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September 2026

I Needed an EHR to Test Against. The VA Had a Spare.
A full medication pass on one desk: the VA's public-domain EHR, an open device gateway, and an AI that told me what it couldn't check.
 • Daniel Pettus
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Why I Gave Away the Plumbing
An AI that reasons needs ears. The public data was waiting. The EHR has a door. The devices did not, so I built one and gave it away
 • Daniel Pettus
Still Swiss Cheese
The medication pass nine years later
 • Daniel Pettus
AI in the Brochure
The next wave of clinical AI is real. It will change how care is delivered. And most of the money cannot yet tell it from a slide. Here is how.
 • Daniel Pettus
“Your Healthcare System Is Nuts.”
What a nurse in Brisbane knew that we keep paying not to learn.
 • Daniel Pettus
A Constant State of Surprise
The Federal Aviation Administration has a name for what critical care does every day. It files it under pilot error.
 • Daniel Pettus
The Bench Is the Bench
A break from healthcare technology. A garage in 1965, a 1964 amplifier, two bass drums tuned on purpose not to match, and what a retired device…
 • Daniel Pettus
The Plumbing Was Never the Point
A free white paper on what interoperability was for, and why the value is still on the table
 • Daniel Pettus
Going Rogue, Sort Of
Why I built AI MedAgent in the open, and give it away.
 • Daniel Pettus
One Formulary: the check that should have shipped years ago
Drop in your continuous-infusion formulary. Get back every place it will trip a pump. Free, open, and it runs in your browser.
 • Daniel Pettus
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