EHR Design
21 posts tagged "ehr design"
The Context Should Depend on the Question
Most EHR work is context reconstruction: rebuilding, by hand, what you need to know before you can answer a lab, a message or a colleague. The EHR's answer is the same bundle for every question. Context should be built from the question itself.
Structure Is Only Worth What It Does for You
Many clinicians want an AI scribe that fills every field their EHR template offers. But most of those fields do nothing with what you put in them. Structure earns its clicks only when something downstream uses it — and that is a different thing from the boxes.
Your Denials Start in the Note
A denied claim feels like a billing-office problem — something that happens downstream, weeks after the visit. But most documentation-driven denials are decided at the moment of documentation, not the moment of submission. Here's why, and what changes when the note is built to support the claim.
The Bridge, Not the Destination
Why the patient-organized chart is hard to ship today — EHR integration limits, FHIR, and double validation — and the pragmatic bridge clinicians can build right now.
If EHRs Were Libraries, You’d Walk Out Frustrated
If you don't know what you're looking for, you won't find it.
Why Charting Is Broken — and What Comes Next
Charting feels broken because notes are built for billing, not clinical thinking. Learn why current documentation fails clinicians—and how a problem-oriented, AI-powered future can make charting work for you.
Why Clinicians Copy-Paste: Designing for Persistence, Not Duplication
Designing for medical data persistence, not duplication
Lost Diagnoses and Chart Lore—The Hidden Failures of the EHR
Diagnoses should never vanish—or linger as chart lore—but in today’s EHRs, both happen far too often. Explore why our charts fail us and how rebuilding them around clinical reasoning could restore trust in medical documentation.
Why EHRs Actively Constrain Ideal Clinical Workflows
Rigid EHR templates slow you down and force unnatural workflows. AI medical scribes work with your process, not against it—document naturally.
Rethinking Administrative Time and the EHR in Modern Medicine
Clinicians spend 50% of their time on administrative tasks. AI medical scribes automate documentation, reduce EHR burden, and reclaim clinical hours.
Why EHRs Are Causing “Note Bloat”—And How We Can Fix It
EHR templates create bloated notes filled with irrelevant details. AI-powered problem-based documentation captures what matters without the clutter.
Breaking Free from SOAP—Why EHR Documentation Needs to Reflect Clinical Complexity
SOAP notes were designed for simple visits, not complex care. Learn why rigid templates fail clinicians and how AI creates flexible documentation instead.