Why templates matter

Rather than writing every note from a blank page, a treatment note template gives practitioners the right structure every time — the sections and fields your clinic actually wants captured for a particular kind of visit.

Build the template

Go to your settings and open Treatment note templates, add a new one, and give it a name. Build its structure using single-line and multi-line text, multiple choice, checkboxes, dates, and body charts for marking a location on a diagram.

The treatment note template builder with a mix of text, choice, and body chart fields.
Building a treatment note template with several field types.

Choose what prints alongside it

Set a print title — it defaults to the template name if you leave it blank — and choose which patient details should appear on the printed note: address, date of birth, Medicare number, reference number, or occupation.

The included patient details section with switches for address, date of birth, and other fields.
Choosing which patient details print with the note.

Linking it to an appointment type

Attach a template to an appointment type so the right one opens automatically when a practitioner starts a note for that kind of visit, rather than choosing manually every time.

Retiring a template

Archive a template you no longer use. Notes already written from it are unaffected; it simply stops being offered for new ones.

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