6 AI agents. 7 FHIR write-back types. Every click from note to immunization — automated. That is what happens when you connect DeepCura to eClinicalWorks.
Most AI scribes listen to your encounter and hand you a note to copy-paste. That is one step. DeepCura deploys 6 specialized AI agents that handle the entire encounter workflow — and write everything directly back into eClinicalWorks via FHIR R4:
- ✓AI Scribe — generates a 14-section HL7 clinical note, delivered as a full ORU^R01 message
- ✓Diagnoses — extracts problems, maps to ICD-10 + SNOMED severity, pushes to the chart
- ✓Allergies — captures allergens with criticality levels, validates SNOMED CT codes
- ✓Medications — new prescriptions via MedicationRequest + reconciliation via MedicationStatement
- ✓Lab Orders — LOINC-coded ServiceRequests with clinical justification
- ✓Immunizations — CVX codes with site, route, dose, and lot tracking
At 20 patients a day, that is ~1,500 clicks eliminated — roughly 4-5 hours of data entry, gone. eCW's Prism AI handles about 1 of these 6 workflow steps. DeepCura handles all of them.
If you are searching for the best AI scribe for eClinicalWorks, this guide covers exactly how each agent works, what Prism AI does and does not do, and how to evaluate whether a dedicated eClinicalWorks AI scribe is worth the investment for your practice.
This guide was last updated in March 2026 with the AI Pre-Chart Synopsis, automatic patient data import, and multiplayer team scheduling features. All technical claims are based on DeepCura's production eClinicalWorks FHIR R4 integration. Pricing reflects current publicly available information.
Watch: Full eClinicalWorks Integration Demo
See all 6 AI agents working inside an eClinicalWorks encounter — from note generation through immunization recording — in under 10 minutes.

Why Finding the Best AI Scribe for eClinicalWorks Is So Hard
The typical AI medical scribe workflow with eClinicalWorks looks like this: the scribe listens to the encounter, generates a SOAP note, and the clinician copies it into eCW. That is essentially a voice-to-text tool with a clipboard. It saves time on the note itself, but it does nothing for the 80% of the encounter workflow that happens after the note is written — diagnoses, allergies, medications, lab orders, and immunizations.
eCW Prism AI, eClinicalWorks' own built-in AI assistant, improves on this by offering basic ambient dictation capabilities. But it stops there. There is no structured diagnosis management, no allergy write-back, no medication order entry, no lab ordering, and no immunization recording. For a platform that supports FHIR R4, Prism AI leaves most of the automation opportunity on the table.
The eClinicalWorks challenge goes deeper than most EHR integrations. Delivering notes into eCW requires constructing a full HL7 v2 ORU^R01 message — a complex clinical messaging format with 14 mandatory sections including MSH, PID, OBR, and OBX segments. The note content must be Base64-encoded and wrapped in a FHIR DocumentReference resource. Most AI scribes cannot construct this message format, which is why they fall back to copy-paste workflows.
DeepCura is the only AI scribe platform with full bidirectional eClinicalWorks FHIR R4 write-back across all six workflow stages. It does not just generate a note and hand it off — it processes the encounter through 6 specialized AI agents, validates every output against medical coding standards, and pushes structured data directly into the correct eCW chart fields. No copy-paste. No manual data entry. No switching between screens. For a detailed comparison of how other AI scribes handle EHR integration, see our Best AI Medical Scribes in 2026 ranking, our Freed AI review, and our Heidi Health review.
The 6 AI Agents
DeepCura's eClinicalWorks integration uses a multi-agent architecture — 6 specialized AI agents that each handle one stage of the clinical workflow. Each agent runs on GPT-4.1 with streaming server-sent events (SSE) for real-time output, and every agent includes a 3-stage validation pipeline: AI extraction, coding standard cross-reference, and clinician confirmation before any data is written to the chart.
Here is what each agent does and why it matters for eClinicalWorks users.
