Trusted from home-visit practices to hospital foot clinics
From the perfusion check to the operation note and consent, Note Dr writes the full, watertight surgical record, ready to approve.
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Note Dr listens to the appointment as it happens. While you examine the foot, check the pulses and talk the patient through the risks, it writes the record in the background, so a patient weighing up surgery gets you, not the top of your head over a keyboard.
Vascular and neuro assessment recorded
Pulses, capillary refill and monofilament sensation, the perfusion and neuropathy check that decides whether the foot is safe to operate, captured as you examine, not reconstructed later.
Consent for the named risks, in their words
Infection, recurrence, stiffness, delayed union and altered sensation, the specific warnings you give, logged in the patient's own context the moment you take consent.
The operation, exactly as it happened
Anaesthesia and tourniquet, the osteotomy, fixation, closure and instrument and swab counts, documented contemporaneously so the operation note matches the procedure.
A reviewed Note Dr record captures more of what a record needs to stand up to scrutiny in foot surgery, the vascular and neurological assessment, the consent and the operative detail, where published standards and audits show conventional records routinely fall short.
Standards and reviews referenced: the HCPC standards of proficiency and the Royal College of Podiatry Record Keeping standard, NHS Resolution's review of diabetic lower-limb claims (2022) and the National Diabetes Foot Care Audit.
Ask what the foot examination showed, whether it was safe to operate, or exactly what the patient consented to, answered in seconds from their own record.
Walk into theatre already knowing the story, without trawling the notes.
When a case calls for it, Note Dr surfaces the published guidance behind your decisions, the HCPC Standards of Proficiency, the Royal College of Podiatry record-keeping standard, NICE NG19 on diabetic foot problems and the National Diabetes Foot Care Audit, with the source cited. It never tells you how to treat your patient; that judgement stays with you.
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Why podiatric surgeons trust Note Dr with a record that stands up to scrutiny.
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The perfusion check is always there
Pulses, capillary refill, monofilament sensation, the assessment that decides whether a foot is safe to operate is logged every time, in my own words. When records are reviewed it reads exactly as it should, and I'm not reconstructing it at the end of a list.
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Consent, named risk by named risk
Infection, recurrence, stiffness, delayed union, altered sensation, every warning I give is captured in the patient's own context without me thinking about it. For elective surgery where consent is everything, the discussion is always there in black and white.
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The operation note writes itself
Tourniquet, the osteotomy, the fixation, the counts, the closure, it's all captured as I operate. The operation note is finished before the patient leaves the day-case unit, and it's the most complete it has ever been.
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Hands stay on the foot
Someone weighing up surgery doesn't want me typing. Now I examine, check the pulses, explain the risks and reassure, and the clinic note is still written. It has genuinely changed how my pre-operative clinics feel.
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Calmest case review we've had
Assessment, vascular status, consent and the operation note, complete on every case across the team. Our last record-keeping audit against the College standard was the smoothest we've run, the notes already told the whole story from consent to discharge.
Every recording and record is protected by strong, independently assessed security and encryption.
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My records have never been this thorough: the vascular and neurological assessment, the consent for each named risk, the operation note and the outcome, the lot. For the first time I'd hand a court the full file on any case I have done and trust it to speak for itself.
Declan WPodiatric surgeon
Yes, Note Dr has a free plan that drafts podiatric surgery records at no cost. As you work, it writes the clinic assessment, the vascular and neurological check and the operation note, structured to your own template. Every note is reviewed and approved by you before it reaches the record, so the free plan documents real cases rather than a limited trial.
Yes, as you perform a partial nail avulsion with phenolisation, Note Dr drafts the record: the perfusion check, the digital ring block and tourniquet, the matrix ablation and the aftercare advice you gave. It follows your own nail-surgery template and captures each step contemporaneously, ready for you to review and approve before it reaches the record.
Note Dr is built to document as you operate, so it drafts the operation note in the day-case unit: the WHO surgical safety checklist, anaesthesia and tourniquet, the osteotomy and fixation, closure and the counts. It captures each step contemporaneously rather than from memory after the list, and you review and approve the finished note before it is filed.
Note Dr works alongside any podiatry system rather than integrating with it. It drafts the note as a clean, structured record you review and approve, then copy or export into your practice-management software or patient record. This keeps the record under your control and means Note Dr fits the same way whether you work on paper, in a clinic system or in theatre.
Record the procedure proposed, its benefits, and each material risk named individually: infection, recurrence, stiffness, delayed or non-union, altered sensation and hardware irritation. Capture the alternatives discussed and the patient's decision. Note Dr logs each point in the patient's own context as you take consent.
Yes. As you check dorsalis pedis and posterior tibial pulses, capillary refill and monofilament sensation, Note Dr records the perfusion and neuropathy findings that decide whether the foot is safe to operate. It is captured contemporaneously during examination, not reconstructed from memory at the end of a list.
It is designed to support complete, accurate and contemporaneous records that align with the HCPC standards and the Royal College of Podiatry record-keeping standard. Every note is reviewed and approved by you, so what reaches the record is yours, not the software's. The clinical judgement stays entirely with you.