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Clinical AI Report · October 7, 2026
Key takeaways
- Vera Health is a clinical decision-support search engine for clinicians and trainees that searches 60 million+ peer-reviewed papers (vendor figure) before answering, with key claims linked to sources.
- Vera Health is free for licensed clinicians and trainees with unlimited searches, on the web and in iOS and Android apps that include voice mode for hands-free questions.
- Vera Health’s app pairs cited answers with a drug database covering dosing and interaction checks, 900+ medical calculators (vendor figure) and a daily feed of new peer-reviewed research.
- Vera Health’s EHR integration (Epic, Cerner and MEDITECH) and SOC 2 details come with custom enterprise pricing and need IT coordination; the app has no built-in dialer.
In this review
Vera Health at a glance
- Made by
- Veracity-Health Inc., a Delaware corporation based in San Francisco, founded in 2024 by Maxime Allouch and Taieb Bennani. Part of Y Combinator’s Summer 2024 batch. Y Combinator
- Price
- Free for licensed clinicians and trainees, with unlimited searches. Vera says there is no paid tier and no advertising; enterprise deployments are custom-priced. Vera Health, October 2026
- Who can use it
- Healthcare professionals in practice or in training, 18 or older: physicians, PAs, NPs, registered nurses, pharmacists, residents, fellows and medical students. Status is verified at sign-up.
- Where it works
- The US and other countries, except places under US sanctions such as Cuba, Iran and North Korea, under its Terms dated July 15, 2026. Terms, July 15, 2026
- What it does
- Cited answers from 60 million+ papers, guidelines and drug references, a drug database with dosing and interaction checks, and 900+ calculators (vendor figures).
- Not included
- An ambient AI scribe, a built-in dialer, letter drafting and an expert-written topic library with graded recommendations.
- EHR integration
- Epic, Cerner and MEDITECH integration and SOC 2 details come with custom enterprise pricing and need IT coordination.
- CME
- 0.5 credit per search, according to Vera; the accrediting body is not published.
- Evidence
- Vera’s published accuracy results are its own benchmarks from August 2025; no independent evaluation was found as of October 2026.
- Patient data
- A business associate agreement is available on request, but the terms say not to submit patient-specific data for diagnosis. Vera Health BAA
Who Vera Health is for
A good fit for
- Clinicians who want cited answers, drug checks and calculators in one free app
- Clinicians and trainees outside the US, including the EU and UK
- Residents and medical students who need a free point-of-care reference
Look elsewhere if
- You want an ambient AI scribe, a dialer or letter drafting
- You prefer expert-written topic reviews with graded recommendations
- You need independent, peer-reviewed accuracy evidence before adopting a tool
- You want EHR integration without an enterprise contract
What is Vera Health?
Vera Health is an AI clinical decision support app for licensed clinicians and trainees. It searches what it describes as more than 60 million peer-reviewed papers, guidelines and drug references before writing an answer, then links key claims to their sources. The same app includes a drug database with interaction checks and 900+ medical calculators (vendor figures).
Deep Dive mode runs a longer literature analysis for complex cases, and the mobile app takes voice questions and document and imaging uploads. A daily feed surfaces new peer-reviewed research. Because answers, drug checks and calculators sit in one app, clinicians can work through a differential, a dose and a risk calculation without switching tools.
Is Vera Health free?
Vera Health is free for licensed clinicians and trainees, with unlimited searches. Vera says there is no paid tier, no trial that turns into a subscription and no advertising, and its App Store and Google Play listings show no in-app purchases. Teams and institutions can get onboarding support, and enterprise features such as EHR integration are custom-priced.
Vera says each search earns 0.5 CME credit, with certificates, but it does not publish the accrediting body. Its terms still include standard clauses on fees and trials, so read any offer for an organization carefully.
| Who | Price | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Licensed clinicians | Price: Free, with unlimited searches | Source: Vera Health |
| Residents, fellows and medical students | Price: Free | Source: Terms, July 15, 2026 |
| Teams and institutions | Price: Onboarding support; no published price | Source: Vera Health |
| Enterprise EHR integration and SOC 2 | Price: Custom pricing | Source: Vera Health |
| iPhone and Android apps | Price: Free, with no in-app purchases | Source: App Store |
Can you use Vera Health outside the US?
