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Patient stories, 'clipboard funeral' and a call to make QR-based record sharing routine
Summary
Event featured patient testimonials—including a transplant survivor—and a staged 'funeral' for the clipboard to underscore the cultural shift from paper forms to patient-carried digital records, with officials urging providers to change workflows to accept QR-based sharing.
The event combined technical briefings with personal stories. Patient Corey Boglarski thanked clinicians and technology for his survival after a left-ventricular assist device and transplant, saying, "doctor Oz saved my life," and urged continued development. Amy Gleason described how her daughter Morgan used a QR code to share her medical record at NIH and said "the physician walked in already knowing her history"—an example officials used to highlight patient-facing benefits of the new infrastructure.
Organizers staged a tongue-in-cheek "clipboard funeral" to emphasize the cultural transition away from paper. An emcee read a mock eulogy for the clipboard and speakers warned that unless providers learn to accept QR codes and smart links, "the clipboard will revive itself." Officials repeatedly called for clinician workflow change and outreach so that patient-held data are useful at the point of care.
Speakers positioned the personal testimonials as the human payoff for technical achievements and urged industry and providers to accelerate adoption so the new workflows become the norm.
