Your first minute with a patient should be about them. Not pulling up notes or remembering what changed since last time. Here’s how the best providers are structuring their sessions differently.
The First Sixty Seconds Set the Tone
The opening of every clinical session sets the tone for everything that follows. When you walk in already knowing what changed since the last visit, the patient feels it. They feel known.
But most providers spend those critical first moments scanning notes, pulling up medication lists, and trying to reconstruct context from fragmented chart entries.
A Better Structure
The modern appointment starts before the patient walks in. With the right preparation, you can enter every session with a clear picture of where things stand.
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