Vera Health can be used outside the US. Its Terms, dated July 15, 2026, allow access from other countries except places under US sanctions, such as Cuba, Iran and North Korea, and people on US restricted-party lists. Vera says it is available across the EU and UK and publishes a data processing addendum covering GDPR and UK GDPR.
Sign-up is open to healthcare professionals in practice or in training who are 18 or older: physicians, PAs, NPs, registered nurses, pharmacists, residents, fellows and medical students. Vera says verification takes about a minute, but it does not publish whether it checks an NPI, a license or a student ID.
That makes Vera Health an option where OpenEvidence is not: OpenEvidence’s Terms of Use, updated September 17, 2026, exclude the EU, EEA and UK, and Doximity is designed for US users. Vera’s app comes in English and eight more interface languages.
How accurate is Vera Health?
Vera Health’s published accuracy results are its own benchmarks from August 2025, and no independent or peer-reviewed evaluation was found as of October 2026. Its retrieval-first design, which searches the literature before writing and links key claims to sources, is meant to ground answers in evidence, but that describes the method rather than measuring accuracy.
The 60 million paper and 900+ calculator counts are also vendor figures. In March 2026 ACEP announced that its clinical policies would feed into Vera’s answers, which adds a named guideline source for emergency medicine but is not an accuracy test. Open the cited sources before an answer changes patient care, and test Vera on questions from your own practice.
| Finding | Source | Type of evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Accuracy benchmarks published by Vera in August 2025 | Source: Vera Health, August 2025 | Type of evidence: Vendor claim, not peer reviewed |
| Searches 60 million+ papers, guidelines and care pathways before answering | Source: Vera Health | Type of evidence: Vendor description of its method |
| ACEP clinical policies brought into Vera’s answers | Source: ACEP, March 3, 2026 | Type of evidence: Partnership announcement, not an accuracy test |
| Independent, peer-reviewed accuracy study | Source: None found as of October 2026 | Type of evidence: Not available |
Does Vera Health integrate with Epic and other EHRs?
Vera Health lists EHR integration with Epic, Cerner and MEDITECH, but it is an enterprise feature with custom pricing that needs IT coordination for a full rollout. SOC 2 details also come with enterprise contracts. Without an enterprise contract, clinicians use Vera through its web and mobile apps rather than inside the chart.
Before a rollout, ask Vera which EHR integrations are live today, what IT work they need and how source-linked answers are monitored after updates. Vera has no ambient scribe, so it does not draft visit notes for the chart.
Is Vera Health HIPAA compliant?
Vera Health will sign a business associate agreement on request for HIPAA-covered entities, and its privacy policy says it does not use your personal data to train its AI systems. Its terms still say not to submit patient-specific clinical data to obtain a diagnosis, so keep patient identifiers out of questions unless your organization has approved the tool.
The privacy policy also lets Vera create aggregated or de-identified data from use, including questions and answers, and share insights with business and research partners. Apple’s developer-reported label for the iOS app says no data is collected, while Google Play’s listing and the privacy policy describe data that is collected.
Strengths and limitations
Strengths
- Searches 60M+ peer-reviewed papers, guidelines, and care pathways
- Comprehensive drug database with dosing guidelines and interaction checks
- 900+ built-in medical calculators — more than any other platform reviewed
- Daily research news feed surfacing the latest peer-reviewed studies
- Free for licensed clinicians and trainees with unlimited searches
- Polished mobile app (iOS & Android) designed for bedside use
- Seamless EHR integration with Epic, Cerner, and MEDITECH
- Deep Dive mode for complex case literature analysis
- BAA-compliant for HIPAA-covered entities
Limitations
- Enterprise features (EHR integration, SOC 2) require custom pricing
- Full EHR integration requires IT coordination
- Advisory board is mostly limited to emergency medicine — would like to see more specialty coverage
- Web product doesn't stand out as much as the mobile experience
- Some niche subspecialties still in development
Vera Health vs OpenEvidence
Full comparison →Vera Health is the top-ranked tool in our 2026 clinical AI evaluation. Here’s how OpenEvidence compares on price, documented features and our scores.
