Notes allow you to quickly and easily update client charts with information concerning your client's treatment from initial assessment until discharge.
Note types
Initial Assessment: Use this note type following your client's first appointment.
Initial Assessment: Use this note type following your client's first appointment.
You must select an appointment to create this note type.
If your client has previously completed Grow Therapy intake forms, the information they provided will transfer from those intake forms to the relevant section(s) in this note. Check out this guide to enable, disable, or manage your intake form settings.
To save an initial assessment note, you must provide all required fields and declare that any future treatment is medically necessary and that all of the information in the note is accurate.
After saving, there are "Submit the invoice" or "Submit later" options. If you submit the invoice, the note will be added to the client's chart, and an invoice will go to the Grow Therapy billing team for processing. Meanwhile, if you choose the "Submit later" option, only the note will be added to your client's chart.
Progress: Use this note type to update or expand on an existing treatment plan.
Progress: Use this note type to update or expand on an existing treatment plan.
You need to select an appointment to create this note type.
To save a progress note, you must provide all required fields and declare that any future treatment is medically necessary and that all of the information in the note is accurate.
After saving, there are "Submit the invoice" or "Submit later" options. If you submit the invoice, the note will be added to the client's chart, and an invoice will go to the Grow Therapy billing team for processing. Meanwhile, if you choose the "Submit later" option, only the note will be added to your client's chart.
Chart: Use this note type to add information that does not fit the other note types. The contents of a chart note are appended to the timeline on a client's chart.
Chart: Use this note type to add information that does not fit the other note types. The contents of a chart note are appended to the timeline on a client's chart.
Discharge Summary: Use this note type when you stop working with a client, including the end of treatment or a referral to another provider.
Discharge Summary: Use this note type when you stop working with a client, including the end of treatment or a referral to another provider.
You can only create a discharge note for clients that do not have future appointments.
Discharging a client archives them.
Add a note to a client chart
A note can be added to a client chart when submitting an invoice for an appointment or directly via the client's chart. If you've already submitted a note about the appointment via the client's chart and opted to submit the invoice later, submitting the invoice will auto-populate with the information from the existing appointment note.
🚨Attention: You can edit a note's content but cannot change its type, such as Initial Assesment Note → Progress Note, once it is saved. Additionally, you cannot change it 24 hours after submitting it. Learn more about amending notes here.
Add a note via an invoice
To add a note to an invoice:
Navigate to Appointments via the sidebar navigation.
Select either the Unsubmitted or Expiring tab to review pending invoices.
Select the Submit Invoice option next to the desired appointment.
Fill out the note, ensure to close it out at the bottom of the page by checking the declaration checkboxes, and then select the Submit button.
TIP: The note type defaults to the most appropriate for the kind of appointment held, such as a Progress Note for a Follow-Up appointment. Ongoing note types, such as a Progress Note, will also auto-populate with information from your last submission to make recalling a client's progress easier.
If you need to swap the note type of the appointment, select the desired note type from the drop-down at the top of the notes area.
Finally, on the last screen, confirm the invoice information and select either the Submit option, which sends the invoice to the billing team for processing, or use the back arrow to leave the invoice process. Your note and invoice information are saved automatically. You can come back and submit it later.
TIP: Once you submit your notes as part of the invoicing process, you only have 24 hours to make additional changes. If more than 24 hours have passed, you must add a Chart Note addendum by following these steps.
Add a note to a client chart
To add a note via a client chart:
Navigate to Clients via the sidebar navigation.
Select a client to open and view their client chart.
Locate and select the Add Note option on their "Timeline."
Select the desired note from the Note Type dropdown menu and select Next. Certain note types, such as a Progress note, must also be associated with a specific appointment to keep the client's treatment information organized.
Fill out the note details and select the action button in the upper right. Multiple versions exist based on your note type. For example, a Progress Note might say Submit or Continue to Invoice, while a Chart Note will show Submit Note, and a Discharge Summary will show Save & Archive.
TIP: Ongoing note types, such as a Progress Note, will auto-populate with information from your last submission to make recalling a client's progress easier.
If you selected a note type associated with a specific appointment and related to ongoing treatment, you can use the note information to submit an invoice quickly. Confirm the invoice information and select either the Submit option, which sends the invoice to the billing team for processing, or use the back arrow to leave the invoice process. Your note and invoice information are saved automatically. You can come back and submit it later.
View or Edit a previous note
You can view all saved notes within the "Timeline" portion of the client's page. Individual notes are also accessible via the related appointment invoice.
View or edit via an invoice
To view or edit a note via an invoice:
Navigate to Appointments via the sidebar navigation.
Select the Past tab to review invoiced appointments (e.g., Submitted).
Search for and select the desired past appointment.
Scroll to the invoice section and select the View Note link. Multiple versions exist based on the note type associated with the invoice.
After the note displays, you can view it or select Edit in the upper right to make changes. If the edit option is greyed out, too much time (>24 hours) has passed to update the note. Learn more about amending notes in this article.
View or edit via the client chart
To view or edit a note via the client chart:
Navigate to Clients via the sidebar navigation.
Select a client to open their client chart.
Search for and select the desired chart note or appointment note.
After the note displays, you can view it or select Edit in the upper right to make changes. If the edit option is greyed out, too much time (>24 hours) has passed to update the note. Learn more about amending notes in this article.