1. AI Scribe — 14-Section HL7 Clinical Note
The AI Scribe agent captures the ambient encounter audio and generates a comprehensive clinical note with 14 structured sections: Chief Complaints, Allergies, History of Present Illness, Medical History, Surgical History, Hospitalization History, Family History, Social History, Review of Systems, Physical Exam, Treatment Plan, Assessment, Procedures, and Patient Education.
What makes this different from every other AI scribe on the market: DeepCura constructs a full HL7 v2 ORU^R01 message for note delivery into eClinicalWorks. This is not a simple text dump into a free-text field. The ORU^R01 message includes properly formatted MSH (message header), PID (patient identification), OBR (observation request), and OBX (observation result) segments. The clinical note content is Base64-encoded and delivered as a FHIR DocumentReference resource, which eCW processes and routes each section into the correct chart area.
This per-section delivery means the Chief Complaint appears in the Chief Complaint field, the Assessment appears in the Assessment field, and so on — preserving eCW's native chart structure rather than dumping everything into a single progress note box.
2. Problem and Diagnosis Management
The Problem and Diagnosis agent extracts every clinical problem and diagnosis mentioned during the encounter and maps each one to both ICD-10-CM codes and SNOMED CT severity levels (Mild, Moderate, or Severe). Each condition is categorized as either an encounter-diagnosis (relevant to this visit only) or a problem-list-item (ongoing chronic condition).
The agent also suggests additional diagnoses based on the patient's current medication list, lab results, and clinical context. For example, if a patient is on metformin and their most recent HbA1c is 7.8%, the agent will suggest Type 2 Diabetes (E11.9) if it is not already on the problem list. Each suggestion includes a confidence score so the provider can make an informed decision.
This two-tier approach — explicit problems plus AI-suggested conditions — catches diagnoses that might otherwise be missed during a busy clinic day.

3. Allergy Management
The Allergy agent extracts every allergen mentioned during the encounter — medications, foods, and environmental factors — along with SNOMED CT substance codes, criticality levels (low, high, or unable-to-assess), and reaction types.
This is critical for patient safety. Manual allergy entry in eClinicalWorks is error-prone — clinicians often enter free-text descriptions that do not trigger drug interaction alerts. By mapping allergens to standardized SNOMED CT codes and assigning proper criticality levels, the agent ensures that every allergy entry works with eCW's built-in clinical decision support and drug interaction checking.
Each allergy is categorized by type — food, medication, or environment — and pushed to eCW as a structured FHIR AllergyIntolerance resource with all required fields populated.
4. Medications — Prescriptions and Reconciliation
The Medications agent handles two distinct FHIR resource types: MedicationRequest for new prescriptions and MedicationStatement for medication reconciliation. This dual approach ensures that new orders and existing medication updates are handled through the correct eCW workflows.
Every medication is coded using RxNorm codes exclusively. This is a deliberate technical decision — eClinicalWorks returns error code 2027 when NDC (National Drug Code) identifiers are used for medication write-back. RxNorm codes are the only reliable coding system for eCW's FHIR medication endpoints.
Each prescription includes the medication name, RxNorm code, dosage instructions, route of administration, and frequency. Medication reconciliation entries include the current status (active, completed, stopped) and any dosage changes detected during the encounter.

5. Lab and Imaging Orders
The Lab Orders agent extracts every lab test and imaging study mentioned during the encounter and creates FHIR ServiceRequest resources with LOINC codes. Each order includes clinical justification text, which eCW uses for insurance pre-authorization workflows.
The agent includes confidence scoring to prevent false positives. A clearly stated "let's get a CBC and lipid panel" gets a high confidence score and is ready for one-click confirmation. A tentative "we might want to consider an MRI" gets a lower score and is flagged for provider review. This prevents accidental order placement from casual mentions during the encounter.
