Attend Health vs Cerbo AI Scribe (2026)
Every Cerbo practice now has a scribe in its EHR, so an outside product has to justify itself against one that costs $29 a month. Cerbo AI Scribe drafts a structured note inside the encounter with the patient's consent, keeps it in review until the provider signs, keeps earlier versions that can be restored, and since September 2026 reads the patient's active medication list while drafting. Attend connects to Cerbo from outside, pulls the health profile, recent notes, labs and documents in as context, and sends the finished note into a new Cerbo encounter. What Attend adds is the work around the note. It produces patient instructions and visit summaries, lets clinicians revise drafts by describing the change, shows coding suggestions with explanations, and audits every encounter before billing. For a cash based practice that rarely bills insurance, the audit matters less and Cerbo's price matters more; for one with a meaningful insurance book, coding review is the main thing Cerbo's scribe does not offer. Cerbo's scribe reached all clients only in August 2026, and its accuracy and time savings figures are stated as targets.
- Coding suggestions with explanations and an audit of every encounter before billing.
- Patient instructions and patient friendly visit summaries produced alongside the note.
- Runs across athenaOne and Elation as well as Cerbo, so a group on several EHRs uses one scribe.
- Audio deleted as soon as it is transcribed.
- Built into the Cerbo chart, with no second app, extension or integration to maintain.
- $29 per provider per month for up to 60 notes, or $59 unlimited under an introductory offer to June 30, 2027.
- Drafts into a clinician's own Chart Part templates and reads the active medication list.
- Keeps earlier versions of each AI note, which a provider can browse and restore.
This comparison is published by AI Health Index, an independent research platform that compares healthcare AI vendors objectively. Attend Health and Cerbo AI Scribe are each graded against the same capability taxonomy, from each vendor's own public materials and the regulatory record, under the AI Health Index verification standard. No vendor pays for placement, and no vendor has reviewed this page. How this evidence is graded
Plain facts
| Fact | Attend Health | Cerbo AI Scribe |
|---|---|---|
| Primary category | Ambient Scribes | Ambient Scribes |
| Founded | Not recorded | 2026 |
| Headquarters | San Francisco, California | Not recorded |
| Website | attend.health | cer.bo |
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Attend is an outside AI scribe with a coding audit that connects to Cerbo, athenaOne and Elation. In Cerbo it reads the health profile, recent notes, labs and documents as context and writes the finished note into a new encounter. It also produces patient instructions and visit summaries, shows coding suggestions with explanations, and audits every encounter before billing, with findings fed back into the scribe. Pricing is quoted per practice.
Source: AI Health Index, October 2026
Cerbo AI Scribe is the ambient scribe built into Cerbo, an EHR for functional and integrative medicine, direct primary care and other cash based practices. It drafts a structured note in the chart with the patient's consent, keeps the draft in review until the provider signs, follows a clinician's own Chart Part templates and reads the active medication list. Released to all Cerbo clients in August 2026, it costs $29 per provider per month for up to 60 notes, or $59 unlimited under an introductory offer to June 30, 2027.
Source: AI Health Index, October 2026
Questions buyers ask
Does a Cerbo practice need an outside scribe now that Cerbo has one?
Not for drafting notes: Cerbo AI Scribe drafts directly in the chart for $29 or $59 per provider per month. Attend adds patient instructions, visit summaries, coding suggestions and an audit of every encounter before billing, which matter most to practices that bill insurance. From the AI Health Index, drawn from each vendor's own published materials and the regulatory record, verified October 11, 2026. No vendor pays for placement.
How do Cerbo AI Scribe and Attend handle patient recordings?
Cerbo requires the patient's consent for every recorded note, makes the practice responsible for patient notices and does not state how long audio is kept. Attend deletes audio as soon as it is transcribed. From the AI Health Index, drawn from each vendor's own published materials and the regulatory record, verified October 11, 2026. No vendor pays for placement.
Do Cerbo AI Scribe and Attend name the AI models they use?
Neither does. Cerbo's AI Scribe addendum says the feature may depend on third party services it does not name, and Attend's terms refer to third party service providers without naming them. From the AI Health Index, drawn from each vendor's own published materials and the regulatory record, verified October 11, 2026. No vendor pays for placement.
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Cerbo lists its price, and Attend quotes per practice. Both business associate agreements can be read before signing, Attend's in its terms and Cerbo's as a template on its site.