You finished your last patient. You have six progress notes to write before afternoon rounds, a consult to call, and a family meeting in 20 minutes. The notes are not going to write themselves, but with Doximity Ask, they can write themselves in about the time it takes to refill your coffee. This guide walks you through the exact workflow. It takes three pieces of information, one prompt, and about 60 seconds of your attention.
What You Need Before You Start
Doximity Ask works best when you give it the right raw material. For a progress note, that means three things from your EMR: - The nursing note or end-of-shift report for the patient
- Current vitals and any flagged labs from the last 24 hours
- The active problem list (or just the two or three problems you are managing today)
You do not need all of this to be perfectly formatted. Copy it straight from the EMR, messy formatting, extra spaces, and all. Doximity Ask will sort it out.
Step 1: Copy Your Source Material
Open the patient's chart and copy the nursing note or overnight shift summary. Add the current vitals table. If there are critical labs, copy those too. Paste everything into a single block of text. Do not worry about cleaning it up.
TIP The more clinical context you give Doximity Ask, the more specific the A&P will be. A shift report that says 'patient doing well' will produce a generic note. A shift report with vitals, events, and nursing observations produces a note that actually reflects what happened overnight. |
Step 2: Use the Prompt Formula
With your source material ready, use this prompt. You can copy it exactly and paste your notes at the bottom. Open Doximity Ask, paste the prompt, and add your source material below it. Copy this prompt: Standard inpatient progress note: Write a concise inpatient progress note including subjective, objective, and assessment and plan sections based on the following information. Format it for an attending physician in internal medicine / hospital medicine. Flag any abnormal vitals or lab values in the objective section. Keep the A&P problem-based.[Paste your nursing note, vitals, and labs here] |
If you want the note formatted differently, for example without a subjective section, or with a specific A&P structure your team uses, add that to the prompt. Doximity Ask follows formatting instructions precisely.
Step 3: Review the Output
Doximity Ask will return a structured note in about 10 seconds. Read through it with one question in mind: does this accurately reflect what I know about this patient? Specifically, check:
- The A&P: make sure each active problem has a plan, and the plans match your clinical thinking
- Any medications or doses mentioned: Doximity Ask draws from the notes you provided, but verify against the MAR
- Anything the nursing note flagged that did not make it into the A&P
COMMON MISTAKE Skipping the review because the note looks complete. Doximity Ask produces a note based on what is in the text you provided. If the nursing note left something out, the progress note will too. Your clinical judgment is still the final filter. |
Step 4: Edit, Then Copy to Your EMR
Make any edits directly before copying to your EMR: add a line to the A&P, tighten the HPI, change the plan for one problem. When you are satisfied, copy the full note and paste it into your EMR for signature.
Total time from paste to EMR-ready note: about 60 seconds. The review and any edits take another two minutes. Done in under three.
Prompt Variations by Note Type
Not every note is a standard progress note. Here are prompt starters for common variations:
Copy this prompt: Hospital course summary: Write a concise hospital course summary for discharge documentation based on the following notes. Include admission diagnosis, key events, procedures, and discharge condition.[Paste notes] |
Copy this prompt: Brief operative note: Write a brief operative note based on the following information. Include pre-op diagnosis, procedure performed, surgeon, anesthesia type, findings, EBL, complications, and disposition.[Paste operative details] |
Copy this prompt: Consult note: Write a consult note from the perspective of [specialty] consulting on a patient with [chief complaint]. Based on the following information, include reason for consult, pertinent history, exam, impression, and recommendations.[Paste referral and patient info] |
Key Takeaways
- Paste the nursing note, vitals, and labs, not a clean summary. Raw information produces better notes.
- Tell Doximity Ask the specialty and format you want. It will follow your instructions.
- Always review the A&P. The rest of the note is largely structural. The A&P is where your clinical judgment lives.
- Edit in Doximity Ask before copying to your EMR. Do not copy, paste, edit, and re-paste.