6. Immunization Records
The Immunization agent captures every vaccination administered during the encounter and creates FHIR Immunization resources with CDC-maintained CVX (vaccine administered) codes. Each record includes:
- ✓Site codes — Left Arm (LA), Right Arm (RA), Left Thigh (LT), Right Thigh (RT)
- ✓Route codes — Intramuscular (IM), Subcutaneous (SQ), Nasal Inhalation (NASINHLC)
- ✓Dose quantity and unit of measure
- ✓Lot number for tracking and recall purposes
This level of detail is particularly valuable for pediatric practices, where immunization tracking and reporting to state registries is a significant administrative burden.

NEW: AI Pre-Chart Synopsis — Know Every Patient Before You Walk In
Most AI scribes help you after the encounter. DeepCura now helps you before it starts.
When you click Import Patient Chart from the calendar, DeepCura pulls the patient's full Consolidated Clinical Document (C-CDA) from eClinicalWorks — every encounter, every diagnosis, every medication change, every lab result — and generates a longitudinal patient synopsis organized the way physicians actually think: by diagnosis, not by visit date.
No more clicking through 30 encounters to piece together a patient's story. The synopsis threads each problem from initial presentation through current treatment in a single narrative — the same mental chart review you would do manually, done instantly.
What the Synopsis Looks Like
Here is an actual synopsis generated from a real eClinicalWorks patient with 19 encounters across 10 active diagnoses:
Amanda Christensen, 42-year-old Female
First seen: 08/29/2024 Last seen: 08/26/2025
1. Complex posttraumatic stress disorder (F43.10)
Ms. Christensen initially presented on 08/29/2024 with a significant history of physical, emotional, and mental abuse from her mother beginning at an early age. She had been in therapy for 10 years until her therapist stopped practicing during COVID. Clonidine 0.1 mg at bedtime was initiated for nightmares and hypervigilance-related sleep disturbance. By 10/29/2024, following her sister's death, she developed grief symptoms that impacted overall functioning and medication adherence. Throughout 2025, she demonstrated gradual improvement in trauma processing, with 06/17/2025 notes indicating "a trend toward improvement in her reaction to triggers and increased ability to process feelings without avoidance." Current plan: continue clonidine as needed, monitor grief processing, consider therapy referral when financially feasible.
2. Reactive hypoglycemia (E16.1)
Presented on 08/29/2024 with a history of pre-diabetes and symptoms consistent with hypoglycemia. Mixed-meal tolerance tests conducted on 09/12/2024, 11/09/2024, 12/07/2024, and 02/01/2025 revealed significant postprandial hyperinsulinemia with glucose levels dropping below fasting at 60-90 minutes. Initial management with acarbose 25 mg was switched to miglitol 50 mg with meals, titrated to 75 mg. Blood sugar control remained challenging due to inconsistent eating patterns and financial constraints affecting food access. Current plan: miglitol 50 mg (1.5 tablets) three times daily with meals; continue dietary counseling with focus on accessible food options; monitor with repeat MMTT as needed.
3. ADHD, combined type (F90.2)
Longstanding symptoms with school reports of "understands the material but talks too much." Previously avoided stimulants due to anxiety concerns. Started on Adderall XR 10 mg daily on 08/29/2024 with rapid improvement — by 09/12/2024 reported "a lot of my anxiety went away" with reduced impulsivity and better focus. Medication adherence inconsistent throughout course, particularly during periods of work stress. Current plan: amphetamine-dextroamphetamine ER 10 mg daily; counseled on consistent daily use to support management of eating disorder and reactive hypoglycemia.
[...continues for all 10 diagnoses, followed by Past Medical History, Past Surgical History, Current Medications table, and Allergies]
This is how physicians think about patients. Not "what happened on visit #7" but "what is the story of this patient's PTSD, and what are we doing about it now?" The synopsis makes every follow-up visit feel like you have been seeing the patient for years — even if it is your first time.
