palmER Colab

You're halfway through a chart and need to know whether this patient's cardiac history warrants a cardiology consult. Or you need discharge instructions for the patient that's waited hours for CT. Normally, you'd switch apps, lose context, and waste precious minutes.

palmER Colab is a contextual sidebar assistant built into every page of palmER AI Suite. It already knows what you're working on in the main chat window. Ask your question, get your answer, and keep charting. Without interrupting your workflow.

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What is palmER Colab?

palmER Colab is a slide-out chat panel that lives alongside your notes. It functions as a second AI assistant that automatically receives context from your main chat window. In other words, Colab sees the same chart information you do — the patient's presentation, workup, and your documentation — so it can answer questions without you having to re-explain the case.

This means you don't need to copy-paste your chart into Colab. It already knows. Just ask your question.

• Always available — accessible from anywhere via the button at the top-right corner of your screen
• Context-aware — automatically knows your case (no re-explaining needed)
• Persistent — your Colab conversation stays intact as you switch between assistants (HPI, Exam, MDM, etc.)
• Independent — Colab has its own chat thread, so it won't interfere with your main documentation workflow

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How to Use palmER Colab

Opening and Closing

• Open: Click at the top-right corner of your screen
• Close: Click again
• The panel remembers its state — opening it again shows your previous Colab conversation

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Context Sharing

This is what makes palmER Colab powerful. When you ask a question in Colab, it automatically knows everything about the current case. You don't need to copy-paste or re-explain anything.

What this means in practice:

You paste a chart into the MDM Assistant and generate an MDM. Then you open Colab and ask What follow-up should this patient have? — Colab already knows the patient. No need to re-explain the case.

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Persistence Across Assistants

One of Colab's most useful features is that your conversation persists as you move between assistants.

Example workflow:

1. Start in the HPI Assistant — generate an HPI for your patient
2. Open Colab and ask about orders
3. Switch to the Physical Exam Assistant — generate the exam
4. Colab still has your previous conversation (the orders question and answer are still there)
5. Ask a follow-up in Colab: Also include work restrictions for this patient

Your Colab conversation continues seamlessly.

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Clinical Use Cases

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Pro Tips

• Ask naturally. Colab understands clinical context. You don't need to re-state the patient's chief complaint or history — it already has that from your main chat.
• Use it for quick side questions. Colab is designed for the rapid-fire questions that come up during charting. Keep questions focused and specific.
• Colab works with all assistants. Whether you're using HPI, Physical Exam, MDM, ConsultER, Chart CheckER, or palmEM AI — Colab is always available.

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