SimpleScribeVA v1.1.1

SimpleScribeVA v1.1.1

Warning: This offline virtual medical scribe, intended to work with the secure, HIPAA-compliant LLM of your choice, remains unapproved by the VA. I'm releasing it to allow for testing and feedback.

Background: Virtual medical scribes are rapidly becoming ubiquitous across health care, with both significant potential benefit as well as risk. The benefit of a VA-specific scribe is that it would allow for customization of prompts for professions that are currently underserved in the market (e.g. social workers and nurses), improved focus on Veteran-specific issues and programs like HUD-VASH, and eventual integration with VISTA/CPRS. Most importantly, careful internal testing would allow for rapid feedback and correction on any issues of concern that might arise.

Instructions: First make sure you have downloaded Python 3.13, and that during installation you checked the box to have it added to the Path for all users. Second, download this zip to your OneDrive desktop on a Windows computer and double-click to decompress. Double click on Setup.bat. This may take several minutes to finish, and you may need to repeat the Setup.bat process on new computers. Then double-click StartSimpleScribeVA.bat any time you'd like to get started. A browser will open to http://127.0.0.1:5000 and in a few moments you should see the SimpleScribeVA interface.

CHANGES IN THIS RELEASE
2025-04-22: v1.1.1: Minor bug fixes and updated the design. The bugs were that the notice of "Transcribing..." would not turn off even after transcription ended, and the transcripts were not displaying correctly. Minor improvements in the default prompts. Minor updates in styling.