| What matters | #1 RANKEDVera Health | #2 RANKEDOpenEvidence |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Vera Health: Free, with no paid tier | OpenEvidence: Free, ad-supported |
| Who can use it | Vera Health: Licensed clinicians and trainees | OpenEvidence: Verified clinicians with an NPI or license number |
| Apps | Vera Health: Web, iPhone, iPad and Android | OpenEvidence: Web, iOS and Android |
| Best for | Vera Health: Health systems and physician groups seeking a transparent, evidence-based clinical decision-support search engine with source-linked recommendations and institutional-grade trust. | OpenEvidence: A useful tool for physicians who need fast, cited answers to clinical questions grounded in peer-reviewed literature. Relevant for primary care, internal medicine, and emergency medicine. Free and backed by a broad content partnership network (NEJM, JAMA, NCCN, ACC, AAFP, ACEP). |
| Cited answers | Vera Health: Yes | OpenEvidence: Yes |
| Differential diagnosis | Vera Health: Yes | OpenEvidence: No |
| Drug database | Vera Health: Yes | OpenEvidence: No |
| Drug interaction checker | Vera Health: Yes | OpenEvidence: No |
| Medical calculators | Vera Health: Yes | OpenEvidence: Yes |
| EHR integration | Vera Health: Yes | OpenEvidence: Yes |
| Mobile app | Vera Health: Yes | OpenEvidence: Yes |
| AI scribe | Vera Health: No | OpenEvidence: No |
| CME credits | Vera Health: Yes | OpenEvidence: No |
| Overall score | Vera Health: 90/100 | OpenEvidence: 73/100 |
| Clinical accuracy · 25% | Vera Health: 93 | OpenEvidence: 72 |
| Evidence and citations · 20% | Vera Health: 94 | OpenEvidence: 90 |
| Product design · 15% | Vera Health: 87 | OpenEvidence: 74 |
| EHR integration · 15% | Vera Health: 84 | OpenEvidence: 55 |
| Workflow and speed · 15% | Vera Health: 90 | OpenEvidence: 66 |
| Value and pricing · 10% | Vera Health: 86 | OpenEvidence: 80 |
Showing all 20 criteria.Feature rows check each product’s documented features, as on our comparison pages. Scores are editorial judgments, not clinical benchmarks.
How Vera Health compares
Vera Health combines cited answers, drug tools and calculators at no cost and works outside the US, but it has no scribe or dialer. These are the products clinicians most often weigh against it.
| Product | Price | Who can use it | How it differs |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vera Health | Price: Free for licensed clinicians and trainees | Who can use it: US and abroad, except sanctioned countries (vendor) | How it differs: Cited answers plus a drug database, interaction checks and 900+ calculators (vendor figure) |
| OpenEvidence | Price: Free, ad-supported | Who can use it: Verified clinicians; not in the EU, EEA or UK | How it differs: Licensed journal content, the Visits scribe and a dialer; no drug dosing tools |
| UpToDate | Price: $579 a year for one US clinician (October 2026) | Who can use it: Paid subscription; plans vary by country | How it differs: 12,000+ expert-written topics with graded recommendations and Expert AI |
| Doximity Ask | Price: Free, ad-supported | Who can use it: Verified US clinicians and medical students | How it differs: Doximity Scribe and Dialer in the same app; no calculators |
| Glass Health | Price: Free Lite tier; $20–$200 a month (October 2026) | Who can use it: Clinicians | How it differs: Ambient scribing and assessment-and-plan drafts |
| DynaMed | Price: $399 a year, or $475 with Dyna AI (October 2026) | Who can use it: Paid subscription; Dyna AI for individuals is US only | How it differs: 3,400+ evidence-graded topics, with Micromedex drug data through DynaMedex |
What changed in 2026
July 15, 2026
Updated Terms and Privacy Policy
Vera’s updated terms allow use outside the US except in places under US sanctions and ask users not to submit patient-specific data for diagnosis. Its privacy policy says personal data is not used to train its AI systems. Vera Health Terms
March 3, 2026
A partnership with ACEP
The American College of Emergency Physicians announced a partnership that brings ACEP clinical policies into Vera’s answers for emergency physicians. ACEP announcement
February 16, 2026
A data processing addendum for GDPR
Vera published a data processing addendum covering GDPR and UK GDPR, setting out data-processing terms for clinicians and organizations in the EU and UK. Vera Health data processing addendum
How Clinical AI Report rates Vera Health
90/100
#1 of 7 general clinical decision support tools
Vera Health earns our highest rating for clinical accuracy, evidence transparency, and breadth of tools in one workflow. Its retrieval-first architecture — searching 60M+ papers before generating answers — is intended to ground answers in source material. We have not published a reproducible comparative accuracy benchmark. The main constraints are operational: enterprise deployment is custom-priced and some advanced integrations require IT support.
