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Rehabilitation Medicine Specialists

Physiatry visits cover multiple problems at once — spasticity, pain, function, equipment, therapy orders — and the note has to organize all of it by issue. Medical Scribe drafts a problem-structured note from the consultation while you stay focused on the functional exam.

Sample note

What your notes will look like

A real example of the documentation Medical Scribe generates for rehabilitation medicine specialists — ready before your patient leaves the room.

Rehab Follow-up Ready to copy

Subjective

62M, 4 months post left MCA ischemic stroke with right hemiparesis, attending with his wife. Reports right elbow and finger tightness interfering with dressing and hygiene. Shoulder pain 4/10 with overhead reach. Walking indoors with a single-point cane; one near-fall last month, no injury. Medications: baclofen 10mg TID, apixaban 5mg BID, atorvastatin 40mg daily. Attending outpatient PT twice weekly.

Objective

  • Right elbow flexors Modified Ashworth 2; finger flexors MAS 1+; catching on fast passive extension
  • Right shoulder passive abduction 110° with pain at end range; no subluxation gap palpable
  • Strength: right elbow extension 3/5, wrist extension 2/5, hip flexion 4/5 (MRC)
  • Gait: circumducted right leg, decreased stance time on right; safe with cane over 20m indoors

Assessment & Plan — Post-stroke spasticity, right upper limb

Focal spasticity of elbow and finger flexors limiting dressing and hygiene, incompletely controlled on oral baclofen. Plan: botulinum toxin injection to biceps, FDS, and FDP discussed and agreed; scheduled next month. Continue baclofen at current dose. OT referral for post-injection stretching and splint review.

Assessment & Plan — Hemiplegic shoulder pain and falls risk

Shoulder pain consistent with soft-tissue impingement in the hemiparetic shoulder; continue PT with scapular program, add ultrasound if not improving in 6 weeks. Near-fall with community ambulation goal: PT to progress balance training; ankle-foot orthosis assessment ordered. Review in 8 weeks with repeat MAS and gait review.

Illustrative example. Every note is fully editable, and you control the format — SOAP, DAP, or your own custom template.

Physiatry notes are multi-problem documents, and that's the problem

One visit, five active issues

A single follow-up can span spasticity management, neuropathic pain, neurogenic bladder, seating, and therapy progress. Documenting each issue with its own assessment and plan turns a 30-minute visit into 30 minutes of typing.

Functional measures need to be captured precisely

Range of motion in degrees, MRC strength grades, Modified Ashworth scores, gait observations — the numbers you call out during the exam are exactly the ones that prove functional change over time.

The whole team reads your note

PTs, OTs, speech therapists, orthotists, and referring physicians all act on your documentation. Vague therapy orders or missing referral rationale creates rework across the entire rehab team.

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Specialty Vocabulary

Recognizes terms, conditions, and procedures specific to your practice area.

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Built-in templates

Note templates built for rehabilitation medicine specialists

These aren't generic formats — they ship in the product today, structured around how you actually document.

Rehabilitation Medicine Specialist's note

Subjective Objective Assessment & Plan

Plus 280+ templates across every specialty — or build your own in minutes.

Made for multi-problem physiatry visits

Whether it’s a new consultation for post-stroke spasticity, an inpatient rehab review, or a telehealth follow-up on pain and function, Medical Scribe records the visit and drafts the complete note — history, functional exam, and an issue-by-issue plan. You verify the numbers, adjust the plan wording, and sign.

A note structured like a physiatrist’s thinking

The built-in Rehabilitation Medicine Specialist’s note template — one of 280+ specialty templates — organizes each visit into Subjective, Objective, and a problem-based Assessment & Plan: for every issue, the diagnosis, differentials, investigations, rehabilitation strategies, assistive devices, and referrals to PT, OT, or speech therapy. Custom formats take minutes if your service documents differently.

Functional measurements you can trust over time

Demonstrating functional change is the currency of rehabilitation medicine. Medical Scribe records the Ashworth grades, ROM degrees, and strength scores you actually voiced — it never invents or interpolates a finding — so serial notes give you a clean, comparable record of whether your patient is progressing.

Frequently asked questions

Can it organize the note by problem the way physiatrists document?

Yes. The Rehabilitation Medicine Specialist's note template uses an issue-by-issue Assessment & Plan — each problem gets its own diagnosis, investigations, treatment, and referrals — so a multi-problem visit produces a note structured the way you think.

Does it capture exam measurements accurately — ROM, MRC grades, Ashworth scores?

The measurements you speak during the exam are transcribed into the Objective section as stated. Nothing is estimated or filled in: if you didn't say it, it isn't in the note.

Will therapy orders and referrals be clear enough for the rehab team to act on?

Referrals and therapy plans you dictate — including frequency, focus, and rationale — are written into each issue's plan, giving PT, OT, and orthotics an actionable order rather than a vague 'continue therapy.'

Does it work for inpatient rehab rounds and telehealth follow-ups?

Both. Medical Scribe records in-person and telehealth visits across iOS, Android, Web, Apple Watch, and Mac, and it's HIPAA compliant with encryption in transit and at rest. You review and sign every note.

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