Borut Fabjan
Chief Innovation Officer
AI is reshaping the way we think about healthcare. From how clinicians interact with data to how systems are designed and delivered, the pace of change is overwhelming. And while it is easy to get caught up in the excitement, what really matters is making AI useful, explainable, and trustworthy.
At Better, we are not just chasing trends. We put a lot of our energy and thoughts into applying AI where it really helps, providing patients with better care and empowering users with the right tools at the right time. We believe AI should complement human capability, not replace it. That’s why, when we talk about AI, we talk about thoughtful innovation that helps solve real problems in healthcare.
Our new AI-powered assistants, released with Better Studio 3.12, are carefully designed companions built around user needs. The upgraded AQL Assistant transforms natural language into precise clinical queries and helps troubleshoot them, while the Documentation Assistant makes finding answers feel like a conversation. This is what goal-oriented AI looks like: it is well-defined, designed with specific, meaningful objectives in mind.
Of course, these are just the first steps. The Query Health Data Agent we have been experimenting with takes the bar even higher. It translates narrative prompts into executable, validated queries on an openEHR and FHIR data layer and, as such, presents a move towards a world where interacting with structured health data unlocks new insights. And looking ahead, we are exploring how similar agents might support medical coding, scheduling, or even real-time monitoring of open clinical questions. When combined with open standards like openEHR and FHIR, the potential of Agentic AI is enormous.
Thinking of the possibilities of what we can do with AI, it is not just the technology that is exciting, but what it enables. A future where healthcare professionals spend less time dealing with different systems and more time caring for people. A future where AI doesn’t replace clinical reasoning, but augments it with clarity and speed. That is the kind of innovation we are trying to build at Better, and I am grateful to be exploring it with such a curious, talented, and mission-driven team. And we will definitely have a lot more to show.