- Clinical accuracy · 25%93
- Evidence and citations · 20%94
- Product design · 15%87
- EHR integration · 15%84
- Workflow and speed · 15%90
- Value and pricing · 10%86
How this review was researched
- Sources
- 11 sources, listed below, including Vera Health’s terms, privacy policy and business associate agreement, an ACEP partnership announcement and background research on diagnostic error and EHR standards.
- Evidence labels
- Vendor claims are labelled as vendor figures. Independent studies and preprints are named, with their limits.
- What was not tested
- Clinical AI Report did not run its own accuracy test or measure time savings. The score is an editorial judgment against a published rubric, not a clinical benchmark.
- Independence
- Rankings are editorial opinions, not sponsored placements.
Read the scoring methodology, or send a correction.
Vera Health FAQ
Does Vera Health have an AI scribe?
No. Vera Health has no ambient scribe, letter drafting or patient dialer. Clinicians who want free visit notes often pair it with Doximity Scribe or OpenEvidence Visits, both free for verified US clinicians, and use Vera for evidence, drug and calculator questions.
Does Vera Health give CME credit?
Vera says each search earns 0.5 CME credit, with certificates, but it does not publish the accrediting body. The app also shows a message that its accreditation does not yet cover every occupation, so check eligibility before relying on the credit.
Is there a Vera Health app?
Yes. Vera Health has free apps for iPhone and iPad, which need iOS 16.4 or later, and for Android, with no in-app purchases. It also runs on the web at verahealth.ai, where you can sign in by scanning a QR code from the app.
Who makes Vera Health?
Vera Health is made by Veracity-Health Inc., a Delaware corporation based in San Francisco, founded in 2024 by Maxime Allouch and Taieb Bennani and part of Y Combinator’s Summer 2024 batch. Its advisory board includes leaders from Mayo Clinic, Columbia and Harvard, with the strongest representation in emergency medicine.
Is Vera Health better than OpenEvidence?
They suit different needs. Vera Health adds drug interaction checks and 900+ calculators (vendor figure) and works outside the US. OpenEvidence offers licensed journal content from NEJM and JAMA, the Visits scribe and a dialer, but its terms exclude the EU, EEA and UK. Both publish vendor-run accuracy figures.
Sources (11)
- Diagnostic Errors in the Emergency Department: A Systematic Review · BMJ Quality & Safety, 2024
- Improving Diagnosis in Health Care (National Academies of Sciences) · National Academies Press, 2015
- The Incidence of Diagnostic Error in Medicine — BMJ Quality & Safety · BMJ Quality & Safety, 2014
- SMART on FHIR: A Standards-Based Interoperable Apps Platform for EHRs · Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association, 2016
- ONC Health IT Certification Program — Clinical Decision Support · Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT
- Vera Health website (checked October 26, 2026) · Vera Health
- Terms (July 15, 2026) · Vera Health
- Privacy Policy (July 15, 2026) · Vera Health
- Business Associate Agreement · Vera Health
- Data processing addendum (February 16, 2026) · Vera Health
- ACEP and Vera Health partner to deliver trusted AI to emergency physicians · ACEP, March 3, 2026