Compliance & Legal
How to review an intelligent session-note draft
A fluent note is easy to accept too quickly. Set up a review process that makes you stop at the points where accuracy matters.
Read for meaning, not just spelling
Check who said what, whether uncertainty has been preserved and whether a summary leaves out useful context. A confident sentence can still be wrong. Make the final wording reflect your own judgement.
Know what the software is claiming
For Avand, outputs are drafts. They are not clinical findings. Avand does not monitor patients, issue alerts or escalate concerns. Its role and limitations are set out in the Terms of Service.
Keep the source of authority clear
A vendor cannot settle your professional obligations for you. Consult your National Board guidance, your practice policies and appropriate advice for your setting. Link those decisions to a review process that your team can actually follow.
An example of an error worth catching
In a fictional conversation, a patient says, “I thought about asking for fewer hours, but I have not spoken to my manager.” A draft that says “The patient reduced their working hours” changes an intention into an event. Correct that distinction using the session context. This is an editing example, not suggested clinical wording: the important check is whether the sentence preserves what was actually said.
Put it into practice
Use these prompts to guide your next step.
- Check the patient, session and speaker attribution.
- Check dates, names, negation and expressions of uncertainty.
- Remove unsupported detail and add relevant context.
- Approve only after reading the whole note.