Ask a patient's chart in plain English for discharge planning
Sentara Health, a 12-hospital system, deployed a Regard-built AI tool so case managers can query a chart in plain language and see what changed in the last 24 hours, replacing hours of manual chart review. Sentara estimates it could save nearly 90,000 hours. That is an estimate, not a measured result.
- Agent or tool
- Regard AI case management
- Topic
- Research & Data
- Reported on
- News (Regard)
- Added
- 2026-10-29
Why it matters
Research is mostly gathering, cleaning and comparing. Handing that groundwork to an agent leaves the person with the part that needs judgment: deciding what the findings mean. It is one of 71 sightings filed under Research & Data on Agent Sightings (number 14 by interest), and one of 1 involving Regard AI case management.
How you could try it
Here is a reusable prompt, written by us in our own words, that captures the task. Paste it into Regard AI case management or any similar agent and adjust the details to your situation.
Summarise what changed in this patient's chart in the last 24 hours and list history, screenings and status changes a case manager needs for discharge planning. Cite where each item came from.
Tip: Start small: run it once on a low-stakes example, read what the agent did, and only then let it run on real work.
Source
Read the original first-hand account on News (Regard): https://regard.com/press-media/sentara-health-extends-ai-clinical-reasoning-to…. Our summary is a paraphrase; details are in the source.
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