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announced $15 million across seed and Series A rounds. The Pittsburgh-based company鈥檚 new app connects doctors and patients so those seeking treatment clearly understand their doctor鈥檚 guidance.

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and hospital partner led the round and were joined by ,,聽and a group of angel investors that included , and .

The investment included $5 million in seed and $10 million in Series A funding, , M.D., co-founder and CEO of Abridge, told 附近上门 News.

鈥淲e鈥檙e thrilled to support Abridge鈥檚 mission to help people better understand and follow through on their health,鈥� said , partner at Union Square Ventures, in a written statement. 鈥淎s part of our investment thesis, we back trusted brands like Abridge to broaden access to wellbeing. We believe Abridge can create new trusted relationships between people and their doctors.鈥�

Rao, a cardiologist, left his practice in March 2018 to start Abridge with , co-founder and CTO.

鈥淥ur vision is to bring compassion and confidence to people鈥檚 doctor鈥檚 visits,鈥� Rao said.

The new capital will be used to grow the company鈥檚 team in the areas of engineering and product development. It will also go toward research and continued improvement of the company鈥檚 machine-learning technology and product, Konam said in an interview.

Prior to its launch, Abridge worked with 50,000 people and found that 59 percent said they forget 40 percent of the details and instructions from conversations they had with doctors, such as what they should do next.

Through the app, users can record their health conversations during a doctor鈥檚 appointment. Abridge then uses machine learning to provide users with a transcript of those conversations, even defining certain words that are among its more than 400,000-term index provided by the .

Based on the doctor鈥檚 follow-up plans, the app will identify and highlight next steps in care, like prescription instructions or follow-up appointments. Abridge has partnered with to outline what possible medications might cost, Rao said.

There is also a new feature called 鈥�1-877-Abridge,鈥� which enables a patient to call a family member through the app and still record the conversation.

鈥淧eople can listen instead of taking notes, so there is more clarity on what to do,鈥� Rao said. 鈥淭his is like a second pair of ears for patients, especially if they get a difficult diagnosis for the first time.鈥�

Photo of Abridge co-founders Sandeep Konam and Shiv Rao and app courtesy of Abridge.
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