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Custom AI for independent physician practices · Greater Phoenix and beyond
We build AI tools around the way your practice already works. You spend less time on notes and paperwork, your billing reflects the care you deliver, and you and your staff get your evenings back.
The problem
Notes get finished at night, long after the last patient.
Rushed notes miss how complex the patient was, so billing falls below the care you gave.
If an auditor asks, will your chart back you up?
All of the above, every single day.
Case study
His patients are complex, their records arrive from hospitals by fax, and every visit needs a thorough note. We built a system around the way he actually works.
Faxes, emails and uploads are read automatically and matched to the right patient. If the system isn't sure, a staff member decides. Nothing is guessed.
Dictate the visit in your own words. It becomes text you can edit on the spot.
When a visit is scheduled, a draft is ready. It is built from the patient's records, with the right template and the most current medication list.
AI drafts. The doctor decides. Every note is reviewed, edited and signed by the physician. Nothing goes into the chart on autopilot.
Every change is saved with who made it and when, and each note can be traced back to its source documents. The paper trail is already there.
A private, encrypted environment with a full activity log, protected backups, and a separate test system that uses only fake patient data.
Book a private walkthrough and we'll show you how the system works on a real visit workflow, and what it could look like for your practice.
The result
Charting gets done during the workday, not at the kitchen table.
Notes capture the full complexity of each visit, which supports billing at the level the visit truly earned. Not more, and not less.
We can make the system self-learning. It picks up each provider's preferences and patterns, so drafts sound more like them and the work keeps getting faster. The doctor stays in control of every change.
Beyond documentation
The same approach can take on many other time-consuming tasks. We start with the one that costs you the most.
An AI voice assistant checks in after appointments, confirms prescriptions were picked up and flags anyone who needs your nurse.
Incoming calls and messages are sorted, and urgent concerns go straight to your team, using rules your practice sets.
Check-ins between visits for diabetes, high blood pressure and heart failure, with alerts when numbers trend the wrong way.
Paperwork prepared and ready for your review.
Eligibility verified before the patient arrives.
Intake forms turned into a one-page brief.
Last-minute cancellations filled from a waitlist.
Prepared and routed for your approval.
Missed charges caught before claims go out.
Reminders for annual wellness visits and screenings.
Clear take-home instructions in plain English or Spanish.
Tell us what slows your practice down. We'll build for it.
How we work
Every practice is different, so nothing we build comes off the shelf.
We spend time with you and your staff to see where the hours really go.
Start with the one that costs you the most time or revenue.
The tool fits how your practice works, not the other way around.
We measure results, the system keeps learning from use, then we take on the next problem.
The goal
Less time on clicks and paperwork.
For you and your staff.
In line with the care you deliver.
Faster answers and better follow-up.
Fewer things slip through the cracks.
Medicine that feels like medicine again.
Watch
Dr. Funke and Kev walk through the case study and the other ways custom AI can help your practice.
Prefer YouTube? Watch it there.
About us
DesertMed AI pairs clinical experience with enterprise-grade engineering, so what we build makes sense in the exam room and holds up behind the scenes.
A board-certified family physician licensed in multiple states, with 17+ years in family medicine and urgent care. She has led clinical teams at leading health tech companies and served as a physician executive, including Chief Medical Officer, at leading US health plans. She knows how health plans review documentation and coding, and what a note needs to hold up in an audit.
Dr. Funke co-designed the skilled nursing facility record in our case study. She wrote the clinical tests every AI draft must pass for accuracy and safety.
Board-certified family physician · Licensed in multiple states · MBA, Kelley School of Business · Lean Six Sigma Green Belt
Kev has built and run secure, large-scale data systems at leading technology organizations and holds nine AWS certifications. He builds the systems that keep your data private, reliable and auditable.
Privacy & security
Patient trust is the foundation of your practice. We design every system with privacy and accountability from day one.
Practice owners in greater Phoenix and beyond
Book a free conversation. Tell us what's slowing your practice down. We'll listen, and tell you honestly whether AI can help.
info@desertmed.ai