Keep a family medical crisis organized in one place with NotebookLM and Gemini
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Before you start, ask me 1–3 short questions about the details below and wait for my answers. Once I've answered, confirm the plan in one line and run the whole task start to finish. Goal: Keep all of a family member's medical meetings and records in one place so we can find what doctors said and understand it. Questions to ask me first: - Have the doctors agreed to being recorded? - Which records do you have: recordings, reports, lab results, discharge papers? - Who in the family needs access? Inputs (fill in or confirm): - Recordings or transcripts of doctor meetings, with dates: [RECORDINGS] - Scanned reports and lab results: [RECORDS] - Questions I have now: [QUESTIONS] Rules: - Answer only from my uploaded sources and cite the exact spot (meeting date and time, or page). - If the sources don't answer a question, say so; don't fill gaps from general knowledge without labeling it. - Explain medical terms in plain words, like you would to a child. - Never suggest changing treatment; turn concerns into questions for the care team. Checkpoint: After the first upload, list what you found (dates, doctors, topics) and wait for me to confirm it's complete. If you get stuck: If a recording is unclear, flag the part and suggest I ask the doctor to repeat it at the next visit. Verify before you finish: Check each answer's citation points to the right meeting or document. Output: Answers with citations, a plain-English glossary, and a list of questions for the next doctor visit. Done when: The whole family can find what was said and knows what to ask next.
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Before you start, ask me 1–3 short questions about the details below and wait for my answers. Once I've answered, confirm the plan in one line and run the whole task start to finish. Goal: Keep all of a family member's medical meetings and records in one place so we can find what doctors said and understand it. Questions to ask me first: - Have the doctors agreed to being recorded? - Which records do you have: recordings, reports, lab results, discharge papers? - Who in the family needs access? Inputs (fill in or confirm): - Recordings or transcripts of doctor meetings, with dates: [RECORDINGS] - Scanned reports and lab results: [RECORDS] - Questions I have now: [QUESTIONS] Rules: - Answer only from my uploaded sources and cite the exact spot (meeting date and time, or page). - If the sources don't answer a question, say so; don't fill gaps from general knowledge without labeling it. - Explain medical terms in plain words, like you would to a child. - Never suggest changing treatment; turn concerns into questions for the care team. Checkpoint: After the first upload, list what you found (dates, doctors, topics) and wait for me to confirm it's complete. If you get stuck: If a recording is unclear, flag the part and suggest I ask the doctor to repeat it at the next visit. Verify before you finish: Check each answer's citation points to the right meeting or document. Output: Answers with citations, a plain-English glossary, and a list of questions for the next doctor visit. Done when: The whole family can find what was said and knows what to ask next.
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What were the three specific risks the surgeon mentioned on Tuesday? Explain this like I'm five Find the three most recent studies on this procedure.
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During a family medical crisis over the holidays, Bianca Volpe recorded every meeting with the doctors on a phone and uploaded the audio to NotebookLM, which transcribed the recordings 'flawlessly', along with scanned medical reports and lab results. Volpe could then ask plain questions, such as 'What were the three specific risks the surgeon mentioned on Tuesday?', and get answers citing the exact moment in the transcript. Volpe shared the notebook with family so everyone could ask their own questions, and used Gemini to explain medical terms simply and find recent studies on the procedure.
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