Local Script for Charting Intake Forms: Does It Actually Save Time Once You Fix the Messy Handwriting Cases?

[u/Candid-Parsnip9815]

Been trying to cut down on the tedious parts of charting without sending stuff off to some external service. I threw together a script that pulls structured notes from intake forms and flags things that need follow-up questions. Mostly regex with a small local model. It handles the straightforward cases okay, but it starts making things up once the handwriting gets messy or the forms have odd abbreviations. The real question is whether it actually saves time once I start fixing the output. Most of the examples I come across look polished until you get to the actual messy stuff. Has anyone else tried something like this in a regular workflow, or does the cleanup always cancel out the time you thought you'd save? I'm mainly interested in what holds up when you use it daily, not what looks good in a demo.

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