Using Comprehend with Practice Pro
How to Use Comprehend AI Scribe with Practice Pro
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📚 Getting Started with Comprehend + Practice Pro
Comprehend works in three simple steps:
- ⏺️ Record your visit
- 📝 Generate your SOAP note and flow sheet
- âś… Review compliance, coding suggestions, and customize your documentation
⏺️ Recording Your Visit
Step 1: Open the Chrome Extension
- Open the Comprehend Chrome extension.
- Click + New Visit.
Step 2: Start Recording
- Click Record to begin capturing the session.
- Record continuously
- Pause/start as needed
- Use a “brain dump” workflow after the session
Step 3: Dictate Key Clinical Information
Speak naturally while documenting:
- Subjective updates
- Pain levels
- Objective measures
- ROM/MMT findings
- Exercises performed
- Sets/reps/resistance
- Manual therapy
- Treatment response
- Plan of care
Example:
- “Patient reports 3/10 shoulder pain.”
- “Right shoulder flexion 150 degrees.”
- “Performed rows with blue TheraBand 2 sets of 10.”
Step 4: Stop Recording
- Click Stop when finished.
- Audio uploads automatically in real time.
- Once uploaded, click Comprehend.
📝 Generating the Note
After recording:
- Click Comprehend to generate the note.
- The system automatically reviews the transcript and fills in the SOAP note sections.
Review:
- Subjective
- Objective
- Assessment
- Plan
Important:
- Only information verbally stated in the recording can be added to the note.
- If information is missing, click Resume and dictate the missing details.
đź“‹ Flow Sheet Integration
Comprehend can automatically update the flow sheet based on the exercises and interventions mentioned during the visit.
Examples of recognized items:
- Rows
- Joint mobilizations
- Side-lying external rotation
- Resistance bands
- Sets and reps
🧩 Skipping Sections You Don’t Want Filled
🎥 Demo: https://youtu.be/k8gROxQx_bc?si=RiaeaAbJgW-r1nio
Option 1 – Skip Entire Section (example plan section)
- Open your patient note.
- Open Comprehend extension → + New Visit.
- Scroll to the section → toggle to Skip (click the left area of the toggle)
- Setting saves automatically for that visit type.
Response Options:
Setting | Description |
|---|---|
Overwrite (default) | Replace existing text with AI note |
Skip | Leave section unchanged |
Add-on | Add AI note below existing text |
Option 2 – Skip Certain Boxes!
Open patient note.
- Open Comprehend extension → + New Visit.
- Click the section name → View More.
- Check Skip next to specific boxes you don’t want filled.
✍🏽 Customizing Your Notes – Learn from Edits
🎥 Demo (shown in Jane EMR, same across EMRs): https://youtu.be/35-aE_xzMbY?si=He-cBON5vezZR4Mm
- Generate your note.
- Edit it however you want (add, remove, reword).
- Click Learn to train the AI from your edits.
🔄 Can Comprehend Update Previous Notes?
Yes! If your EMR carries notes forward, Comprehend can update instead of rewriting.
- Open your previous note in WebPT.
- Open Comprehend extension → + New Visit.
- Click the section you want to update.
- Add or edit instructions for that section.
- Click Save.
Example Instructions
Section | Example |
|---|---|
Subjective | “Update with any new symptoms since last visit.” |
Objective | “Update with new exercises, sets, or weights only.” |
Assessment | “Summarize progress and tolerance to today’s treatment.” |
Plan | “Note any changes to treatment plan or home exercises.” |
Goals | “Comment on progress toward goals and include today’s date.” |

⚙️ What Do the Buttons Mean?
Sync – Shows what fields Comprehend could fill.
Comprehend – Generates the note for all open sections.
Refresh button – Regenerates the note for a single section only. 
Refresh Icon Colors | What it means |
|---|---|
GREEN | Comprehend successfully generated a complete note that followed the note setting instructions. |
YELLOW | If the icon is yellow, it means Comprehend was able to generate a complete note, but some of the information it looked for wasn’t included in the recording. |
RED | Comprehend error, please contact support@comprehendpt.ai |
Updated on: 22/05/2026
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