What Powers the Synopsis
The synopsis is not a simple text summary. DeepCura's CCDA parser extracts and deduplicates 14 clinical sections from the eClinicalWorks C-CDA document:
- ✓Problems — active diagnoses with ICD-10 codes and onset dates
- ✓Encounter Assessments — the per-encounter clinical narrative (deduplicated — eCW duplicates the same note across every diagnosis in a visit, inflating the document 3-6x; our parser compresses it back down)
- ✓H&P Notes — history of present illness narratives per visit
- ✓Progress Notes — physical exam findings per visit
- ✓Medications, Allergies, Immunizations, Social History, Procedures, Plan of Treatment — complete longitudinal record
The AI then threads each diagnosis across encounters chronologically — synthesizing months or years of clinical history into the narrative format physicians use when discussing patients with colleagues.
Also New: Automatic Patient Data Import
When you start an encounter from the calendar, DeepCura now automatically imports:
- ✓Date of birth — displayed on the schedule card and stored on the patient record (no manual entry)
- ✓Email address — pulled from eCW's Patient telecom data, enabling referral letters, patient instructions, and prior authorization workflows
- ✓Phone number — normalized to US format for SMS and call workflows
Previously, this data required manual entry. Now it flows automatically from eClinicalWorks the moment you click Start AI Scribe.
Multiplayer Mode: Team-Based Scheduling
MAs and PAs can now view their physician's eClinicalWorks schedule — and physicians can view their team's schedule — directly from DeepCura's calendar. Permissions are managed through DeepCura departments:
- ✓MAs/PAs see the physician's encounter list and can start charting before the provider enters the room
- ✓Physicians see which patients their MA has already started, with real-time "last accessed by" tracking
- ✓Any department member can start, continue, or finish a patient chart — the encounter context is shared automatically
This means the MA can import the patient's chart, start the AI scribe, and have the synopsis ready before the physician walks in. The physician picks up where the MA left off — same patient record, same EHR context, zero handoff friction.
eCW Prism AI vs DeepCura: Head-to-Head
If you are comparing every eClinicalWorks AI scribe option available in 2026, this is the head-to-head breakdown.
| Capability | eCW Prism AI (Built-in) | DeepCura ($129/mo total) |
|---|---|---|
| Ambient AI Scribing | Yes | Yes |
| Note Generation | Yes (unstructured) | Yes (14-section HL7 v2) |
| Push Notes to eCW | Basic (single field) | Yes (per-section HL7 ORU^R01) |
| Problem/Diagnosis Push | No | Yes (ICD-10 + SNOMED) |
| Allergy Management | No | Yes (SNOMED + criticality) |
| Medication Orders | No | Yes (RxNorm) |
| Medication Reconciliation | No | Yes (MedicationStatement) |
| Lab/Imaging Orders | No | Yes (LOINC) |
| Immunization Records | No | Yes (CVX + site/route) |
| AI-Suggested Diagnoses | No | Yes |
| FHIR R4 Write-back | No | Yes (7 resource types) |
| AI Pre-Chart Synopsis | No | Yes (diagnosis-organized longitudinal narrative) |
| Auto-Import DOB/Email/Phone | No | Yes (from FHIR Patient resource) |
| Team Schedule Sharing | No | Yes (department-based MA/PA access) |
| Workflow Automation Score | 1/6 | 6/6 + pre-chart + multiplayer |
Prism AI is a reasonable starting point for practices that only need basic ambient scribing and are satisfied with eClinicalWorks' native documentation workflow. But for practices that want to automate the full encounter — from clinical notes through immunization recording — it covers roughly 15% of the opportunity.
How Many Clicks Does This Actually Save?
We measured the manual click count for a typical primary care encounter in eClinicalWorks across every workflow stage:
- ✓Note documentation: 20-25 clicks (section navigation, field entry, template selection)
- ✓Problem/diagnosis entry: 8-10 clicks per diagnosis (search, select, confirm, set severity)
- ✓Allergy updates: 5-8 clicks per allergen (search, select, set criticality, confirm)
- ✓Medication orders: 10-12 clicks per medication (search, select, dosage, route, frequency, sign)
- ✓Lab/imaging orders: 8-10 clicks per order (search, select, justification, sign)
- ✓Immunization recording: 6-8 clicks per vaccine (search, select, site, route, lot, confirm)
Total: approximately 70-90 clicks per patient encounter.
