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Consolidate Patient Record Management with AI

Context
Front desk staff are responsible for keeping every patient's record accurate and complete before their appointment, but that work is spread across a patchwork of tools. With hundreds of open tasks active on any given day, a missing or expired signature isn't just an administrative gap — it directly holds up claims. And even once that work lived in one place, staff still had to work out what was urgent and write every patient outreach by hand.
Description
A consolidated task list that gives front desk staff one place to find, prioritize, and resolve outstanding patient-record work, starting with missing consent and privacy form signatures. Two AI layers sit on top: a Daily Summary that turns hundreds of open tasks into a short, prioritized briefing, and Auto-Messaging that drafts personalized patient outreach for staff to review and approve rather than write from scratch.
Role
Product Design Lead
Timeline
Q1 '25 – Q1 '26
Company
athenahealth ↗
Team
2 Product, 5 Devs
Stack
FigmaVS CodeMural
Impact
✓ v1 Shipped
✓ Informed Roadmap
Breakdown
Pain Points›Vision›Patient Task List Foundation – Form Use Case›AI Enhancement 1 – Daily Summary›AI Enhancement 2 – Auto Message Draft›Impact›
BOSTON, MAJEFF YANG © 2026
Pain Points
1. Fragmented Day-To-Day WorkflowEvery front desk task lives in its own interface, forcing staff to jump between multiple screens for routine work.
2. "Where Do I Start?"Staff have no fast way to tell which patients are truly time-sensitive versus which can wait.
3. Patient Outreach Was All ManualResolving a task meant personally calling or texting a patient — writing each message from scratch.
4. Missing Patient Signatures Holding Up ClaimsMissing and expired signatures are one of the most direct causes of claim holds — not just an administrative gap.
110,000
Privacy and consent forms created in athenaOne, avg 10 forms per practice
$14,000
Annual printing cost per client, and many hours of printing/collecting/tracking
1,200,000
Claims hold volume in 2024 due to missing and expired patient signatures
Vision
a consolidated, prioritized task list where front-desk staff can find, understand, and resolve patient tasks — with AI surfacing what matters most and drafting the outreach, so staff can spend their time on judgment calls and real patient care.
A Foundation, Not A One-Off
V1 starts with the highest-impact use case: patients with missing or expired privacy and consent form signatures — it's built as the base layer for a broader patient-task work-management experience, with room to grow with other task types including insurance collection, check-in, check-out, appointment scheduling, pre-authorization, and follow-up, etc.
Patient Task List Foundation – Form Use Case
One Queue Instead of Multiple Tools
Replaces the ad-hoc combination of QuickView, Eligibility, Phone List, and third-party tools with a single, purpose-built task list.

Patient Task List

377 total tasks active
AI Daily SummaryAI
Auto-Messaging ReviewAI
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Patient Details
Legal nameEmma Wilson
Patient ID2124
DOB1990-01-01
Primary contact nameAllison Wilson
Mobile phone(555) 333-6666
Home phone(222) 111-9999
GuarantorSelf
Insurance subscriberSelf
⚠Confidential Communication Note: Do not call patient's home number to communicate medical information.
Form Details
Form NameStatusStatus DetailLast OutreachImpact
Release of Billing InformationNeeds AttentionSignatures expired: 07-22-2025--⚠Hold claims
Assignment of BenefitsPending Patient ReplySignatures expired: 07-22-202504-20-2026 7:00AM⚠Hold claims
Financial Responsibility PolicyNeeds AttentionNo signature on file--⚠Hold claims
Patient-facing form completion step 1Patient-facing form completion step 2Patient-facing form completion step 3Patient-facing form completion step 4
Patient-Facing Form Completion Workflow
AI Enhancement 1 – Daily Summary
Minutes, Not Scanning Hundreds of Rows
AI Daily Summary turns hundreds of open tasks into a three-tier briefing — staff open the list already knowing where to start instead of scrolling and cross-referencing appointment times themselves.

Patient Task List

377 total tasks active
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AI Daily Summary
Generated for Dr. Alex Carter · Wednesday, Aug 20 2025
377 tasks active
You have 9 patients with open tasks today across forms, insurance, and outreach. Here's what to prioritize:
high priority
EWSCJP
3 patients
Forms must be completed before morning appointments today
  • Emma Wilson (9:00 AM - Wellness Visit)
  • Sarah Chen (10:15 AM - Follow-up Visit)
  • Lisa Anderson (4:30 PM - Vaccination/Immunization)
medium priority
SCMT
2 patients
Insurance issues requiring same-day resolution
low priority
EWJPMT
3 patients
Pending patient reply — outreach sent, no response yet
AIAI suggestions are based on appointment proximity and task age. Always verify before acting.
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AI Enhancement 2 – Auto Message Draft
Less Effort, More Outreach
AI Auto-Messaging drafts personalized, appointment-aware messages for every selected patient at once, so sending five tailored reminders takes about as long as writing one used to.
Post-GA Impact
4.3/5
Feature Satisfaction
From 412 responses, #1 Highest-rated among 70+ Tier 1 feature during 2026 summer release
$10M
Reduction
In claim holds due to missing patient form signature

"The new patient task list has been very helpful, it gives you all patients that need items completed in a single list."