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Range, grip and sensation, the splint you fitted and the surgeon's protocol, Note Dr writes the full hand-therapy record, ready to approve.
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Note Dr listens to the session as it happens. While you measure, fit the splint and talk through the surgeon's protocol, it writes the record in the background, so your hands stay on the patient and your eyes stay off the keyboard.
Protocol and precautions on record
The surgeon's protocol you are following, the precautions you set and the reasoning behind them, captured as you talk them through, not reconstructed later.
Consent for splinting and loading
What you explained about the splint, the exercises and the restrictions, and what the patient agreed to, recorded the moment you gain consent.
Measurements and outcomes captured
The ROM, grip and pinch you measured and the validated score you took, such as the QuickDASH, the very elements audits show go missing most.
A reviewed Note Dr record captures more of what a record needs to stand up to scrutiny, assessment, protocol, splinting, consent and outcomes, where published audits show conventional physiotherapy records routinely fall short.
Audits referenced: Turner et al (Physiotherapy Theory and Practice, 1999), Sumner et al (Physiotherapy, 2000), O'Donovan et al (Physiotherapy Canada, 2017) and Paim et al (Disability and Rehabilitation, 2022).
Ask what protocol stage they reached, the splint you fitted, or what the patient consented to, answered in seconds from their own record.
Walk into the review already knowing the story, without trawling the notes.
When a presentation calls for it, Note Dr surfaces the published guidance hand therapists work to, from BAHT and CSP record-keeping and outcome-measure guidance to flexor tendon rehabilitation protocols and red-flag screening for the upper limb, with the source shown. It never tells you how to treat your patient; that judgement stays with you.
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Why hand therapists trust Note Dr with a record that stands up to scrutiny.
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The protocol is finally on record
Which surgeon's protocol I'm following and why I'm holding off on resisted work used to live in my head. Now it's in every note, with the precautions spelled out. I edit and approve in under a minute.
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Splint specs, captured every time
The exact splint, the angles, the wearing schedule, all the things you swear you'll write up and never quite do. Note Dr records the orthosis as I fit it, so the splint detail is finally in the note, not just on the patient.
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Hands stay on the patient
I'm not breaking off mid-assessment to type any more. I measure, I fabricate the splint, and the record writes itself in the background. The patient gets a clinician, not someone half-watching a screen.
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Outcome measures, never skipped
QuickDASH and grip were the first things to slip when the clinic ran late. Note Dr captures the measure and the ROM every review, so my notes finally show the progress against the protocol, not just my impression of it.
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Liaison the surgeon trusts
Our consultants want a clear record of where each patient is in their protocol. Contemporaneous notes with the splint, the precautions and the outcome measure mean the discharge letters write themselves and the shared care just works.
Every recording and record is protected by strong, independently assessed security and encryption.
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Across a hand caseload, post-op reviews, splint fittings and discharges, every record now reads to the same standard, with the protocol, the splint detail and the outcome measures that used to vanish when I was busy. My notes finally match the work I actually do.
Florence AHand therapist
Yes. As you call out range of movement, grip and pinch on dynamometry, sensory testing and two-point discrimination, Note Dr records your objective hand assessment in a structured note. The measurements are captured contemporaneously as you measure them, not reconstructed from memory later, ready for you to review.
Note Dr recognises the language of hand therapy as you speak it: flexor tendon zones, dorsal blocking and relative motion splints, goniometry, Jamar grip and pinch dynamometry, Semmes-Weinstein monofilaments and two-point discrimination. The draft keeps your wording rather than paraphrasing it into generic rehab language, and you review and approve every note before it joins the record.
Yes. Note Dr listens ambiently, so it documents while your hands are in the thermoplastic. As you mould a dorsal blocking splint, set the angles, adjust straps and talk through the wearing schedule and precautions, the conversation becomes a drafted note in the background. Nothing needs typing mid-fabrication, and you review and approve the finished record once the splint is on.
Yes. As you take a validated score such as the DASH, QuickDASH or a patient-rated outcome, Note Dr records it in your structured note, ready to repeat through the protocol. Grip strength and composite flexion baselines are captured too, so progress against the surgeon's timeline is documented.
Yes — you review and approve every note before it enters the record. Note Dr drafts the subjective history, objective measurements, splint specification and plan from what was said in the session, but it does not diagnose or make clinical decisions; responsibility for the final record stays with you as the treating clinician. Nothing is filed without your approval.
Yes. Note Dr drafts a clear record of the protocol stage, the splint, the outcome measures and your progress, ready to copy into a liaison note or discharge summary for the operating surgeon. The shared-care detail the consultant relies on is documented every session, with you reviewing before it is sent.
Yes. Hand therapy in the UK is practised by physiotherapists and occupational therapists alike, and Note Dr documents for both. Whether your notes lean towards ROM, strength and tissue healing or towards function, daily activities and orthotic provision, the draft follows your own template and emphasis — and you review and approve it before it is filed.