Half an hour of paperwork reduced to just a few minutes. Sweden’s premier newspaper Svenska Dagbladet recently reported how Swedish doctors at Aleris are using Tandem’s AI scribe to transform their care delivery.

With adoption accelerating across Europe, Tandem is quickly moving from innovation to standard practice in healthcare.

A doctor’s invisible colleague

The article followed senior physician Anders Rehnström during a home visit with a cancer patient. While listening to the patient’s heart and lungs, Tandem’s microphone quietly captured the conversation. By the time Rehnström returned to his desk, the patient’s note was already written and ready for review.

What used to take half an hour now takes just a few minutes. The time saved means more home visits, less stress, and more focus on patients.

As Anders himself put it:

“This afternoon I’ll be able to do another home visit. Normally I wouldn’t have had the time, since I would’ve needed to sit down and write this out.”

Why this matters

Paperwork is overwhelming doctors. Look at the data, and the problem becomes undeniable:

• Doctors spend up to 40% of their working hours on administrative tasks, taking time away from patient care (US Survey, 2020).
• 75% of clinicians say documentation is too time-consuming, and 64% say it harms the quality of patient interaction (Tandem Health report, Time to Care, 2025).
• Swedish doctors report working 5+ hours of overtime every week just to keep up (Swedish Medical Association, 2024).

AI scribes like Tandem help turn this around. Clinicians get back up to two hours every day, patients feel heard, and notes are completed immediately while details are still fresh.

A growing global movement

Svenska Dagbladet also pointed out that automated medical documentation is one of the fastest growing areas of healthcare AI. Investments in this field more than doubled in the past year, with Tandem expanding across nine European markets and recently raising €40 million to accelerate our growth.

The article made clear that AI isn’t about replacing doctors, but about giving them back time to focus on what matters most.

The patient perspective

The article closed with a candid reflection from a patient:

“If I get a note on something Anders has written here… how the hell am I supposed to read it? Doctors are very skilled at what they do, but they sure can’t write!”

It’s a reminder that accuracy and clarity in medical notes matter not just for doctors, but for patients and colleagues too. With AI scribes, records are not only faster to produce but even easier to trust and understand.

That’s the impact we care most about. More presence. Better care.