiba, just east of Tokyo, to Hokkaido. The agency urged residents in 182 municipalities in the area to monitor their emergency preparedness in the coming week.

Satoshi Kato, a vice principal of a public high school in Hachinohe, told NHK that he was at home when the quake struck, and that glasses and bowls fell and smashed into shards on the floor.

Kato said he drove to the school because it was designated an evacuation center, and on the way he encountered traffic jams and car accidents as panicked people tried to flee. Nobody had yet come to the school to take shelter, he said.

Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi said in brief comments to reporters that the government set up an emergency task force to urgently assess the extent of damage. “We are putting people’s lives first and doing everything we can,” she said.

Later, she urged residents in the region to pay attention to the latest information from local municipalities. “Please be prepared so you can immediately evacuate as soon as you feel a tremor."

The quake struck about 80 kilometers (50 miles) northeast of Hachinohe, and about 50 kilometers (30 miles) below the sea surface, the meteorological agency said.

It was just north of the Japanese coast that suffered the magnitude 9.0 quake and tsunami in 2011 that killed nearly 20,000 people and destroyed the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant.

“You need to prepare, assuming that a disaster like that could happen again," the meteorological agency's earthquake and volcano division official Satoshi Harada said.

At 6:20 a.m. on Tuesday morning, authorities lifted all tsunami advisories for the Pacific coastline in northern Japan, NHK said.

The U.S. Geological Survey reported another earthquake, with a magnitude 5.1, early on Tuesday, about 122 kilometers (76 miles) south of Honcho, at a depth of 35 kilometers. No other details were immediately available.

Japan's Chief Cabinet Secretary Minoru Kihara speaks during a news conference at the prime minister's office in Tokyo early Tuesday, Dec. 9, following a strong earthquake in northeastern Japan. (Kyodo News via AP)

Japan's Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi speaks to reporters at the prime minister's office in Tokyo after a strong earthquake struck northeastern Japan. (Kyodo News via AP)

A tsunami warning is displayed on a television in Yokohama, near Tokyo, Monday, Dec. 8, 2025, after a strong earthquake hits off Japanese northern coast, tsunami alert issued. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)