How much time do you spend each day writing your session notes? For most therapists, it’s between 10 and 20 minutes per patient — easily 1 to 2 hours per day for a practice with 6-8 patients.
AI-assisted voice dictation is a complete game-changer. Dictate your observations in natural language, and the AI structures everything in seconds. Here’s how it works, and why more and more Swiss therapists are adopting this approach.
Clinical documentation is essential — it legally protects the therapist, ensures continuity of care and meets legal requirements (cantonal health laws and codes of ethics). But it takes considerable time:
| Task | Average time (manual) | Time with AI dictation |
|---|---|---|
| Session note | 10-20 min | 2-3 min |
| Initial anamnesis | 20-30 min | 5-8 min |
| Summary report | 15-25 min | 3-5 min |
| Total (8 patients/day) | 1h20-2h40 | 16-24 min |
The process takes three steps:
1. Voice transcription (Whisper)
Your voice is converted to text by a state-of-the-art speech recognition model (Whisper). The transcription offers high accuracy, including for common medical vocabulary. You review and correct the result if necessary.
2. Intelligent structuring (AI)
The AI analyses the raw text and automatically structures it in SOAP (Subjective, Objective, Assessment, Plan) or DAP (Data, Assessment, Plan) format according to your preferences.
3. Validation and saving
You review the structured note, adjust if necessary, and save with one click.
What you dictate:
“Mrs Dupont, third session, still complaining of lower back pain but less intense than before, going from 7 out of 10 to 4 out of 10. Good mobility of the right hip. I worked on the lumbar fascia and paravertebral muscles. We’ll continue with stretching exercises at home, next session in two weeks.”
What the AI structures (SOAP format):
S (Subjective): Patient reports a decrease in lower back pain (VAS 7/10 → 4/10). 3rd session.
O (Objective): Good mobility of the right hip. Work performed on the lumbar fascia and paravertebral muscles.
A (Assessment): Favourable progress. Significant improvement in pain since the start of treatment.
P (Plan): Home stretching exercises prescribed. Next session in 2 weeks.
Total time: approximately 1 to 2 minutes (dictation + review). Instead of 10 to 15 minutes of manual writing.
The legitimate question: is dictating health information compliant with the nLPD? Yes, provided that:
The same principle applies to billing. Imagine dictating: “Invoice for Mrs Dupont, 60-minute osteopathy session today” and getting a compliant Tarif 590 invoice, with the correct tariff code, DataMatrix and QR-Invoice.
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