Use AI to draft a clear update email to a referring physician about shared patient care progress.

1. Open ChatGPT or Claude and describe the patient scenario in general terms only—no real names, dates, or identifying details. Include the diagnosis, your main interventions, and the progress or challenges you're seeing. 2. Ask the AI to draft a professional update email to the referring physician. Specify that it should be concise, highlight functional progress, and mention any barriers to recovery or recommendations for next steps. 3. Review the draft carefully. Add specific clinical details, correct any inaccuracies, and adjust the tone to match your relationship with that physician. Make sure it's clear, respectful, and aligned with your documentation. 4. Remove any placeholder text the AI included and replace it with real (de-identified) information from your notes. Double-check that you're not sharing anything you wouldn't normally communicate. 5. Send the finalized email through your secure clinic system—never paste real patient data into the AI. This workflow helps you organize your thoughts and structure professional updates faster, so you can keep physicians in the loop without spending 20 minutes staring at a blank email. Always remember: AI helps you draft and organize, but you make the clinical decisions and verify everything before sending.

March 5, 2026