AI documentation tools, read in their own words
Physical therapy notes and AI: what the note tools' terms say
Updated
A PT clinic's notes sit in its EMR or note tool for years, and that vendor's own documents are worth reading before a practice talks to any data buyer.
What the documents answer
Of the 13 systems on the board, 5 keep a de-identified or aggregated use of data in their own words. WebPT's privacy policy, served on its Clinicient, Keet Health and Therabill sites too, says it may share de-identified information with an outcomes working group to help identify outcome trends.
Who controls the notes
PtEverywhere writes that health and treatment records are hosted on behalf of the clinics that use it, and that the clinic, not PtEverywhere, controls them and decides how long they are kept.
Training models on a clinic's notes
None of the PT documents read for this board states a rule on training AI models with a clinic's notes, and the board records that silence rather than reading a yes or a no into it.