Text Expander for Healthcare — Faster Notes, Less Typing

Healthcare professionals spend a third of their time on documentation. Clinical notes, discharge summaries, patient instructions, referral letters — most of it is structured, repetitive text. Lightning Assist lets doctors, nurses, and medical staff expand that text with a short shortcut in any EHR, email, or desktop application.

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Works in Epic, Cerner, email, and every desktop app • No credit card required

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What Healthcare Professionals Type — Over and Over

From clinical notes to patient communications, medical professionals repeat the same structured text daily. Lightning Assist turns each into a shortcut.

  • Clinical note templates — SOAP notes, HPI, assessment and plan structures
  • Discharge summaries — standard language with placeholders for patient details
  • Patient instructions — post-procedure care, medication guidance, follow-up instructions
  • Referral letters — structured referral format with placeholders for diagnosis and notes
  • Prescription notes — standard dispensing instructions and warning text
  • Billing codes and ICD notes — common diagnostic descriptions at a keystroke

Why Healthcare Professionals Choose Lightning Assist

Works in Epic, Cerner & Every EHR

Lightning Assist is a native desktop app — it works in any system where you can type. Epic, Cerner, Meditech, eClinicalWorks, Allscripts, email, messaging apps.

AI-Assisted Note Improvement

Select any draft note and press the AI hotkey to make it clearer, more concise, or more professionally worded — without leaving your EHR.

Push-to-Talk Voice Dictation

Hold a hotkey, speak, and your dictated notes appear in any application. Faster than typing and more accurate than some built-in EHR dictation tools.

Consistent, Approved Language

Share approved clinical templates across your practice or department. Everyone uses the same standardised language — reducing documentation errors.

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14-day free trial, all features included. Works on Windows, Mac & Linux. No credit card required.

Frequently Asked Questions

Does Lightning Assist work in Epic and other EHR systems?

Yes. Lightning Assist is a native desktop application that works in any program where you can type — including Epic, Cerner, Meditech, eClinicalWorks, and every other EHR or clinical system.

Is patient data secure when using Lightning Assist?

Yes. Your snippets are templates stored in Lightning Assist — they don't contain patient data. The expansion happens locally on your device. No patient information is sent to Lightning Assist servers.

Can I share templates across a medical practice?

Yes. Lightning Assist supports team snippet sharing. Create standardised clinical note templates, discharge formats, and referral structures, and share them with everyone in your practice. Updates propagate instantly.

Does it work with voice dictation in clinical systems?

Yes. Lightning Assist includes push-to-talk voice-to-text that works in any application. Hold a configurable hotkey, speak your note, and the transcribed text appears in your EHR or wherever your cursor is.

Is there a free trial?

Yes. 14-day free trial with all features included — team sharing, AI commands, voice-to-text. No credit card required. Available for Windows, Mac, and Linux.

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