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Shepard

Work Smart. Stay Safe.

The Intelligent Clinical Companion for clinicians and patients. Teaches students, assists residents, protects attendings. Helps patients understand their health. Privacy-first, always.

Download on the App Store

Available now on iOS — Free to download

Ready to work smarter?

Download Shepard for free and experience the future of clinical documentation. Whether you're a clinician streamlining your notes or a patient taking charge of your health.

Download on the App Store

Free to download — No credit card required

Teach. Assist. Protect.

For clinicians, Shepard adapts to where you are in your clinical journey. Encrypted notes, built with HIPAA safeguards, customized to your role, specialty, and learning needs.

Students

Teach Students

Turn every encounter into a learning opportunity with clinical reasoning.

  • Learning-focused clinical reasoning in drafts
  • Tappable terms with definitions and differentials
  • Exam-style flashcards and quizzes
Residents

Assist Residents

Streamline documentation during busy rotations and call shifts.

  • Drafts include "Discussed with Dr. [Attending]"
  • Specialty-specific differentials and workups
  • Sign-out summaries for efficient handoffs
Attendings

Protect Attendings

Efficient drafts with safety suggestions for defensible documentation.

  • Safety Overwatch highlights red-flag symptoms
  • Timestamped drafts for medico-legal protection
  • Efficient documentation that matches your style

For Patients & Caregivers

Shepard isn't just for clinicians. Take charge of your health with tools designed to help you understand, prepare, and remember.

Your Health, Your Way

Whether you're managing a chronic condition, keeping track of medications, or just want to understand what your doctor said, Shepard is here to help.

  • Track Health Concerns

    Add and manage your health conditions in one place. See everything at a glance.

  • Manage Medications

    Keep a complete medication list with dosage, frequency, and what each one is for.

  • Ask Shepard Anything

    Get clear, easy-to-understand answers about any condition or medication. Follow-up questions keep the conversation going.

  • Pre-Visit Prep

    Describe your concern and get a list of smart questions to ask your doctor. Walk in prepared.

  • Personalized Explanations

    Shepard learns about your background and explains health topics using analogies from your world.

Ask Shepard About This

"Tell me about Hypertension" — Shepard explains in plain language what high blood pressure means, why it matters, and what you can do about it.

What are the symptoms? How is it treated? Lifestyle changes?

Visit Summary

After your appointment, get a clear summary of what was discussed, what was prescribed, and what to do next — in language that makes sense to you.

Personalized for You

Tell Shepard you're a mechanic and it might explain blood pressure like PSI in a tire. A teacher? Like managing a classroom of students. Your world, your language.

Built for Everyone in Healthcare

From ambient recording to health tracking, everything clinicians and patients need in one app.

One-Tap Recording

Start recording with a single tap. Audio is never stored on any server.

Complete ROS & PE

Full Review of Systems and Physical Exam generation.

Safety Overwatch

Red-flag detection and "don't miss" considerations.

Tappable Terms

Tap any term for definitions, pearls, and differentials.

Flashcards & Quizzes

Create flashcards from encounters. Official exam formats.

Custom Style Learning

Upload samples. Shepard learns your documentation style.

Ask Shepard

Patients can ask about any condition or medication and get clear answers with follow-up questions.

Health Tracking

Patients track conditions and medications with smart autocomplete.

Pre-Visit Prep

AI generates smart questions for patients to ask their doctor.

Built with HIPAA Safeguards

Shepard is not an EHR or system of record. We help you create clinical drafts with enterprise-grade encryption protecting every piece of data.

Privacy and security

End-to-End Encryption

All clinical content is encrypted at rest using AWS KMS envelope encryption and transmitted over TLS. Your data is protected under signed Business Associate Agreements.

BAA-Covered Infrastructure

Shepard operates under signed BAAs with AWS and OpenAI. Your clinical data is handled exclusively by HIPAA-covered services with enterprise-grade security.

No Audio Retention

Audio is streamed for transcription, then immediately discarded. We never store recordings. Your encrypted notes are optionally saved to the cloud.

Frequently asked questions

What is Shepard?

Shepard is an ambient clinical documentation app that uses AI to automatically generate medical notes from patient encounters. With one tap, clinicians can record patient visits, and Shepard transcribes and structures the conversation into professional clinical notes.

What does every Shepard user get?

Shepard is free for everybody. Every user gets the scribe, patient summaries, video visits, and the note copilot.

Are visit recordings stored?

Audio is streamed for transcription, then immediately discarded — recordings are never stored.

How are clinical notes saved?

Clinical notes are optionally saved to the cloud using AWS KMS envelope encryption (AES-256-GCM).

How does Shepard protect clinical information?

Shepard is built with HIPAA safeguards and enterprise-grade security — AWS KMS envelope encryption (AES-256-GCM) at rest, TLS in transit, signed BAAs with AWS and OpenAI, and optional encrypted cloud note backup.