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CareBeam vs Scribble

Scribble sells human review by the tier. Scribble Now is automated and returns notes in minutes, Pro adds a clinician scribe who posts to the EHR in about four hours with E&M coding included, Swift adds a human scribe for about an hour, and Select lets the clinician pick a tier per encounter. IKS Health, a services company, offers access through Epic Connection Hub and lists no public price. CareBeam describes software that drafts notes and referral letters, suggests ICD-10 and CPT codes and reviews charts for gaps. An urgent care operator like the vendor-listed QuickMed that wants documentation and coding together is CareBeam's buyer. On security, Scribble states HIPAA and SOC 2 Type 2 and does not state a BAA. CareBeam publishes a click-through BAA and does not state SOC 2. A group whose compliance officer needs SOC 2 stated by the vendor drops CareBeam from that review, and one that needs a BAA to sign finds it published on CareBeam's site.

AI medical scribes · Reviewed November 2, 2026

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CareBeam

by CareBeam Inc

AI documentation, chart auditing and E/M coding for independent and multispecialty practices, from encounter to claim.

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Scribble

by IKS Health

Ambient AI scribing suite from IKS Health, with tiers from fully automated notes to human-reviewed notes posted to the EHR.

When to pick each one

CareBeam

  • Click-through BAA published
  • Drafts notes and referral letters
  • Reviews charts for coding gaps
Read the full CareBeam review

Scribble

  • Human-reviewed tiers, up to four hours turnaround
  • Automated Scribble Now returns notes in minutes
  • SOC 2 Type 2 stated, Epic Connection Hub access
Read the full Scribble review

Score

Each row shows points earned of points available under the published rubric.

CareBeam

34of 100

Competitive

Scribble

35of 100

Competitive
Score by dimension for CareBeam and Scribble
DimensionCareBeamScribbleDifference
HIPAA / SOC2 / BAA7.8 / 1313 / 13-5.2
EHR integrations (count)10.5 / 216.3 / 21+4.2
Top-3 EHR coverage (Epic / Oracle / Athena)4.8 / 124.8 / 120
Bidirectional write-back0 / 5.20 / 5.20
Peer-reviewed papers0 / 70 / 70
RCT / meta-analysis / systematic review0 / 30 / 30
Funding & adoption signal3 / 123 / 120
Pricing transparency2.5 / 52.5 / 50
Years in market0 / 60 / 60

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How scores are computed

Pricing

CareBeam

TierMonthlyAnnualNotes
Enterprisen/an/aNo public price.

Verified November 2, 2026 from trycarebeam.com (opens in new tab).

Scribble

TierMonthlyAnnualNotes
Enterprisen/an/aNo public price. Four tiers are named (Scribble Now, Swift, Pro and Select) and differ in human review.

Compliance and integrations

Documented from each vendor’s own pages.

SpecCareBeamScribble
Free tierNo / unverifiedNo / unverified
HIPAAYesYes
SOC 2 Type IINo / unverifiedYes
EHR integrationsathenahealth, ModMed, Healthie, eClinicalWorks, Veradigm, GreenwayEpic
Foundedn/an/a
HQUSn/a

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Common questions

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