Writing a treatment note

A treatment note is your clinical record of a visit. Open the patient's Notes and choose New note. If the appointment's type has a linked template, it opens pre-filled with the right structure.

A new treatment note open with a template's structure already in place.
Starting a new treatment note, opened with its linked template.

Save a draft, or complete it

Choose Save draft if you're not finished — you can come back and pick up where you left off. Choose Save & complete once the note is finished and ready to stand as the clinical record.

A treatment note being edited with Save draft and Save and complete buttons visible.
The Save draft and Save and complete actions on a treatment note.
Completed doesn't mean locked forever If something needs correcting after a note is marked complete, choose Reopen to edit it, then complete it again when you're done.

After it's saved

From a saved note you can export it as a PDF, or Send it — useful when a copy needs to go to a referring doctor or another provider involved in the patient's care.

A completed treatment note with PDF export and Send actions available.
The PDF and Send actions on a completed treatment note.

Knowing who wrote and edited what

Every note keeps a record of who created it and when, which template it used, and who last edited it if it's changed since. This matters for clinical accountability — anyone reviewing the note later can see exactly where it came from.

Archiving a note

Archive a note that shouldn't be part of the everyday view — it stays part of the patient's history and can still be found if you show archived notes.

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