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The special tests, the red flags you cleared, the reasoning that ties them together, Note Dr writes the full MSK record, ready to approve.
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Note Dr listens to the assessment as it happens. While you measure range, test strength, run your special tests and reason aloud, it writes the record in the background, so your hands stay on the joint and your eyes stay off the keyboard.
Special tests and reasoning on record
The range, strength, special tests and the working diagnosis they point to, captured as you perform and reason through them aloud, not reconstructed later.
Red-flag screen, never assumed
The serious pathology you actively screened for and cleared, documented for every presentation, so the safety net is on the record, not just in your head.
Goals, dosage and consent captured
The SMART goals you set, the exercise dosage you prescribed and the consent for hands-on treatment, the very elements MSK audits show go missing most.
A reviewed Note Dr record captures more of what a record needs to stand up to scrutiny, special tests, range and strength, red flags, goals, 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 which special tests you ran last time, the goals you set, 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 MSK physiotherapists work to, from the CSP record-keeping and outcome-measure guidance to NICE low back pain, sciatica and osteoarthritis advice and MSK red-flag screening, with the source shown. It never tells you how to treat your patient; that judgement stays with you.
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Why MSK physiotherapists trust Note Dr with a record that stands up to scrutiny.
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Every special test, on the note
I run a lot of special tests in an assessment, and half the negatives never made the record. Now Noble's, Ober's, the ligament tests, the lot, are all documented with the reasoning. I edit and approve in under a minute.
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Red-flag screening, always there
Screening for serious pathology is the part you cannot afford to leave off the note. Note Dr captures exactly what I cleared on every presentation, so the safety net is on the record, not just in my head.
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Hands stay on the joint
I'm not stopping mid-assessment to type any more. I measure range, test strength, reason aloud, and the record writes itself. The patient gets a clinician, not someone half-watching a screen.
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Dosage and consent, captured
The exercise dosage and consent for hands-on work were always what slipped when clinic ran late. Now the sets, reps, load and what the patient agreed to are in every note, which is exactly where my exposure was.
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Calmest audit we've had
Contemporaneous records across the team, with special tests, goals, consent and outcome measures on every episode. Our last CSP-standards audit was the smoothest we've run, the notes already told the whole story.
Every recording and record is protected by strong, independently assessed security and encryption.
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Across a full MSK caseload, spinal and peripheral, every record now reads to the same standard, with the special tests, reasoning, dosage and outcome measures that used to vanish when I was busy. My notes finally match the assessment I actually do.
Sian RMSK physiotherapist
Yes. UK physiotherapists can use an AI scribe, provided the patient gives informed consent and the clinician remains accountable for every record. The CSP's AI guidance and HCPC record-keeping standards point the same way: the patient agrees, and the note stays yours. Note Dr drafts the note from your MSK consultation, and nothing is saved until you review, edit and approve it.
Yes — ask at the start of the consultation, before the subjective history begins, and record the answer in the note. UK professional guidance expects consent to be meaningful: the patient should understand that a scribe is drafting the note and be free to decline without it affecting their care. If they decline, you simply document that session the way you always have.
Yes — Note Dr drafts a full SOAP note from the consultation: subjective history, objective findings including range, strength grades and special tests, your assessment with the clinical reasoning and working diagnosis, and the plan with goals and exercise dosage. Prefer another structure? Build your own template once and every draft follows it. You review and approve before saving.
Note Dr transcribes the consultation locally on your own device rather than sending audio to the cloud. The draft note is generated from that transcript, and nothing enters the record until you review and approve it. Subjective histories, examination findings and consent discussions stay under your control, and you remain responsible for the final record, as HCPC standards expect.
Yes. As you measure range, test strength grades and call out special tests such as Noble's, Ober's, Lachman or Spurling's, Note Dr records each result and the working diagnosis they point to. Your objective MSK assessment is captured contemporaneously, not reconstructed from memory later. You review and approve before saving.
Yes. As you take a validated measure such as the numerical pain rating scale, Oswestry Disability Index, Neck Disability Index or Lower Extremity Functional Scale, Note Dr records the baseline score ready to repeat at review. A baseline is only useful if the exact figure reaches the review, and a score taken in the flow of a hands-on assessment slips easily from memory afterwards.
Yes. Note Dr sits beside whatever practice software you already run. You paste or export the finished note straight into Cliniko, TM3, WriteUpp or your own records, with no integration project and nothing to rip out and replace. It is a scribe, not a replacement for your system.