At 20 patients per day, that is roughly 1,500 clicks — the equivalent of 4-5 hours spent on data entry rather than patient care. Over a year, that adds up to approximately 1,000 hours of administrative work.
At an average physician compensation rate of $300/hour, those 1,000 hours represent $300,000 in annual opportunity cost. Even recovering 50% of that time through automation delivers $150,000 in value — for a tool that costs $1,548/year ($129/month total).
Pricing
DeepCura for eClinicalWorks costs $129/month total. This includes the $50/month integration fee charged by eClinicalWorks for FHIR API access — you pay one price and get everything.
The plan includes 1,000 credits, which supports approximately 15-20 patient encounters per day for a typical primary care provider. High-volume practices or those using more credit-intensive features (multi-agent processing across all 6 agents) may see slightly higher usage.
For context, here is how that compares:
- ✓eCW Prism AI: Included with eClinicalWorks subscription, but limited to basic ambient scribing — no structured diagnosis management, no medication orders, no lab ordering, no immunization recording
- ✓Freed AI: $39-$119/month tiered pricing — no native eClinicalWorks FHIR integration, no structured write-back
- ✓Nuance DAX Copilot: Custom pricing (typically $200-400/month), strong ambient scribing but limited workflow automation beyond notes
- ✓DeepCura: $129/month total (includes $50/month eCW FHIR fee) for 6 AI agents with full eClinicalWorks FHIR R4 bidirectional integration
The value proposition is straightforward: at $129/month total — less than most competitors offering ambient-only scribing — DeepCura automates 6x more of the workflow.
Start with a free trial to see all 6 agents in action with your own eClinicalWorks environment. No credit card required. Sign up at app.deepcura.com/register.
Getting Started: Connect eCW to DeepCura
Most of DeepCura's eClinicalWorks integration features are available instantly after you connect your eCW account — no waiting, no meetings, no approval queues. The only feature that requires a one-time coordination step with the eClinicalWorks team is pushing clinical notes (the HL7 ORU^R01 write-back). Everything else works the moment your OAuth connection is live.
What Works Instantly (Day 1)
As soon as you connect your eClinicalWorks account to DeepCura, these features are ready to use:
- ✓Schedule sync — your eCW appointment calendar syncs automatically, giving you patient context before every encounter
- ✓Prechart summaries — DeepCura pulls the patient's stored EHR data (problems, medications, allergies, labs, immunizations, encounter history) and generates an AI-powered prechart summary so you walk into every visit prepared
- ✓Pushing problems and diagnoses — ICD-10 + SNOMED-coded conditions write directly to the patient's problem list
- ✓Pushing allergies — SNOMED CT-coded allergens with criticality levels write to the allergy section
- ✓Pushing medications — RxNorm-coded prescriptions (MedicationRequest) and reconciliation (MedicationStatement) write to the medication list
- ✓Pushing lab and imaging orders — LOINC-coded ServiceRequests with clinical justification
- ✓Pushing immunizations — CVX-coded vaccine records with site, route, dose, and lot tracking
That is 5 out of 6 AI agents fully operational on day one. The AI Scribe agent still generates your 14-section clinical note instantly — you just review and confirm it within DeepCura until note push-back is enabled.
What Requires the One-Time eCW Meeting: Note Push-Back
Pushing the completed clinical note into eClinicalWorks as a structured HL7 v2 ORU^R01 message requires a one-time mapping meeting with eClinicalWorks' FHIR integration team. This meeting establishes how DeepCura's 14 note sections map to your specific eCW chart template fields — ensuring each section (Chief Complaint, HPI, Assessment, Plan, Physical Exam, etc.) routes to the correct location in your chart.
DeepCura's team coordinates this meeting on your behalf. It is typically a 30-minute call, done once, and after that note push-back works automatically with no further meetings or eCW support tickets needed.
While waiting for the mapping meeting, you have two options:
- ✓Option A (recommended): Review your AI-generated notes in DeepCura and click the cloud icon to push them once the deep note push is configured.
