In the ER, Memory Becomes a Single Point of Failure: Why I'm Building PriorTo for Shipaton 2026
An ER visit can turn a simple question into a memory test
When did it start? What happened before it? What did you take? Has this happened before? What changed since the last episode?
You may have waited months to see a specialist, but now you are expected to reconstruct everything while you are in pain, stressed, tired, or mentally foggy. Important details get missed. Some details get remembered incorrectly. The whole appointment starts depending on a story that is being reconstructed under pressure.
That problem is why I started building PriorTo. PriorTo is a local-first symptom record for recurring, episodic conditions. It is designed to be used during an episode, not several days later when the person is feeling better.
The first version is deliberately narrow:
- Start an episode with one tap.
- Log repeat observations without typing.
- Close the episode when it ends.
- Review the timeline before an appointment.
- ...
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