WW - Clinical Documenter - Module
WW - Clinical Documenter - Module
A dedicated substance abuse treatment program conveniently located in the Federal Hill area of
Baltimore City. We specialize in Intensive Outpatient (IOP) and Partial Hospitalization Program
(PHP) services, providing comprehensive care to individuals seeking recovery.
Our programs are designed to meet the needs of our clients with flexibility and commitment. Our
IOP groups meet four days a week, offering 2.5 hours of focused sessions each day/ For those
requiring more intensive support, our PHP groups are available seven days a week, with 6-hour
daily sessions. Please take note that we exclusively serve individuals with Medicaid insurance.
Visit us at 1124 S Charles Street, Baltimore, Md 21230, to learn more about how we can
support you or our loved one in achieving lasting recovery.
TERMINOLOGIES
- Methadone & Suboxone
- Clinician abbreviations & meaning
- PHP
- IOP
Intake Assessments
Initial intake assessments are done via phone call by the Virtual Assistant where in the phone
call conversation would be recorded on the WellReceived App (communicator app). Not all
intake assessment questions will be answered through the initial intake assessment hence the
documenter may have to call to continue the intake assessment.
The documenter will call the housing staff and do the intake assessment on the patient (for
questions that were not answered in the initial intake assessment).
**Presenting Problem**
7. What is the primary substance you use?
8. Are there any secondary substances you use?
9. How long have you been using these substances?
10. How frequently and how much do you use these substances?
11. When was the last time you used?
12. What method do you use to take these substances?
13. Who taught you how to use these substances?
**Medication**
14. Are you currently taking any medications?
15. What is the name of the medication?
16. What is the dosage and frequency?
**Sobriety History**
17. What is the longest time you have been sober? - because if 2 months or something, we
put on diff level; level dependent on how long since they last used. - PHP
18. Have you experienced any recent relapses? If so, when and where?
**Emergency Contact**
22. What is the name of your emergency contact?
23. What is their relationship to you?
24. What is their phone number?
**Referral Information**
25. Who referred you to our program?
26. What is the contact information for the referral source?
27. What is the reason for your referral?
**Advanced Directives**
28. Do you have an advanced directive? If so, what is the name and phone number of the
person listed?
**Triggers**
29. What are your identified triggers for substance use?
**Medical Information**
30. Do you have any allergies?
31. Have you tested positive for any diseases (e.g., hepatitis)?
32. Do you have a primary care physician?
33. Do you have any high sugar levels or need testing for diabetes?
34. When was your last physical exam?
35. What is your current weight and height?
**Mental Health**
36. Do you have any mental health diagnoses?
37. Have you ever been hospitalized for psychiatric reasons? If so, when and why?
38. Have you experienced any suicidal thoughts or attempts? If so, when?
39. Have you ever overdosed? If so, how many times and when?
**Suicide Background**
40. Are you currently experiencing any suicidal or homicidal ideation, or self-injurious
behavior?
**Family Background**
41. How many siblings do you have?
42. How many are incarcerated?
43. What is your position in the family (e.g., youngest, oldest)?
44. What is your marital status?
45. Do you have any children? If so, what are their ages and statuses?
**Personal Background**
46. Where were you born?
47. What is your current address?
**Financial Information**
48. Do you have any income?
49. Do you have medical insurance? If so, what type?
50. Are you receiving food stamps?
**Treatment History**
51. What was the reason for leaving your last treatment program?
**Cravings**
52. Do you experience cravings?
53. Are you experiencing any cravings right now?
54. (If the patient is craving) On a scale of 1 to 10, how strong are your cravings?
**Medical Conditions**
56. Do you have any medical conditions such as seizures?
Documenter Credentials
Google Account:
Username: Aceephas@wwhealthservices
Password: =J>DAHumWThC4bL>
ICANotes: https://ehr.icanotes.com/
Username: acephaswwwh
Password: Zinc-Sink54
ICANOTES
Website: https://ehr.icanotes.com/
ICANotes is the platform where all patient information is stored and documented.
❗Important❗
● New intake patient charts should be created within 24 hours after the patient has been
taken in.
Welcome to ICANotes!
