Cavell & Nexuzhealth join forces: AI-powered clinical documentation for hospitals across Flanders

Data-driven care that keeps people at the centre — that is what both Nexuzhealth and Cavell are working towards. Today, we are making that ambition concrete.

Healthcare is drowning in administration

For years, Nexuzhealth has been providing digital care software to more than 60% of Flemish hospitals. Their mission? Healthy people in a healthy society — with a platform that follows the patient everywhere. But with growing digitalisation came a downside: ever more administration. Physicians lose up to 40% of their time to paperwork. They look at a screen instead of at their patient.

That had to change.

A collaboration that has been running for almost a year

Nearly a year ago, Nexuzhealth decided to tackle this structurally. They started a collaboration with Cavell — the AI assistant that listens during consultations and automatically generates reports, registers medical data and translates jargon into clear language. Integrated directly into Nexuzhealth's central electronic health record (KWS).

“The future of healthcare lies in smart, integrated support for healthcare providers. At Nexuzhealth, we are building a platform where innovative technologies come together and reinforce one another. By collaborating with partners such as Cavell and integrating their solutions into the central electronic patient record (KWS), we ensure that innovation happens not alongside, but within healthcare practice.”

— Maarten De Gruyter, Director of Nexuzhealth Hospital

In practice it works like this: the physician starts a recording, has the conversation with the patient, and Cavell listens along. After the consultation, a fully structured report is ready — without the physician having to type a single letter.

A true win-win-win

The first pilot tests at UZ Leuven and AZ Oostende show what AI-powered clinical documentation can mean in daily practice. Physicians spend less time on administration and more on the patient. At the same time, the quality of medical reporting improves, benefiting both care and data. In short: better notes, better care, less paperwork — a win-win-win reflected in the high satisfaction scores from test users.

But numbers don’t tell the whole story. The healthcare providers themselves do.

What physicians say

"The report is better, the consultation is better, I think everything is better."*

— Prof. Rehabilitation Medicine, UZ Leuven

"The quality of consultations with patients I see for the first time is truly much better. You look at them instead of at the screen."*

— Prof. Paediatrics, UZ Leuven

"Consultation is finished one minute after ending."*

— Thoracic Surgeon, UZ Leuven

"I almost enjoy doing consultations."*

— Prof. Neurology, UZ Leuven

"My productivity increases, my workload and especially stress decrease. I also have the impression that the quality of care for my patients improves."

— Dr De Soete, medical oncologist, AZ Oostende

What stands out: for many physicians the greatest added value is not even the time saved, but the quality of the conversation. More eye contact, fewer interruptions, a structured consultation — and still a better report.

The integrated solution offers added value not only for doctors, but for all healthcare providers in a hospital.

"Through our innovation unit ‘HiTide,’ we are fully committed to artificial intelligence at AZ Oostende. The collaboration with Cavell and Nexuzhealth aligns with our vision of reducing healthcare providers’ screen time and focusing on more direct patient contact. Not only the doctors, but also the nurses and paramedics who use the innovative software are very enthusiastic about the direct impact Cavell has on their work."

— Brecht Dekeyser, Director of Data & IT at AZ Oostende

Ready for deployment

Over the past months, Cavell and Nexuzhealth have gone through a careful trajectory together. What started as a pilot with the web version of Cavell at UZ Leuven grew throughout 2025 into a full technical integration directly into the central electronic health record. After a successful demo at the Nexuz Summit and a proof of concept of the full integration, early 2026 saw the start of a pilot with the integrated version among test users. On 21 May 2026, the official launch event follows.

From June 2026, the integration with Cavell becomes available for hospitals within the Nexuzhealth network. Institutions can decide for themselves whether to deploy this AI support, depending on their needs and way of working. This means: thousands of physicians and specialists across Flanders gain access to AI-powered clinical documentation — seamlessly integrated in the system they work in every day.

Focus on care, not paperwork

“We built Cavell based on a simple belief: technology should enhance healthcare, not complicate it. When doctors tell us they enjoy their work again, that’s exactly what drives us, because it benefits everyone.”

— Louis Verdonckt, Co-Founder of Cavell

Want to learn more about Cavell or the integration with Nexuzhealth? Get in touch via https://www.cavell.ai.