Dr. Notes for Psychiatrists is now on the App Store and Google Play. It's a separate app from Dr. Notes, built for one specialty: psychiatrists who want their evaluations, patient records and follow-ups in one place on their phone or tablet.
Why a separate app
The general Dr. Notes app is shaped around a typical clinical visit. A psychiatric evaluation has its own structure, so in this app we started from the evaluation and built the rest around it.
What it does
An evaluation is broken into the sections a psychiatrist already works through: Safety & Risk, Symptoms, History, Mental State Examination, Scales, Formulation and Plan. The MSE is structured rather than a blank box. PHQ-9, GAD-7, PC-PTSD-5 and PCL-5 are built in, and their scores sit alongside the evaluation instead of on a separate sheet.
There are two workflows. The initial evaluation is the comprehensive one. Follow-ups are shorter and carry forward the relevant context from earlier visits, so you aren't re-entering history every time. Formulation and planning cover working and differential diagnoses, psychological interventions, the treatment plan and follow-up details.
Around that sit the patient record (details, previous evaluations, history) and an appointments list for upcoming visits. On iPad the layout opens up into a wider workspace; on iPhone it stays focused on one thing at a time.
Records are stored locally first, so documentation keeps working without a steady internet connection.
It's a documentation and workflow tool for qualified clinicians. Clinical decisions stay with the treating psychiatrist.
Where to get it
- iPhone and iPad: Dr. Notes for Psychiatrists on the App Store
- Android: Dr. Notes for Psychiatrists on Google Play
- The general app: drnotesapp.com
If you're a psychiatrist and a section doesn't match how you actually write an evaluation, tell us. That's the feedback that shapes this app.
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