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Healthcare software
Raised as a usability problem by 10 people on Hacker News over 12 years (2015–2026), in 10 threads.
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Healthcare software UI is poor because vendors don't consult field workersUnreviewed
20152026- Slow, buggy healthcare UIs force users to waste hours on clerical work2026-09-28
- Healthcare software has bad UI because vendors never consult field workers2019-11-01
- New medical tech is unusable and not integrated into clinicians' daily workflow2019-07-14
Unreviewed issues were grouped by machine: Claude Haiku labelled each comment as a usability complaint, named what it's about and summed up the problem in a line, and a small model grouped similar problems. Nobody has checked them by hand. Expect mistakes.
The newest 8 complaints
- Slow, buggy healthcare UIs force users to waste hours on clerical work2026-09-28
- Workflows designed by people who never use it, forcing double data entry2024-07-28
- Patients repeat name and DOB at several stages and answer billing questions before care starts2023-11-24
- Nurses find clinical software designed without their input confusing and maddening to use2022-04-28
- Documentation covers only happy paths, leaving developers stuck when things break2021-11-03
- Healthcare software has bad UI because vendors never consult field workers2019-11-01
- New medical tech is unusable and not integrated into clinicians' daily workflow2019-07-14
- Can't pay bills or book appointments online until identity is validated without a SSN2015-10-15