Tortus

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About Tortus

TORTUS is a UK-based clinical AI company that has developed the first ambient voice technology (AVT) certified as a UKCA Class IIa medical device. The company provides AI-powered clinical documentation solutions specifically designed for the NHS, automatically capturing and transcribing patient consultations while generating structured clinical notes, letters, and referrals in seconds. Founded in November 2022 by NHS doctors and engineers at Entrepreneur First, TORTUS has processed over 2.5 million consultations across 1,000+ NHS organisations and 50+ clinical settings, from emergency departments to mental health services. The platform features a proprietary clinical safety system called 'The Shell' that verifies every statement against the actual consultation, removing unsupported claims before clinicians review the notes - achieving a 92.7% hallucination detection rate. TORTUS integrates directly into major NHS electronic patient record (EPR) systems including Epic and Cerner, as well as X-On and Avaya telephony services. The company's technology has been validated through Europe's largest ambient-voice evaluation, involving 9 clinical sites and 17,000+ patients, demonstrating a 23.5% increase in direct patient care time and 13.4% productivity gain in emergency departments. These results contributed to the UK Government NHS Ten Year Plan for AVT. TORTUS serves NHS trusts, ambulance services, GP practices, and healthcare technology partners through both direct deployment and an SDK that enables other healthcare software providers to embed ambient voice capabilities into their products.

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Mission. To eliminate human error in medicine. Medicine should be as safe as aviation, every single time. We believe AI, used carefully and proven rigorously, is the path to get there.