Doctora and Heidi: what each is for
Heidi is an AI scribe and assistant for doctors and health systems across medicine. Doctora is an AI scribe for optometry that writes the exam into your EHR’s own fields. Here is what each is for, with every Heidi fact dated.
A general assistant, and an optometry scribe.
Heidi
An AI assistant for doctors and health systems across medicine, built on its AI scribe, that also drafts forms, patient recaps and follow-ups, as of October 2026.
Doctora
An AI scribe built for optometry. Listens to the exam and drafts the structured chart, refraction, slit lamp, fundus, CL fit and the codes, for the doctor to confirm. Puts the confirmed chart into your EHR's own fields, section by section. Today that is six optometry EHRs: RevolutionEHR, Eyefinity EHR (Encompass), Eye Cloud Pro, CrystalPM, OfficeMate/ExamWRITER and Uprise (VisionWeb). Get suggested diagnosis and exam codes from the exam, for the doctor to review and choose.
Where they differ.
Heidi facts are from its public pages, dated in each cell. Doctora facts are from the availability table on this site.
| Heidi | Doctora | |
|---|---|---|
| What it is | A general AI scribe and assistant, as of October 2026 | An optometry AI scribe that writes into the EHR you already use |
| Built for | Many specialties; no optometry page in its solutions menu, as of October 2026 | Optometry |
| How the chart arrives | For most US EHRs, a note the doctor pastes in, as of April 2026 | Written into the EHR’s own chart fields after the doctor confirms it |
| Optometry EHRs it names | None in its EHR list, as of April 2026 | six optometry EHRs: RevolutionEHR, Eyefinity EHR (Encompass), Eye Cloud Pro, CrystalPM, OfficeMate/ExamWRITER and Uprise (VisionWeb) |
| Codes | Has a coding product page, as of October 2026 | Suggests ICD-10 and CPT codes with modifiers from the chart; the doctor confirms each one |
Sources and dates
- Heidi home page and site menus, October 2026.
- Heidi EHR integration pages, April 2026.
- Doctora: the availability table on this site, October 2026.
Who each one fits.
Heidi fits
A clinic or health system across many specialties that wants one assistant for notes and paperwork, where a note pasted into the EHR is enough.
Doctora fits
An optometry practice on one of the EHRs Doctora writes into, that wants the exam, assessment, plan and codes written into the EHR’s own fields.
What practices ask about Heidi and Doctora.
Is Heidi built for optometry?
Heidi is a general AI scribe and assistant. Its solutions menu had no optometry page as of October 2026.
How does a Heidi note reach the EHR?
For most US EHRs, the doctor pastes the note in, per Heidi’s pages as of April 2026. Heidi lists direct links with some EHRs, such as Epic and athenahealth; none of them is an optometry EHR.
Which EHRs does Doctora write into?
Doctora writes the confirmed chart into six optometry EHRs: RevolutionEHR, Eyefinity EHR (Encompass), Eye Cloud Pro, CrystalPM, OfficeMate/ExamWRITER and Uprise (VisionWeb).
Does Doctora suggest codes?
Yes. Doctora suggests ICD-10 and CPT codes with modifiers from the chart, and the doctor confirms every code before the chart is written.
See the exam written into your EHR’s own fields.
Doctora drafts the whole exam chart and the codes for the doctor to confirm, then writes them into the EHR you already use. Try Doctora free for your first 10 charts.
Per doctor, month to month or annual. HIPAA compliant, with a signed BAA.