Shiv Rao
Co-founder and CEO of Abridge, which drafts clinical documentation from clinician-patient conversations
Shiv Rao, MD, is a co-founder and the CEO of Abridge, a company founded in 2018 that builds AI software for health systems, turning conversations between clinicians and patients into draft clinical documentation and clinical insights. Rao is also a practicing cardiologist.124
Career
Products and projects
Abridge's platform works inside electronic health record workflows to support clinicians before, during and after patient conversations. In August 2026 the company let partner health systems extend its clinical intelligence agent to every clinician, including through a new mobile and web experience connected to the patient's chart.42
In September 2026 Abridge added a pre-bill review capability that compares coded diagnoses on inpatient claims with the clinical record, and it was selected to provide ambient AI under the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs enterprise contract.34
Work
Abridge clinician intelligence platform (external site: abridge.com)
Leads the company whose platform drafts clinical documentation from conversations and, in 2026, extended to a context-aware clinical intelligence agent and pre-bill review for coding and documentation integrity teams.123
Career timeline
2018
Aug 17, 2026
Abridge extended its clinical intelligence agent to every clinician at partner health systems.2
Sep 14, 2026
Abridge introduced pre-bill review for clinical documentation integrity and coding teams.3
Sep 22, 2026
Abridge was selected to provide ambient AI under the VA enterprise contract.4
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