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Clinical Buddy

The part of a consultation that is reading, done before the consultation starts.

A reasoning workspace for one patient at a time. Ask it to summarise the history, compare the last three panels or draft review questions, and check its working against the sources.

What it does

In the terms a clinician would use.

  • Summarises a case history from every document already on file, with each statement linked to the page it was drawn from.
  • Compares investigations across time and says which values moved, by how much, and against which reference range.
  • Checks an active medication list for interactions and for doses outside the range for the patient's renal function and weight.
  • Drafts the questions worth asking at this review, given what has changed since the last one.
  • Prepares a discharge brief the clinician then edits, rather than one they write from a blank page.
What it will not do

It will not name a diagnosis, choose a drug, or set a dose. It presents considerations with their evidence and stops. Where a differential is shown it is labelled as a list to rule out, not a conclusion, and it appears with the findings that argue against it as well as for it.

Where the data comes from

  • Existing discharge summaries, clinic letters and referral notes
  • Laboratory results, via HL7 or FHIR R4
  • The medication list held in the hospital system
  • Clinician notes entered in CBS itself

See Clinical Buddy against your own case.

Bring an anonymised case you already know the answer to. It is the only demonstration that tells you anything.