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ElioDesigning a guided workflow for clinical notes.

AI-assisted drafting, with clinicians in control. A focused workspace for turning consultation details into structured, editable notes.

My role: Product design & frontend implementation

The project at a glance
Elio clinical intake screen with age, sex, consultation details, and expandable allergy choices
Clinical intake interface. Spanish-language product UI with fictional patient examples. View full-size intake screen

The project
at a glance.

I owned Elio’s design and frontend implementation, connecting the structure of the workflow with the interface clinicians use to move through it.

Product
Clinical documentation MVP
Users
Clinicians in clinic or field settings
My contribution
Product design and frontend implementation
Tools
Figma and Angular

The problem

Documentation under time pressure, with information spread across templates and systems. AI drafting added another need: a clear way to inspect and edit its output.

The response

A section-by-section note builder. Capture the facts, generate a draft, review the text, and confirm what belongs in the final note.

The delivered work

Design and frontend implementation of the guided workflow, from initial context through review and final-note handoff.

Make the
next step clear.

Clinicians already know what they need to document. The interface supports that expertise by giving the work a predictable structure.

Short sessions, interruptions, and tablet use shaped the brief. Rather than one large editor, Elio divides the note into familiar clinical sections with a defined task at each stage.

  1. Start

    Enter minimal clinical context, such as age, sex, and the chief complaint.

  2. Sections

    Capture relevant facts and generate a draft for each clinical section.

  3. Review

    Edit the generated text and confirm what belongs in the note.

  4. Finalize

    Assemble the sections into a complete, editable clinical note.

  5. Export

    Copy or export the note for use in an existing clinical system.

Within each section

Capture Draft Review Confirm

Elio results screen with separate clinical note sections, editing controls, and save and restart actions
Sectioned note output with editing controls. Fictional clinical examples and template placeholders. View full-size results screen

A workflow
built around review.

Keep input and draft distinct

Clinician-entered facts and AI-generated prose have different roles. The workflow separates capture from drafting so clinicians can inspect what the system produces before confirming it.

Keep each step focused

Progressive disclosure gives each screen a narrower purpose. The repeated interaction pattern helps clinicians track what they entered, what was drafted, and what still needs review.

Keep the clinician in control

Review is an explicit step, and the final note remains editable. The clinician decides what to include rather than treating generated text as a finished record.

Fit existing workflows

Copy and export provide a handoff to existing clinical systems. This gives the MVP a clear endpoint without requiring deep electronic health record integration.

From interface
to frontend.

I carried the workflow from design into frontend implementation. My contribution covered both how clinicians move through the task and the interface supporting that sequence.

Figma supported the design work; the frontend used Angular. The broader project used Fastify and TypeScript on the backend.

The interface brings clinical information into discrete sections, with editing actions beside the text they affect. The supplied screens show the intake structure and sectioned note output.

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Delivered work.
Next questions.

Elio brought together a guided clinical-note workflow, repeatable interface patterns, and frontend implementation. The design gives capture, drafting, and review their own place in the process.

The next validation step is 5–8 sessions with clinicians using realistic scenarios, tracking time to first draft, edit rate, completion, and confidence. These are proposed sessions; measured time savings, clinical accuracy, and adoption have not been established.

Minimal patient context and avoiding direct identifiers were design constraints. The project is presented here as design and implementation work, without a claim of clinical safety or privacy certification.