Ted Melnick
@tedmelnick.bsky.social
working to improve digital health user experience via research @YaleMed by day | emergency doc @YNHH by night | (Re)posts ≠ endorsements/med advice
Ambient AI gives us presence.
A programming-inspired EHR gives us clarity.
If we get both, we fix more than documentation — we fix the cognitive load baked into clinical work.
🔗 Full article (Open Access): link.springer.com/article/10.1...
/fin
A programming-inspired EHR gives us clarity.
If we get both, we fix more than documentation — we fix the cognitive load baked into clinical work.
🔗 Full article (Open Access): link.springer.com/article/10.1...
/fin
Accuracy without compromise: a programming-inspired solution for EHR workflow redesign in the generative AI Era - Discover Artificial Intelligence
Ambient AI listening technology has emerged as a major advance in clinical documentation, reducing EHR burden and allowing clinicians to focus more fully on their patients. By pairing passive listenin...
link.springer.com
November 19, 2025 at 12:40 PM
Ambient AI gives us presence.
A programming-inspired EHR gives us clarity.
If we get both, we fix more than documentation — we fix the cognitive load baked into clinical work.
🔗 Full article (Open Access): link.springer.com/article/10.1...
/fin
A programming-inspired EHR gives us clarity.
If we get both, we fix more than documentation — we fix the cognitive load baked into clinical work.
🔗 Full article (Open Access): link.springer.com/article/10.1...
/fin
What it looks like in healthcare:
✨ smart autocompletion
✨ real-time error detection
✨ hover insights (labs, meds, orders)
✨ interactive chart review
✨ modular LLM plug-ins
One workspace where the right info finds you when you need it.
4/5
✨ smart autocompletion
✨ real-time error detection
✨ hover insights (labs, meds, orders)
✨ interactive chart review
✨ modular LLM plug-ins
One workspace where the right info finds you when you need it.
4/5
November 19, 2025 at 12:40 PM
What it looks like in healthcare:
✨ smart autocompletion
✨ real-time error detection
✨ hover insights (labs, meds, orders)
✨ interactive chart review
✨ modular LLM plug-ins
One workspace where the right info finds you when you need it.
4/5
✨ smart autocompletion
✨ real-time error detection
✨ hover insights (labs, meds, orders)
✨ interactive chart review
✨ modular LLM plug-ins
One workspace where the right info finds you when you need it.
4/5
So we stole an idea from software engineering 💻
Developers use the Language Server Protocol — the backbone for autocomplete, inline error flags, and hover-based context.
It keeps them from shipping bugs.
🔥 Imagine clinicians having that every day.
3/5
Developers use the Language Server Protocol — the backbone for autocomplete, inline error flags, and hover-based context.
It keeps them from shipping bugs.
🔥 Imagine clinicians having that every day.
3/5
November 19, 2025 at 12:40 PM
So we stole an idea from software engineering 💻
Developers use the Language Server Protocol — the backbone for autocomplete, inline error flags, and hover-based context.
It keeps them from shipping bugs.
🔥 Imagine clinicians having that every day.
3/5
Developers use the Language Server Protocol — the backbone for autocomplete, inline error flags, and hover-based context.
It keeps them from shipping bugs.
🔥 Imagine clinicians having that every day.
3/5
Ambient listening solves documentation.
What it doesn’t solve:
🌀 scavenger-hunt chart review
🌀 plan/order mismatches
🌀 error propagation
🌀 cognitive overload
Basically everything that makes the EHR feel like a boss fight at 3am.
2/5
What it doesn’t solve:
🌀 scavenger-hunt chart review
🌀 plan/order mismatches
🌀 error propagation
🌀 cognitive overload
Basically everything that makes the EHR feel like a boss fight at 3am.
2/5
November 19, 2025 at 12:40 PM
Ambient listening solves documentation.
What it doesn’t solve:
🌀 scavenger-hunt chart review
🌀 plan/order mismatches
🌀 error propagation
🌀 cognitive overload
Basically everything that makes the EHR feel like a boss fight at 3am.
2/5
What it doesn’t solve:
🌀 scavenger-hunt chart review
🌀 plan/order mismatches
🌀 error propagation
🌀 cognitive overload
Basically everything that makes the EHR feel like a boss fight at 3am.
2/5
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“And my last piece of advice – if you are a clinician or scientist
interested in communicating with the public — is to just start, even if you’re still a student!”
- @kmpanthagani.bsky.social
We talked to Panthagani about how to close the communication gap in public health ⬇️
10/10
- @kmpanthagani.bsky.social
We talked to Panthagani about how to close the communication gap in public health ⬇️
10/10
Closing the communication gap: The new priority in public health
In an op-ed published August 2 in the New England Journal of Medicine, four members of Yale's health ecosystem lay out a case for how to make America trust
ysph.yale.edu
August 5, 2025 at 1:57 PM
“And my last piece of advice – if you are a clinician or scientist
interested in communicating with the public — is to just start, even if you’re still a student!”
- @kmpanthagani.bsky.social
We talked to Panthagani about how to close the communication gap in public health ⬇️
10/10
- @kmpanthagani.bsky.social
We talked to Panthagani about how to close the communication gap in public health ⬇️
10/10
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People are turning to social media for health advice.
Meet them where they are. Create your own science channel on social media and see what works and what doesn't.
5/10
Meet them where they are. Create your own science channel on social media and see what works and what doesn't.
5/10
August 5, 2025 at 1:57 PM
People are turning to social media for health advice.
Meet them where they are. Create your own science channel on social media and see what works and what doesn't.
5/10
Meet them where they are. Create your own science channel on social media and see what works and what doesn't.
5/10
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Empathy goes a long way.
Shame-based messaging is common in online discourse, but it is counterproductive to trust building.
6/10
Shame-based messaging is common in online discourse, but it is counterproductive to trust building.
6/10
August 5, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Empathy goes a long way.
Shame-based messaging is common in online discourse, but it is counterproductive to trust building.
6/10
Shame-based messaging is common in online discourse, but it is counterproductive to trust building.
6/10
Reposted by Ted Melnick
Talk like a normal person.
To get practice speaking without jargon, try explaining a scientific topic to a family member and get feedback on whether or not they understood anything that you said.
7/10
To get practice speaking without jargon, try explaining a scientific topic to a family member and get feedback on whether or not they understood anything that you said.
7/10
August 5, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Talk like a normal person.
To get practice speaking without jargon, try explaining a scientific topic to a family member and get feedback on whether or not they understood anything that you said.
7/10
To get practice speaking without jargon, try explaining a scientific topic to a family member and get feedback on whether or not they understood anything that you said.
7/10
Reposted by Ted Melnick
Share what you know and what you don’t know.
Communicating uncertainty transparently helps maintain trust, especially when guidance is evolving.
8/10
Communicating uncertainty transparently helps maintain trust, especially when guidance is evolving.
8/10
August 5, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Share what you know and what you don’t know.
Communicating uncertainty transparently helps maintain trust, especially when guidance is evolving.
8/10
Communicating uncertainty transparently helps maintain trust, especially when guidance is evolving.
8/10
Reposted by Ted Melnick
Talk with people, not at them.
Clinicians are currently trained to justify the importance of their research to other academics, not their neighbors.
9/10
Clinicians are currently trained to justify the importance of their research to other academics, not their neighbors.
9/10
August 5, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Talk with people, not at them.
Clinicians are currently trained to justify the importance of their research to other academics, not their neighbors.
9/10
Clinicians are currently trained to justify the importance of their research to other academics, not their neighbors.
9/10
Reposted by Ted Melnick
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