Login credentials will be created by Ms. Malika Shabazz
Inside ICANotes
This “Create New Patient” tab will appear after clicking on “Make a New Chart”
Input the new patient details. Then click “Create”.
● Date format: mm/dd/yyyy
After clicking “Create”, you will be redirected to this page where you need to fill out the following.
Patient information notes:
● Sex: We rarely choose “U” (unidentified)
● Gender: Choose either woman or man. Take note that we do not take children in.
○
● Address: If the patient is homeless, ask the patient of their address on their license/ID.
○ What’s your address on your license or ID?
○ If there is no address at all, tick the “Homeless” box and type in “none” for all the
boxes that need information regarding the patient's address.
● Home Phone: Type in 10 digit number and the system will automatically format the
number you just typed in.
● SSN #: Social Security Number is required (needed for billing purposes and checking
insurance)
● Ethnicity: Always choose “Not Hispanic or Latino”
● Native American: Usually “N”
● Veteran: Usually “N”
● Disability: Input “none” if they don’t have any among the choices.
This tab will appear where we have to choose clinicians. We need to assign the three providers
below.
We assign 1 provider at a time by clicking their name. Since we have to assign 3 of them at a
time, we repeat the procedure from clicking on “Select a Clinician”.
Assign Ms. Rose Washington, LCADC as she is our Clinical Supervisor who needs to sign all
notes.
Also, add Ms. Malika Shabazz for her to oversee what is going on in the system. She will cross
check this with the submitted EOD report.
For the “Where Seen” option, click on “Add New Location” and select “Wonder Works LLC”
Next, click on the “CONTINUE to Initial or Complete Exam”
You will be directed to the page below after clicking on the “CONTINUE to Initial or Complete
Exam”
Note:
If the VA completed the new chart for the new intake patient but did not click on “CONTINUE to
Initial or Complete Exam” and just clicked on either of the 2 options below, look up the patient’s
name.
Searching for the patient’s name
You will be directed to the patient’s Chart Face page. Click on “Complete Assessment” to
proceed on doing the assessment.
You will then be brought back to the page below.
❗Always check the Clinician assigned. It’s supposed to be Angela Cephas all the
time.❗
Updating Demographics
If, upon rechecking a patient's demographic records, you find missing information, take note of
the following while updating the demographics:
● If they have no Home Phone nor Cell Phone, just type in zeros 0
● If information is missing for options that need text (non numerical figures), just type in
“none” or select “unknown” from the drop down.
● If information is missing for “Ethnicity”, choose “Not Hispanic or Latino” as the safest
answer.
● If Family Size is missing, do not put 1 as the person may have kids or other family
members.
● Employment status - 9/10 patient is unemployed (Annual Household Income: 0-24,999)
● Grade - 9/10 patient is a high school graduate
● Do not click anything for this part:
Note: You can always recheck the initial intake assessment for the missing information.
The complete evaluation used on this part of the module is from the link above
To complete the initial evaluation, you have to work your way through the tabs from “Hist.
Present Illness” to “Finish Initial”.
❗Follow the flow of this procedure as this will complete the evaluation for either
IOP/PHP Intake❗
2. Click on “Client has Symptoms of:” followed by clicking on “Chemical Dependence” then
“Info Received From”. Type in the patient’s name since the patient is the interviewee.
Substance Used
3. Substances Used
Click “Substances Used:”. Next, select the patient’s substance of choice.
Most Common Patterns: (and the questions from the intake assessment that can be helpful)
● Large Amounts
○ How long have you been using these substances?
● Excessive Time Spent
○ How frequently and how much do you use these substances?
● Craving
○ Do you experience cravings?
○ Are you experiencing any cravings right now?
○ On a scale of 1 to 10, how strong are your cravings?
● Failure to Fulfill
Use Severity: How often are these people really using? How many symptoms are you
experiencing?
Main question: What are your triggers? (sample questions/answers are provided)
● Exposure to Substance
○ Is your craving triggered when you are around the substance?
● Strong Association
○ Do your friends have a very strong association with people who sell drugs?
● Good Times
○ Do thoughts of having a good time trigger your cravings?
