Use AI to quickly draft discharge instructions patients can understand and follow after their final session.
When you discharge a patient, you want them to leave with clear, actionable instructions they can actually follow at home. But writing these from scratch every time eats into your schedule. AI can draft patient-friendly discharge instructions in seconds — covering activity modifications, red flags to watch for, follow-up recommendations, and maintenance exercises. Just describe the patient's condition and goals (no real names or identifying details), and let AI create a draft you can personalize and print. This is especially helpful for complex cases where you need to explain multiple precautions or activity progressions. Instead of retyping the same guidance or hunting through old notes, you get a clean starting point in under a minute. Always review the output to make sure it matches your clinical judgment and your patient's specific needs before handing it over.
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“I'm discharging a patient who completed physical therapy for a rotator cuff repair. Draft clear, patient-friendly discharge instructions that include: activity modifications for the next 4 weeks, 3 maintenance exercises they should continue at home, red flags that would require them to call their doctor, and a recommendation to follow up with their surgeon in 6 weeks. Write this at a 6th grade reading level and keep it under one page.”
March 22, 2026
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