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Phraze
Techstars '19Rochester, US · 3 employees on LinkedIn · 2 known investors
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Digital Medical Scribe is an educational content platform providing articles, industry news, expert interviews, and tutorials about digital medical scribing technologies and practices in the United States healthcare sector.
Also known as Digital Medical Scribe
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Company profile
researched Sep 2026Phraze is a healthcare technology startup based in Rochester, Minnesota, developing an artificial-intelligence medical scribe intended to reduce the effort clinicians spend on medical documentation. The software platform passively listens to the conversation between a patient and a healthcare provider and generates a first draft of the medical chart; the provider then reviews the AI-generated note to verify accuracy. The stated aim is to cut documentation time, which the company identifies as the leading driver of physician burnout, and to remove the screen between patients and clinicians at the point of care.
Under the phraze.co domain the company also operates a content property presented as "Digital Medical Scribe," a publication covering digital medical scribing in the United States. It publishes in-depth articles on medical scribing and AI-driven scribing tools, industry news, expert interviews and guest posts, and practical tips and tutorials, alongside broader healthcare explainer content organized into Best Practices, Healthcare, and Industry Insights categories. Posts on the site are bylined John Johnson and are archived from March 2024 through May 2024.
Founding story
Phraze was co-founded by Brandon McCutcheon, MD, a neurosurgery resident at Mayo Clinic, and Logan Marcus, MD, a former radiation oncology resident at Stanford Health Care. Both physicians had observed the effects of physician burnout first-hand, which informed the company's focus on reducing documentation burden. The associated Digital Medical Scribe content property describes itself as founded by a team of healthcare professionals, technology enthusiasts and writers focused on the intersection of healthcare and technology.
Business model
Phraze offers an AI-driven medical scribe software platform used by physicians and clinics at the point of care, with adoption measured in clinics onboarded and physicians signed up to the platform.
Traction
Phraze had gone live with patient care at its first clinic and set a target of one hundred physicians on its platform within nine months. It advanced to the semifinal round of the Minnesota Cup. The phraze.co site lists 17 published posts across three categories: Healthcare (14), Best Practices (2) and Industry Insights (1).
Latest developments
Phraze advanced to the semifinal round of the Minnesota Cup, went live with patient care at its first clinic, and was working to close an early-stage seed round of funding. Its website content archives run through May 2024.
▸Full profile — market position, technology, go-to-market, geography, history
Market position
Phraze positions itself as an early entrant in the AI medical scribe space in the Midwest; co-founder Brandon McCutcheon has stated the company aims to emerge as the Midwest solution in that market and considers itself the first mover in the region. It has been listed among Rochester-area wellness and health companies.
Physician co-founders with clinical training at Mayo Clinic and Stanford Health Care, a passive ambient listening approach that drafts charting without requiring clinician input during the visit, and a stated regional first-mover position in the Midwest AI medical scribe market.
Technology
The platform uses artificial intelligence to passively listen to the patient-provider encounter and automatically produce a first draft of medical charting. Human review remains part of the workflow: the provider must read through the AI-generated notes to verify accuracy before they are finalized.
Go-to-market
The company pursued visibility through the Minnesota Cup pitch competition and began direct clinical deployment, going live with patient care at a first clinic, with a goal of signing up one hundred physicians on the platform over the following nine months. Business, sales and marketing functions are run by Minneapolis-based team members. The phraze.co content site supports audience development through articles, newsletter subscription and social media.
Physicians and clinical providers, and the clinics and healthcare organizations that employ them, who carry a heavy medical documentation burden. The affiliated content site addresses healthcare professionals, working and prospective medical scribes, and readers interested in healthcare documentation technology.
Geography
Headquartered in Rochester, Minnesota, with a distributed team across the United States: San Francisco-based technical and healthtech team members and a Minneapolis-based business team. The content property focuses on the United States healthcare market.
History
By the time of Destination Medical Center's coverage, Phraze was working through the semifinal round of the Minnesota Cup, described as the largest statewide business pitch competition in the United States, with the goal of reaching the final round later that fall. The company had recently gone live with patient care at its first clinic and was seeking to close an early-stage seed round. Its website published healthcare and digital scribing content across archives spanning March through May 2024.
Compiled by commissioned research from 8 cited public sources — announcements, filings, and press listed under research sources below.
Key figures
latest reportedCompany-reported or press-reported figures, each dated to when it was claimed — not independently audited.
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Timeline · 2
launches, deals, and filingsPhraze advanced to the semifinal round of the Minnesota Cup, described as the largest statewide business pitch competition in the United States, with the aim of reaching the final round later that fall.
Phraze went live with patient care at its first clinic, deploying its AI-driven medical scribe in a live clinical setting.
Dated company events from announcements, filings, and press; legal rows summarize public dockets and regulator releases.
▸Research sources · 8
primary sources listed
- Phrazephraze.co · web
8 public sources were cited for this profile; the first-party ones are listed here.
Frequently asked questions
- What does Phraze do?
- Phraze is a Rochester, Minnesota healthcare startup building an AI medical scribe that drafts clinical notes from patient visits.
- Who are Phraze's investors?
- Phraze's investors include Dorm Room, Techstars.
- Where is Phraze headquartered?
- Phraze is headquartered in Rochester, US.