--- title: Blog | Nextvisit description: Documentation, AI policy, operations, product updates, and notes from the founders. url: "http://localhost:3000/blog" type: static generatedAt: "2026-09-04T06:57:01.343Z" --- Resources # From the people who use the product. Documentation, AI policy, operations, and product updates. Written by clinicians and engineers on the team. [Documentation Latest ## What I check before I sign an AI note A draft can be fluent and still be wrong in the places I am responsible for. This is the pass I do before my name goes on it. August 19, 2026 · By Faisal Rafiq, MD · 3 min read](/blog/what-i-check-before-i-sign-an-ai-note) 1. [19 Aug Documentation 3 min read · By Faisal Rafiq, MD ### What I check before I sign an AI note A draft can be fluent and still be wrong in the places I am responsible for. This is the pass I do before my name goes on it. Read post](/blog/what-i-check-before-i-sign-an-ai-note) 1. [22 Jul Documentation 3 min read · By Faisal Rafiq, MD ### Stop copy-forwarding the mental status exam A pasted MSE is how a stable paragraph survives a week that was not stable. Here is what I still write myself, and what I let a draft start. Read post](/blog/stop-copy-forwarding-the-mental-status-exam) 1. [24 Jun BH operations 3 min read · By Ryan Yannelli ### When I would turn the ambient scribe off A listener in the room is the wrong tool for some visits. These are the ones where I tell people to type, or to wait. Read post](/blog/when-not-to-use-an-ambient-scribe) 1. [13 May Documentation 3 min read · By Ryan Yannelli ### The intake note is where the chart goes wrong Follow-up notes inherit the first visit. If the intake is thin, later denials and confused covering clinicians start there. Read post](/blog/the-intake-note-is-where-the-chart-goes-wrong) 1. [25 Mar BH operations 3 min read · By Ryan Yannelli ### What payers mean by a golden thread in behavioral health notes Golden thread is not a slogan. It is whether a reviewer can follow this visit from the problem, through what you did, to why the next visit is still necessary. Read post](/blog/what-golden-thread-means-in-behavioral-health-notes) 1. [18 Feb BH operations 3 min read · By Ryan Yannelli ### Ambient scribe, dictation, or type it later: what actually changes Ambient listening, dictation, and typing after clinic are different jobs. Here is how each fails in a psychiatry or therapy day, and when I would still pick it. Read post](/blog/ambient-scribe-vs-dictation-vs-typing) 1. [14 Jan Documentation 3 min read · By Ryan Yannelli ### What belongs in a telehealth psychiatry note that an office note can skip Payers and boards still treat video visits as a different setting. These are the fields I see missing when a telehealth chart gets pulled. Read post](/blog/what-belongs-in-a-telehealth-psychiatry-note) 1. [10 Dec Compliance & AI policy 3 min read · By Ryan Yannelli ### Do you need patient consent to use an AI scribe? If a tool is listening to the visit, treat it like a recording. Here is the consent conversation I tell practices to have before they turn one on. Read post](/blog/do-you-need-consent-for-an-ai-scribe) 1. [19 Nov BH operations 3 min read · By Faisal Rafiq, MD · Updated May 2026 ### What new clinicians used to need years of volume to notice New psychiatrists and therapists get pattern flags, documentation checks, and longitudinal context that used to take years of volume to notice. Read post](/blog/ai-bridges-experience-gap-young-mental-health-clinicians) 1. [19 Nov Product updates 3 min read · By Faisal Rafiq, MD · Updated May 2026 ### The covering clinician should see what you already know AI patient timelines keep med trials, life events, and risk history available for the covering clinician, not only the person who wrote the first note. Read post](/blog/ai-clinical-memory-timelines-event-tracking-mental-health) 1. [19 Nov Compliance & AI policy 3 min read · By Faisal Rafiq, MD · Updated Sep 2026 ### Supervision between sessions, without leaking PHI Trainees need feedback between supervision sessions. A HIPAA-safe review of drafts beats Reddit threads and group texts. Read post](/blog/ai-clinical-supervision-healthcare-training-hipaa-compliance) 1. [19 Nov Product updates 3 min read · By Faisal Rafiq, MD · Updated May 2026 ### Medication history a busy clinic cannot keep in one head AI can reconstruct medication history, side-effect patterns, and practice-level prescribing that a busy psychiatry clinic cannot keep in one head. Read post](/blog/ai-medication-tracking-treatment-outcomes-prescribing-patterns-mental-health) 1. [19 Nov Compliance & AI policy 3 min read · By Faisal Rafiq, MD · Updated May 2026 ### What auditors look for in a behavioral health note Payers want medical necessity, add-on psychotherapy content, scales, and matching CPT codes. AI can catch those gaps before you sign. Read post](/blog/ai-mental-health-insurance-audits-documentation-compliance) 1. [19 Nov Product updates 3 min read · By Faisal Rafiq, MD · Updated Sep 2026 ### ESA letters, FMLA, and prior auths from the chart Nextvisit drafts ESA letters, FMLA packets, and prior authorizations from the chart for clinician review. Read post](/blog/ai-transforming-patient-letters-forms-nextvisit-integration) 1. [19 Nov BH operations 3 min read · By Faisal Rafiq, MD · Updated May 2026 ### How AI supports psychiatry and therapy AI supports structured documentation, longitudinal review, and insurance formatting. Clinicians use this information to make clinical decisions. Read post](/blog/how-ai-is-changing-psychiatry-and-therapy-beyond-the-hype) 1. [13 Oct Documentation 3 min read · By Ryan Yannelli · Updated Sep 2026 ### Notes that finish during the visit Nextvisit reduces provider administrative time by 68% on average, drafts structured notes, suggests codes, and exports to the EHR. Read post](/blog/revolutionize-behavioral-health-documentation-with-ai) 1. [12 Oct Documentation 3 min read · By Ryan Yannelli · Updated May 2026 ### Progress notes that write during the visit Automated progress notes capture the encounter as it happens and write a structured record into the EHR, so the chart is not rebuilt after clinic. Read post](/blog/automated-progress-notes-streamlining-medical-documentation) Get notes you can use ## One short note a month, no marketing list theater. We send a monthly product letter with what we shipped, what we learned, and links to the longer pieces. 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