- ✓Option B (immediate): Use eCW's Scribe-It page to paste notes manually. DeepCura has a pre-built eCW-compatible note template that formats your AI-generated notes to match the Scribe-It structure — just import the template, generate your note, and paste it into the Scribe-It page in eCW. Contact our support team for the template link.
Activate FHIR APIs in eClinicalWorks (IT Admin)
Your IT administrator or eCW admin user will need to enable the integration inside eClinicalWorks:
- ✓Go to Admin > Product Activation in your eCW instance.
- ✓Scroll to FHIR APIs and click Settings.
- ✓Under Provider Centric Apps, click Setup and enter the DeepCura activation code:
7e760cdae0c34b94 - ✓Click Add, then Continue, then Approve.
- ✓The request will show as Pending — contact DeepCura support (via the in-app chat or email) so we can approve it on our end. This is a one-time step.
- ✓Once approved, return to FHIR APIs → Provider Centric Apps, find DeepCura in the list, and click Activate — select all permission checkboxes and click Next.
- ✓Critical — Go to App Configuration and enable each specific provider who will use DeepCura. See the warning below — skipping this step is the #1 setup failure we see.
The #1 Setup Mistake: Skipping "App Configure" for Each Provider
After activating DeepCura in Product Activation, you must also go to App Configuration and explicitly enable each provider who will use the integration. This is a separate step that many admins miss.
If you skip this step, the provider will see a "FHIR App not enabled for this user" error when they try to connect their eClinicalWorks account to DeepCura. The integration will not work — no schedule sync, no prechart summaries, no write-back, nothing.
How to fix it: Go back to Admin > Product Activation > FHIR APIs > Settings, then click App Configuration (not just Activate). Select each provider by name and grant them access to the DeepCura app. Once enabled, the provider can immediately log in and connect without any further steps.
This is a per-provider setting — if your practice has 5 providers, all 5 must be individually enabled in App Configuration. Activating the product at the practice level is not enough.
Connect DeepCura to Your eCW Instance
- ✓Sign up at app.deepcura.com/register — free trial, no credit card required.
- ✓In the DeepCura dashboard, go to Settings > EHR and select eClinicalWorks as your EHR system.
- ✓Enter your Practice ID — this is your eClinicalWorks practice identifier (a 6-digit code). See below if you are not sure where to find it.
- ✓Click Submit — you will be prompted to log into your eClinicalWorks account to complete the OAuth authorization.
- ✓Click Continue and Approve on the authorization windows, and the connection is live.
Can't find your Practice ID? Try one of these:
- ✓Contact eCW Support (fastest) — ask your eCW representative: "Can you provide our practice's 6-digit OEM/Practice Code for third-party integrations?" They can retrieve it immediately.
- ✓Check Support Tickets — if you have ever opened integration tickets, search for terms like "OEM Code," "Practice Code," or "Interface Code" in the ticket notes.
- ✓Contact DeepCura — reach out via the in-app chat and we will provide your practice code directly.
Once connected, tokens auto-refresh so you never need to re-authenticate. Schedule sync, prechart summaries, and all structured data write-back (problems, allergies, medications, labs, immunizations) work immediately. Note push-back activates after the one-time eCW mapping meeting is completed.
Who Is This For?
DeepCura's eClinicalWorks integration is the strongest fit for these practice profiles:
- ✓Primary care providers on eClinicalWorks who spend 2+ hours per day on documentation and data entry beyond the clinical encounter itself.
- ✓Multi-provider practices where consistency in documentation, coding, and order entry across providers is a priority. The AI agents enforce consistent workflows regardless of individual provider habits.
- ✓Pediatric practices where immunization volume is high and the manual vaccine recording workflow in eCW consumes significant staff time. The Immunization agent with CVX codes, site tracking, and lot numbers automates the entire process.
- ✓Clinicians frustrated with Prism AI's scope who have tried eCW's built-in AI assistant and found that it handles basic dictation but leaves everything else — diagnoses, medications, labs, allergies — completely manual.
