A health story rarely lives in one place. It may be spread across a visit note, a medication list, a document, and something you remember wanting to mention. Putting those pieces together is useful work. Keeping their meaning intact is just as important.
A summary is only a beginning
An easy-to-read summary can help someone find their bearings. But important information needs more than a clean sentence. Where did it come from? Is it current? Has the person checked it? Does another source say something different?
Those questions shape how we think about MINNI. We are building for a person managing their own complex or chronic illness, with their history, medications and supplements, and provider visits connected to one another.
Make room for what is unresolved
When two documents disagree, quietly choosing one can make the record look simpler while making it less useful. The disagreement may be exactly what someone needs to ask about. A useful system should be able to hold uncertainty without pretending it has gone away.
Confirmation matters for the same reason. Information extracted by AI is a proposal to review. It should not become an accepted fact solely because a system produced it confidently. The person needs a clear way to check, correct, or decline it.
Preparation has its own value
There is meaningful work between having a pile of information and making a medical decision. Connecting notes. Remembering the question. Preparing for a visit. Finding the source of a detail. MINNI’s purpose sits in that space, with clinical judgment remaining with qualified professionals.
MINNI is still in development. These principles describe the direction of the work: make the record easier to follow, make its limits easier to see, and keep the person in control.