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Getting Started
Briefly turns one consultation into a clinical letter and a related patient edition. Source context stays near the draft so the clinician can review, edit and sign before anything is shared.
Briefly follows a finite workflow: record the consultation or dictate, generate the clinical draft and related patient edition, review relevant source context, then sign and export. A source link helps you inspect what was said; it does not prove a clinical statement is correct.
Briefly is for clinicians and practices that prepare correspondence after consultations. Terminology, templates and local requirements vary, so suitability should be confirmed during onboarding.
Use a compatible device, a supported browser and a microphone suitable for your clinical setting. Confirm managed-device, browser and microphone requirements during onboarding.
Timing varies with consultation length, source quality, letter complexity and the amount of clinician review required. Briefly removes the blank-page step; the clinician still decides when the correspondence is ready to sign.
Briefly is invitation-only during the pilot, so there is no self-serve signup. Request an invitation and, if accepted, follow the secure account setup in the email. The trial then runs for 14 days or 10 letters, whichever comes first.
Use a current supported browser. Recording, review and delivery options vary by device, browser, account role and current release; confirm your intended setup during onboarding.
Briefly supports clinical correspondence across a range of specialties, but transcription quality and terminology handling vary with audio, speakers and context. You can choose your own writing preferences and templates.
Pricing & Plans
Core is US$119/month or US$1,140/year (US$95/month billed annually). Pro is US$179/month or US$1,716/year (US$143/month billed annually). Contact Briefly for practice pricing. Prices shown in USD. The trial runs for 14 days or 10 letters, whichever comes first. Cancel anytime.
If an invitation is accepted, the trial runs for 14 days or 10 letters, whichever comes first. No card is required to request an invitation.
Cancellation options are available in the billing area. Access timing and any refund treatment follow the current Terms of Service; contact billing@briefly.health for account-specific questions.
For practices with several clinicians, contact sales@briefly.health to discuss access, support and pricing. Published plan prices remain in USD.
Published self-serve pricing is in USD. The checkout flow shows the payment methods available for your account; contact billing@briefly.health for billing questions.
Pro costs US$179/month or US$1,716/year. Compare this with your current correspondence costs and review time.
When your trial ends, after 14 days or 10 letters, whichever comes first, you can choose a monthly or annual plan to continue using Briefly. If you choose not to subscribe, you can export any letters created during the trial. Letters are deleted from Briefly on a daily schedule under a 30-day retention period and can be deleted from 28 days after creation. Export to file them in your practice’s record system.
Security & Privacy
Privacy and contracting requirements depend on your organisation, jurisdiction and intended use. Contact the Briefly team to discuss current safeguards and whether a Business Associate Agreement is available for your situation.
Clinical recordings and letters are stored in Australia. Contact the Briefly team to discuss your practice’s data-handling requirements. Some backend processing (transcription, letter generation) uses secure third-party providers under data protection agreements. AES-256 encryption at rest and TLS 1.2 or later in transit. Clinical recordings and letters are deleted from Briefly on a daily schedule under a 30-day retention period and can be deleted from 28 days after creation. Export approved correspondence to the electronic health record for ongoing care. Australia-specific guidance is available at briefly.health/compliance/australia.
Patient data is not used for model training.
Contact the Briefly team for current independent assurance documentation and its scope.
You can export approved correspondence for filing in your own record system. Available formats and deletion controls depend on the current product release. The public retention boundary remains 30 days; contact privacy@briefly.health for access or deletion requests.
Applicable requirements depend on your practice and jurisdiction. We confirm availability and data-handling requirements before access is enabled. Australian regional guidance is available at briefly.health/compliance/australia. Clinical recordings and letters are stored in Australia. Contact the Briefly team to discuss your practice’s data-handling requirements. Privacy information is available at briefly.health/legal.
Recording and consent requirements vary by jurisdiction and clinical setting. The clinician remains responsible for confirming the applicable requirements and documenting consent through the workflow available in the current release.
AES-256 encryption at rest and TLS 1.2 or later in transit. Patient data is not used for model training. Clinical recordings and letters are deleted from Briefly on a daily schedule under a 30-day retention period and can be deleted from 28 days after creation. Export approved correspondence to the electronic health record for ongoing care.
Access depends on account roles, practice configuration and operational support processes. Request the current access-control, privileged-access and audit-record documentation before relying on it for an assurance programme.
Features & Functionality
Briefly supports clinical correspondence across a range of specialties, but terminology, templates and local requirements vary. Request an invitation with your specialty so suitability can be assessed. You can choose your own writing preferences and templates.
Choose your writing preferences and templates for your own correspondence. Automatic learning from patient-letter content is unavailable. Patient information is not used for model training.
You set your preferred letter structure, greeting style, and sign-off from day one, and every letter is a draft you edit before it is sent. You can choose your own writing preferences and templates.
You have full editorial control. Every letter is a draft until you approve it. You can edit inline, regenerate sections, or adjust the style. You can choose your own writing preferences and templates.
Transcription quality depends on audio, speakers, terminology and context. Confidence and source context can help focus review, but they do not establish clinical correctness. The clinician must check the final correspondence.
Supporting-document options depend on the current release and plan. Confirm the available file types during onboarding. Any extracted information still requires clinician review before it enters correspondence.