- ✓Chronic disease management practices where patients have complex medication lists, multiple active diagnoses, and frequent lab orders. The multi-agent approach handles all of these workflows simultaneously rather than requiring manual entry for each.
For providers using other EHR systems, DeepCura also integrates with athenahealth, Epic, AdvancedMD, OptiMantra, and Veradigm. For athenahealth users specifically, see our athenahealth AI Scribe guide which covers the 8 AI agents available for that platform. For AdvancedMD users, see our AdvancedMD AI Scribe guide covering 5 AI agents with direct write-back. For international and multilingual practices evaluating alternatives, see our Heidi Health review. For a broader look at AI tools for clinical practice, see our guides to the Best ChatGPT for Doctors and the Best AI Medical Receptionist.
See DeepCura in Action
Watch the full platform demo to see how DeepCura handles ambient scribing, AI chat, patient management, and EHR integration across all supported systems.

Frequently Asked Questions
Does DeepCura integrate with eClinicalWorks?
Yes. DeepCura has a full bidirectional integration with eClinicalWorks — over 2,000 lines of dedicated FHIR R4 integration code covering clinical notes, diagnoses, allergies, medications, lab orders, and immunizations. Data flows both directions: DeepCura reads patient context from eCW and writes structured clinical data back into the appropriate eCW chart fields. This is not a copy-paste integration — it is direct FHIR R4 write-back into eClinicalWorks' native data structures.
What is the best AI scribe for eClinicalWorks?
For practices that want automation beyond basic ambient scribing, DeepCura is the most comprehensive AI scribe for eClinicalWorks. It is the only platform with 6 specialized AI agents that cover the full encounter workflow — from HL7 v2 clinical notes through immunization recording — with direct FHIR R4 write-back. Prism AI is a reasonable free option for basic dictation, but it covers approximately 15% of the total workflow automation opportunity. For a full comparison of AI scribes, see our Best AI Medical Scribes in 2026 ranking.
Is eCW Prism AI a good AI scribe?
Prism AI is a competent basic ambient dictation tool for practices that only need note generation. Its main advantage is that it is included with the eClinicalWorks subscription, so there is no separate app or additional cost. However, Prism AI is limited to basic dictation — it does not automate diagnosis entry, allergy management, medication orders, lab ordering, or immunization recording. For practices that want broader workflow automation, Prism AI covers roughly 1 out of 6 workflow steps.
How much does DeepCura cost for eClinicalWorks users?
DeepCura costs $129 per month total for eClinicalWorks users. This includes the $50/month integration fee charged by eClinicalWorks for FHIR API access — you pay one price and get everything. The plan includes all 6 AI agents, full FHIR R4 write-back, and 1,000 credits supporting approximately 15-20 patients per day. A free trial is available with no credit card required.
Can DeepCura push notes directly into eClinicalWorks?
Yes. DeepCura constructs a full HL7 v2 ORU^R01 message with 14 structured sections and delivers it to eClinicalWorks as a Base64-encoded FHIR DocumentReference. Each section — Chief Complaint, HPI, Assessment, Plan, Physical Exam, and more — routes to the corresponding field in the eCW chart. This preserves eCW's native chart structure and is fundamentally different from pasting text into a single progress note field.
Does DeepCura handle medication reconciliation for eCW?
Yes. The Medications agent handles two distinct FHIR resource types: MedicationRequest for new prescriptions and MedicationStatement for medication reconciliation. This means both new medication orders and updates to existing medications (dose changes, discontinuations, continuations) are processed through the correct eCW workflows. All medications use RxNorm codes exclusively — eCW returns error code 2027 when NDC codes are used.
How does DeepCura compare to Freed AI for eClinicalWorks?
