Clinical documentation as blocks, not forms.

Background: I work in clinical settings and every EHR I've used treats a patient encounter like a web form from 2003. You fill in fields, submit, done. The structure is decided for you — and it's u...

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Background: I work in clinical settings and every EHR I've used treats a patient encounter like a web form from 2003. You fill in fields, submit, done. The structure is decided for you — and it's usually wrong for what you're actually doing. So I started building something different. The central idea is simple. Instead of a fixed form, an encounter is a timeline of typed blocks. A vitals block. A history & physical block. A note block. etc... You add what's relevant to this patient, this visit. Nothing more. Each block differs. Vitals isn't just a text field — it has BP, HR, RR, temp, SpO2. H&P has structured ROS checkboxes and PE sections by system. A plan block is problem-based. They're not all the same shape. Blocks have versions. Every edit creates a revision. You can see the full history of any block. Where it gets interesting is scale. A solo GP can set up a blank encounter and add only what's relevant. A multidepartment center can have admins define department-specific b

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