For a lot of therapists, doing clinical psychotherapy notes is one of the least exciting parts of the job. It’s not that therapists don’t want to think about their cases or the clinical aspects of the work, it’s just that therapists are tired and exhausted at the end of the day and sitting down to write a stack of clinical notes can seem daunting.
Sessions Health on mobile
We frequently are asked if we have a mobile app. Many psychotherapy EHRs do have mobile apps. But the reason is because when they initially designed their platforms, they didn’t keep mobile in mind. Subsequently, they had to create a mobile app to support their customers. We took a different approach as Sessions Health and designed our app to be mobile-friendly from the start. This way you have a very similar experience whether you are on desktop, tablet, or smartphone. There’s no need to learn a completely different UI and way of doing things. Everything is in the same place.
Dictating clinical psychotherapy notes on mobile
Smartphones have convenient features that a lot of other devices don’t. One of these is voice dictation. When you are using Sessions Health on mobile, you can use voice dictation to write your note. Not only does this allow you to get away from your desk, but it feels fundamentally different than typing everything out. You can relax in your favorite chair with your feet kicked up and talk out your notes. You can have your favorite drink in one hand and your smartphone in the other hand while talking through your day’s sessions.
Limitations of taking notes using dictation
Dictation has come a long way. Text-to-speech software is pretty accurate these days. The key things will be to learn the dictation protocol for whichever smartphone device you are using since they can be a little bit different. It’s also important that you do your notes in a quiet place so that other people chatting or yelling don’t interfere with the process. You aren’t likely to be doing this anyway since you will be doing notes where patient privacy is protected. You’ll also want to be connected to WIFI or a very fast network since speech is first sent to a cloud service to be translated and then sent back to your device. If the connection is poor, the dictation won’t be snappy and it will possibly get in the way of naturally dictating your notes.
Conclusion
Dictating your clinical psychotherapy notes can be a big change from how you’re used to working. However, it can really help you to stop procrastinating since it frees you up to get away from your desk and do notes in a different, more relaxing environment. Sessions Health was built to work on any mobile device and any web browser so you can dictate your notes.
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