Freed AI is an ambient-only AI scribe that does not integrate with eClinicalWorks beyond copy-paste workflows. It generates notes from encounter audio, but the clinician must manually copy the note into eCW and handle all downstream tasks (diagnoses, medications, labs, allergies, immunizations) manually. DeepCura automates all of these steps with direct FHIR R4 write-back into eClinicalWorks. For a detailed comparison, see our Freed AI review and our DeepCura vs Freed AI breakdown.
Do all features work immediately after connecting eClinicalWorks?
Almost all of them — yes. Schedule sync, prechart summaries from your stored EHR data, and pushing problems, allergies, medications, lab orders, and immunizations all work instantly on day one. The only feature that requires an additional step is pushing clinical notes into eCW, which needs a one-time mapping meeting with the eClinicalWorks FHIR team (typically 30 minutes, coordinated by DeepCura). Your AI-generated notes are still available immediately — you just review them in DeepCura until note push-back is enabled.
Why am I seeing "FHIR App not enabled for this user" when trying to connect?
This means your eClinicalWorks admin activated DeepCura at the practice level but did not enable your specific provider account in App Configuration. Activating the product in Product Activation is not enough — the admin must also go to App Configuration and explicitly grant access to each provider who will use DeepCura. Once your admin enables your provider account there, the error disappears and you can connect immediately.
What is the AI Pre-Chart Synopsis?
The AI Pre-Chart Synopsis is a longitudinal patient summary generated from the patient's complete eClinicalWorks C-CDA record. When you click "Import Patient Chart" from the calendar, DeepCura parses the patient's entire clinical history — every encounter, diagnosis, medication, lab result, and procedure — and generates a narrative organized by diagnosis, not by visit date. Each diagnosis section threads the clinical story from initial presentation through current treatment plan, including specific dates, medication changes, and lab values. It is the same chart review a physician does mentally before walking into a follow-up visit, but generated instantly from the structured EHR data.
Can MAs and PAs see the physician's eClinicalWorks schedule in DeepCura?
Yes. DeepCura's department-based scheduling allows any team member in the same department to view each other's eClinicalWorks schedules. MAs can see the physician's encounter list, start charting and import patient data before the provider enters the room, and the physician picks up where the MA left off. Encounter context — including the EHR patient link, DOB, email, and phone — is shared automatically between department members. Permissions are managed through DeepCura's department settings, not through eClinicalWorks.
Does DeepCura automatically import patient DOB, email, and phone from eClinicalWorks?
Yes. When you click "Start AI Scribe" from the calendar, DeepCura automatically reads the patient's date of birth, email address, and phone number from the eCW FHIR Patient resource and stores them on the patient record. DOB is also displayed on the schedule card to help distinguish patients with similar names. Previously, this data required manual entry — now it flows automatically from eClinicalWorks.
Is DeepCura HIPAA compliant?
Yes. DeepCura is fully HIPAA compliant and provides a Business Associate Agreement (BAA) to all covered entities. All data — including encounter audio, generated notes, and eClinicalWorks FHIR API communications — is encrypted in transit (TLS 1.2+) and at rest (AES-256). The platform maintains SOC 2-aligned security practices and undergoes regular security assessments. Audio recordings are processed in real-time and are not stored after note generation is complete.
Final Verdict
Prism AI is a fine starting point — it is included with eClinicalWorks and handles basic ambient dictation. But for practices that want to automate the full encounter workflow, Prism AI covers roughly 15% of the opportunity.
DeepCura covers 100% — making it the best AI scribe for eClinicalWorks in 2026. Six specialized AI agents handle every stage from HL7 v2 clinical notes through immunization recording, with direct FHIR R4 write-back across 7 resource types that eliminates manual data entry. At $129/month total (includes the $50 eCW integration fee) — less than most ambient-only AI scribes — it automates 6x more of the workflow and saves approximately 70-90 clicks per patient encounter.
If you are running your practice on eClinicalWorks and spending hours per day on documentation and data entry, the math is straightforward. Start a free trial and see all 6 agents in action with your own eCW environment.
For more on AI-powered clinical documentation, explore our AI Medical Scribe platform overview and our Best AI Medical Scribes in 2026 comprehensive comparison.
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