Clinical systems · Ambient AI scribe
Lyrebird Health
Lyrebird Health is an Australian ambient AI scribe that drafts clinical notes, letters and referrals from consults and writes them into the clinician's record system.
Strong fit
- Australian general practices on Best Practice or Gentu
- NHS trusts on Oracle Cerner that want notes written back to the record
- Clinicians who want a free plan before paying
Weak fit
- US practices that want many US references
- Health systems on Epic that want a proven Epic integration
- Buyers who want years of published outcome studies
Bottom line
Lyrebird Health is a solid choice for Australian practices and UK trusts that want an ambient AI scribe built into their record system, with a free plan to start. It suits GPs on Best Practice and NHS trusts on Oracle Cerner best. US buyers should ask for US references first.
Score breakdown
Weights: Outcomes 35% · Product 30% · Implementation 20% · Pricing clarity 15%.
Kai Van Lieshout and Linus Talacko founded Lyrebird Health in Melbourne in 2023, after building its first version in a two-week Startmate student hackathon. Van Lieshout is chief executive, and Dr Ray Boyapati is chief clinical officer.
Lyrebird listens to a consult and drafts the clinical note, then creates referrals, letters, care plans and medical certificates from it. In Australia it works inside Best Practice and Gentu, two widely used GP systems, so notes land in the chart without copying and pasting.
Lyrebird says it handles more than 28,000 consults a day. In the UK, four South West London NHS trusts are rolling it out to up to 20,000 clinicians on Oracle Cerner Millennium, with patient data synced in, notes written back, and clinical codes and referral-to-treatment data captured automatically.
Lyrebird raised a $12 million venture round in 2025, led by Five V Capital and Octopus Ventures. It has hospital customers in Australia, the UK, the US and Dubai.
Most of its integrations and references are in Australia and the UK, so US practices should ask which US record systems it supports.
Heidi Health and Tali AI fit Australian and Canadian clinicians that want another ambient scribe. Freed and Twofold Health fit US clinicians that want a low-cost scribe, and Nabla fits health systems that want a scribe with EHR integrations in the US and Europe.
Competitor landscape
| Vendor | Overall | Ease of implementation |
|---|---|---|
| Freed | 8.0 | 7.6 |
| Tandem Health | 7.9 | 7.6 |
| Heidi Health | 7.7 | 8.0 |
| Nabla | 7.6 | 7.2 |
| Lyrebird Health | 7.5 | 7.2 |
| Twofold Health | 7.3 | 7.6 |
| Augnito | 7.1 | 7.6 |
| Tali AI | 6.8 | 7.2 |
Pricing
| Item | Detail |
|---|---|
| Model | Lyrebird has a free plan and paid monthly or yearly plans per clinician. Enterprise and NHS contracts are priced by quote. |
| What usually drives cost | For Lyrebird, cost depends on the plan, the number of clinicians, and enterprise needs such as EPR integration, coding and admin automation. |
| What to ask before you buy | Ask Lyrebird which record systems it writes back to in your country, what an enterprise rollout costs, and which customers like you use it. |
| Note | Best Practice users in Australia get a separate free tier, Bp Free. |
| Published pricing | Lyrebird has a free plan. Its Pro plan is listed at $160 a month per clinician, billed yearly, and enterprise pricing is by quote. |
Leadership
Methodology
| Weight | Factor | What it measures |
|---|---|---|
| 35% | Customer outcomes | Whether buyers get measurable operational or clinical-workflow results after go-live |
| 30% | Product | Capability depth, reliability, and fit for the job the category buys |
| 20% | Implementation | How hard it is to stand up, integrate, train, and stabilize |
| 15% | Pricing clarity | Whether a buyer can model total cost without a mystery quote |
| Label | Meaning |
|---|---|
| Highly recommend | Strong outcomes and product with manageable caveats |
| Recommend | Solid fit for the right buyer; know the tradeoffs |
| Conditional | Only with a specific use case or heavy caveats |
| Not recommended | Avoid for most buyers in this category |
Read our full methodology for how we weight scores and assign recommend labels.