Photograph any hospital patient monitor — Mindray, Philips, GE, Masimo — and instantly get a plain-language explanation of every vital sign, EKG rhythm, and clinical correlation. Universal iOS app, with voice notes and PDF export.
Clarity at the bedside.
beside builds AI literacy tools for the moment that matters most: when a clinician is reading a monitor, or a family member is sitting next to the bed wondering what those numbers mean. Snap a photo. Understand the result. Ask better questions.
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Snap a photo. Understand the result.
One pattern, applied to every kind of clinical document and screen that lives behind glass in a hospital. beside vitals ships today; beside labs and beside meds are next.
Photograph any blood-test printout or lab result PDF and get a plain-language explanation of every value, what's normal for someone like you, what abnormal flags actually mean, and three concrete questions to ask the doctor.
Photograph a discharge medication list or pill bottle. Get plain explanations of what each drug does, common side effects, interactions across the rest of your list, and reminders to take them on time.
Who it's for
Built for the people on both sides of the bed.
A clinician opening beside on rounds and a family member opening it next to the bed see different views of the same analysis — same accuracy, different language, different questions to ask next.
◢ Bedside clinicians
Nurses, paramedics, residents, attendings. Reduce the cognitive load of transcribing monitor values, looking up reference ranges, and writing chart notes. Capture trends across shifts. Dictate observations on the move.
♡ Patients & families
Parents at the bedside of a sick child, adult children of an ICU parent, anyone trying to understand what's happening. Translate the screen into plain language, learn what's normal vs. concerning, and walk into rounds with three good questions ready instead of feeling lost.
What we promise
Built to explain, not to diagnose.
Your information stays on your device. Patient names, photos of monitors, voice notes, history — all of it lives on your phone or iPad. We don't store any of it on our servers. Photos never go to your camera roll.
We send less than you'd expect. The only time anything leaves your device is when you choose to analyze a photo. That single photo is sent securely to the AI service that processes it; the answer comes straight back to your screen. Nothing is kept, and the AI doesn't learn from your photos.
We explain. We don't decide. beside helps you understand what you're looking at and what to ask the care team. We never tell you what's wrong, and we never recommend a treatment. The first time you open the app, you see exactly what we send and where it goes — and you choose whether to continue.
Always check with the care team. beside is not a medical device. AI can be wrong. Anything you read here should be confirmed with the people taking care of the patient, or by looking directly at the monitor.