Answers for your discipline
The same term can mean different things to an OT, a PT, and an SLP. Ask leads with the meaning for the discipline you have selected and flags where the others differ.
Clinical Questions
Get a straight answer to a documentation question.
Ask is the clinical question tool inside NoteyDoc. Type a question about terminology, a grading scale, an assist level, or how something should be documented, and get a short answer written for your discipline. It is built for occupational therapists, physical therapists, speech-language pathologists, and home health nurses.
Short by design
Answers open with the direct response, then add only what the question needs. It is meant to be usable between visits.
Separate from your notes
Answers stay on the Ask view. Nothing you ask is added to a note, and every question runs through the same privacy screen that guards note generation.
Example: a question and its answer
Question: What does poor plus static standing balance mean?
Answer:
Poor plus, often written P+, describes a patient who can hold a static standing position briefly without upper extremity support, but who needs assistance to stay safe and cannot yet tolerate any challenge to that position. It sits between poor, where support is required to hold the position at all, and fair, where the patient can hold static standing unsupported and take some challenge.
Balance grade wording varies between facilities and rating systems, so document the grade alongside what you actually observed, for example how long the position was held, whether upper extremity support was used, and what level of assistance was needed. A grade on its own is harder to defend on review than a grade with the observation behind it.
What Ask will not do
It will not write your note
Ask explains things. It will not produce a SOAP note, a section of one, or any block of text shaped to be pasted into a chart. That is what the SOAP generator is for.
It will not make clinical decisions
Questions about a specific patient are out of scope. Ask will not give a diagnosis, select a treatment, set a dosage or frequency, or say whether a patient qualifies for services.
It will not guess
When a term has no single standard definition, or its meaning varies by facility or payer, the answer says so. Ask is built to say it does not know rather than invent a cutoff, a score range, or a regulation.
How Ask relates to the SOAP generator
They are two separate tools in the same workspace, and they do different jobs. The SOAP generator turns a short visit summary into a structured draft note. Ask answers questions about wording, terminology, and documentation practice.
Keeping them apart is the point. A question typed into the visit summary box can end up inside the note that gets generated from it, which is exactly the problem Ask was built to solve. Switching between the two keeps your work: a note in progress is still there when you come back from Ask, and your questions are still there when you go back to the note.
Ask questions are counted separately from your SOAP note allowance, so asking a question never costs you a note.
Ask FAQ
What kinds of questions can I ask?
Terminology and abbreviations, grading scales such as balance grades and manual muscle testing, assist levels, documentation standards, goal writing, medical necessity wording, and payer language. Answers are written for the discipline you have selected.
Does Ask write any part of my note?
No. Ask explains things. Answers stay on the Ask view and are never added to a note. Notes are drafted separately by the SOAP generator.
Can I ask about a specific patient?
No. Ask covers terminology and documentation practice, not clinical decisions about a patient. It will not offer a diagnosis, choose a treatment, set a dosage, or say whether someone qualifies for services. Leave patient identifiers out of your question.
Which disciplines does Ask cover?
Occupational therapy, physical therapy, speech-language pathology, feeding therapy, and home health nursing. When a term means different things in different disciplines, the answer leads with the meaning for the discipline you selected.