LocalScribe for Physical Therapists

AI-assisted clinical documentation

Save your PT terminology, outcome measures, and templates so LocalScribe can draft documentation around the way you already evaluate and treat.
Runs locally on your computer, so sensitive documentation stays off the cloud.
One-time purchase with no monthly subscription.

How LocalScribe Helps Physical Therapists

The core fit for PT is simple: save your terminology, measures, preferred phrasing, and note structure once, then reuse that context every time you draft.

Terminology library for PT language

Store PT-specific shorthand and definitions like gait training, sit-to-stand transfer, eccentric control, HEP, manual therapy, or weight-bearing status so the model uses your wording correctly.

Test measures library for PT outcomes

Save measures like the TUG, 6MWT, Berg Balance Scale, LEFS, Oswestry, or DASH with the score type, descriptors, scoring meaning, and interpretation language you want. Then when you reference the measure in shorthand, LocalScribe can use that context to write the score table and the interpretation cleanly.

Custom templates by setting

Create PT-specific SOAP notes, evaluation summaries, progress reports, discharge summaries, re-evals, or home health visit formats that match the way your practice actually documents.

How LocalScribe uses your saved language

You save terms and definitions once. During drafting, that saved language can be provided as context so the note reflects the shorthand and clinical meaning you intended.

Saved context

  • CGA = contact guard assist during mobility tasks
  • HEP = home exercise program with patient education, demonstration, and adherence plan
  • TUG = Timed Up and Go measure stored with score type, fall-risk descriptors, and interpretation guidance

Clinical content you type

PT SOAP. L knee pain 4/10 start, 5/10 stairs. says grocery store walking still hard. Amb ~150 ft SPC SBA, dec L stance time + needs vc heel strike. step-ups 4in x10, sit<>stand x8 no UE, calf stretch, HEP reviewed. mild SOB/fatigue, 2 seated rests.

Example PT SOAP Note Template

Templates can include the section titles you want plus specific instructions you write for the AI model, so the note follows the SOAP structure you actually use.

Each section title can include its own instruction to the AI model, so the generated text under that header is shaped by the prompt you wrote for that section.

Subjective

AI instruction: Summarize the patient's reported symptoms, functional complaints, pain rating, or relevant subjective updates from the visit.

Objective

AI instruction: Document gait, assist level, cues, exercises, repetitions, and observable treatment details in concise PT language.

Assessment

AI instruction: Interpret how the patient's presentation and treatment performance relate to current functional deficits and therapy needs.

Plan

AI instruction: State the next-step treatment plan and note any HEP or education that should continue.

Example output from those instructions

Subjective

The patient reported left knee pain and ongoing difficulty with stairs and community walking tasks.

Objective

The patient completed gait training with cane and standby assist, step-ups, sit-to-stand practice, stretching, and HEP review with cueing and rest breaks as needed.

Assessment

Performance remains limited by gait deviations, stair difficulty, and reduced tolerance for longer walking tasks.

Plan

Continue gait and functional strengthening interventions and reinforce home program carryover.

Why it fits this workflow

LocalScribe can run offline

Create notes while in a patient's home, in the gym, or moving through a rehab space without needing a live connection, then export the finished note later for upload into the EHR or other system of record.

Teach once, reuse every day

Once you add PT abbreviations, preferred phrasing, and measures, those definitions can be used during generation so drafts reflect your own clinical language.

Draft faster without losing specificity

Instead of rewriting generic AI output, you start from language that already reflects your documentation habits, intervention vocabulary, and test interpretation patterns.

Try LocalScribe for Physical Therapy

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