Approved correspondence can be exported for filing in the practice record. Ask the Briefly team which direct integrations, if any, are available for your system before planning an implementation.
Template options depend on the plan and current product release. Request an invitation with the letter types your practice uses so the available workflow can be confirmed.
Nothing is sent until the clinician has reviewed and approved it. Export and delivery options depend on the current product release and practice setup; confirm the available route during onboarding.
Source-linked review places relevant consultation context beside the draft so a clinician can inspect what wording rests on. It can focus attention, but it does not ensure that every clinical fact is present or correct.
Briefly can surface wording that needs review and show relevant source context. The clinician decides whether to correct, clarify or remove the statement before signing.
Briefly offers a Practice plan. Contact the team to confirm the current user-management, billing and shared-configuration options for your organisation.
Transcription quality varies with accent, audio quality, background noise and clinical terminology. Source context and confidence cues help focus review, but the clinician must check the correspondence.
Technical Support
Use a current version of a supported browser. If your practice relies on a specific browser, managed device or accessibility setup, confirm it during onboarding before deployment.
Email support@briefly.health with the affected workflow and non-clinical diagnostic details. Do not put patient information in a support email.
Training and onboarding options depend on the practice and current pilot capacity. Ask what is available when requesting an invitation.
If Briefly is unavailable, use your practice continuity process and record system. Briefly is a 30-day correspondence workspace, not the enduring medical record. Contact support for current service-status information.
Briefly requires an internet connection for processing. Do not assume an offline recording or reconnection-sync workflow unless the current app explicitly confirms it for your device.
Recording quality varies with the room, microphone, speakers and terminology. Test the intended clinical setup during onboarding and review every draft against the consultation source.
Yes. Every generated letter is fully editable. Use the intelligent editor to make changes, and regenerate specific sections while keeping your other changes. You can choose your own writing preferences and templates.
Comparisons & Alternatives
Dictation software produces text. Briefly uses the consultation source to draft a clinical letter and related patient edition, keeps relevant source context available for review, and requires clinician sign-off before anything is shared.
Pro costs US$179/month or US$1,716/year. Compare this with your current correspondence costs and review time.
Transcription is source material, not finished correspondence. Briefly drafts a structured clinical letter and a related patient edition, keeps source context available for review, and requires clinician sign-off.
Briefly is designed to keep documentation from competing with the consultation. It removes the blank-page step after the visit while keeping the clinician responsible for reviewing, editing and signing the correspondence.
General voice-to-text produces text. Briefly is designed for checked correspondence: a structured clinical draft, related patient edition, source-linked review and explicit clinician sign-off.
Use Cases & Specialties
Cardiology terminology, templates and local correspondence requirements vary. Include the intended letter types when requesting an invitation so suitability can be assessed.
Psychiatry carries particular privacy, consent, terminology and risk-documentation requirements. Confirm suitability and the available templates during onboarding before clinical use.
That depends on the clinician’s workflow, the recording setup and the consent requirements that apply. Confirm audio capture in your environment and review the generated correspondence in the same way as an in-person consultation.
Discharge-summary support depends on the current templates, required sections and clinical workflow. Confirm the exact use case during onboarding before relying on Briefly for discharge correspondence.
Briefly is intended for clinical correspondence, but suitability varies by profession, specialty, letter type and local requirement. Include those details when requesting an invitation.
Allied-health suitability depends on the profession, correspondence type, terminology and local obligations. Confirm the intended workflow during onboarding.
For Patients
The patient edition is written for what happens after the appointment: a clearer account of the clinician-reviewed correspondence and the next steps it contains. It is related to the clinical edition, not an independent diagnosis or treatment plan.
Use the sharing controls shown with your patient edition. Because it may contain sensitive health information, verify the recipient and current access options before sending details.
AES-256 encryption at rest and TLS 1.2 or later in transit. Processing may involve service providers under data-protection agreements. Available access, export and deletion controls depend on the current workflow and public retention boundary.
There are no paid patient plans in this phase. Patients can access correspondence shared by their clinician.
Patient recording access depends on the current product workflow, clinical setting, applicable law and consent from the people involved. Agree the process with the clinician before recording anything.
Patient Getting Started
If your clinician has shared a patient edition, use the secure account entry associated with their message. If you have not received one, you can still visit briefly.health/patient to see a fictional example and learn how the workflow works.
The patient experience runs in a modern web browser on a phone, tablet, laptop or desktop. Use the secure entry point provided with your correspondence.
You do not need an account to read the public patient information or fictional example. To open correspondence sent to you, use the secure patient account entry associated with your clinician’s message.
Processing time depends on recording length, connection quality and the clinician review required. A patient edition is not ready to share until the clinician has checked and approved it.
That depends on the clinician’s workflow, the available recording setup and the consent requirements that apply. Briefly does not remove the need to ask before recording.
Receiving Correspondence
No. There are no paid patient plans in this phase. Patients can access correspondence shared by their clinician.
When your clinician uses Briefly, they can review and share a patient edition with you through the supported workflow. Delivery is a clinician-controlled step; nothing is sent simply because a draft was generated.
A patient edition can highlight three points from the reviewed correspondence that are useful to revisit after the appointment. The clinician remains responsible for the content and what is shared.
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