When 'Everything is Normal' Takes Too Long: Solving a Daily EHR Pain Point

The 2-Minute Problem That Costs Hours

Picture this: You're a primary care physician seeing 20 patients today. Eight of them are healthy kids here for check-ups, or young adults with minor concerns who have no significant medical history. For each one, you still need to document the same negatives: no past medical history, no hospitalizations, no medications, no allergies, normal development.

It's necessary documentation, but it's repetitive. And at 2-5 minutes per patient, those eight "healthy" visits just consumed up to 40 minutes of your day—time you could've spent with patients who need it more.

A Small Feature, A Big Impact

That's why we built the Healthy Patient Documentation form—a focused micro-feature embedded within our larger EHR workflow. It's a simple grid of checkboxes organized by category (Past Medical History, Family History, Medications, Allergies, etc.) with one powerful button at the top: "All Healthy / Normal."

One click, and the most common negative findings are pre-selected. Review, adjust if needed, and save to chart. What took 3-4 minutes now takes 30 seconds.

The Math That Matters

For a physician seeing 20 patients daily, if even half are straightforward healthy cases, saving 2-5 minutes each adds up to 20-50 minutes per day. That's nearly an hour reclaimed—every single day. Multiply that across a practice, and you're talking about giving doctors back meaningful time without compromising documentation quality.

Fast to Build, Built to Last

The best part? This took hours to design and develop with AI assistance, not weeks. We iterated on layout, tweaked button states, adjusted spacing—all the small details that make a tool feel natural to use. It's proof that targeted, well-designed features can have outsized impact when they solve real friction points in daily workflows.

Sometimes the smallest features make the biggest difference. And for doctors trying to see more patients without burning out, every saved minute counts.