● Peer Pressure
○ Are you influenced by peer pressure?
● Stress
○ Work
○ Home
■ Is there too much going on at home/work?
○ Relationship
■ Is your relationship causing you stress?
○ Financial
■ Are financial difficulties contributing to your urge to use?
○ Legal
■ Are legal issues affecting your decisions?
○ Medical
■ Are health issues making you consider using?
Amount Used
6. After selecting the necessary options for “Trigger for Use”, click on “Amount Used”.
● How frequently and how much do you use these substances?
Note:
Make sure to add the necessary numerical figure on the highlighted below.
If the patient provides an amount of how much they spend for drugs, do not forget to input the
amount they mention on the highlighted below.
Route of Administration
7. Next, click on “Route of Administration”
● What method do you use to take these substances?
Notes:
● Nose - snorting
● Inhalation - breathing by mouth
Frequency of Use
8. Next, click on “Frequency of Use”
● How frequently do you use these substances?
❗Note: Instead of “few times per week”, try to get a figure from the patient. ❗
Longest Abstinence
9. Next, click on “Longest Abstinence”.
The last time the patient has been clean/sober.
● What is the longest time you have been sober?
1. Start with clicking on “Info Received From”, then click on “Name” (if the information came
from the patient so that their name would appear) (see below)
2. Next, click on “Hospitalizations?”
● Have you ever been hospitalized for psychiatric reasons? If so, where, when and why?
Note: If the patient can’t recall the hospital, don’t click “City Hospital”
Condition treated: select which condition the client has gotten treatment for (Mostly chemical
dependency but select the conditions mentioned by the client. Remember to revise the
sentences accordingly.)
Occurred at age: Select the option when the treatment occurred.
● Question 37 (Have you ever been hospitalized for psychiatric reasons? If so, when and
why?) would be helpful to get your answer.
Medication Prescribed?
● Question 40 (Was medication prescribed to you?)
Note: If the client does not remember what was the medication prescribed, then just type in that
the client does not remember.
4. Next, click on “Suicidal / Self Injurious”
● Question 38 (Have you ever been hospitalized for psychiatric reasons? If so, when and
why?)
Note:
● 9/10 is “Never” - Because WWH don’t take patients with current suicidal thoughts as
those people require a higher level of care.
● Since this is the Past Psychiatric History, clients may say they have had past suicidal
thoughts.
● ❗If the episode has been within 3 to 6 months, the past psychiatric history
must be recorded within the day. ❗(As the patient might have to be referred
to a in-patient mental health facility.)
If the client is currently on medications, just type in the information. No need to click on the
options.
❗Always ask for the dosages. We need to have the dosage on record.❗
Example
3. Hearing/Vision
● Question 18 (Are you currently experiencing any difficulties with your hearing or vision?”
4. Infection or Disease
● Question 19 (Have you recently been diagnosed with an infectious disease or been
exposed to someone with an infectious disease?)
Note: 9/10 is “None” - If the patient says they do have Tuberculosis (TB), report it to Ms. Malika)
5. Pain
Click on the following:
7. Tobacco
When you click on the “Tobacco” option, the pop-out below will show up.
Social Hist.
From Medical Hist. tab, click on the “Social Hist.” tab to start creating the social history
evaluation.
After clicking on the tab, you will see this page.
1. Abuse/Neglect
Was Abused
Question 57 "Have you ever experienced any form of abuse, whether emotional, physical,
sexual, or verbal?"
Was Neglected
Question 58 "Have you ever experienced neglect in any of the following areas: education,
emotional support, medical care, physical care, or supervision?"
Began When
The rest of the options will let you create a narrative of the patient’s social history.
2. Activities of Daily Living
Question 59 "What leisure activities are you currently engaged in or enjoying regularly?"
Note: You don’t need to indicate the frequency. Listing some of their leisure activities are
enough.
3. Assistive Devices
Question 39 “Do you walk independently?” or "Do you use any assistive devices to help with
your daily activities or mobility?"
4. Barriers to Treatment
Question 61 (Is there a reason why you can’t involve yourself into treatment?” or “Is there
something stopping you from getting treatment?)
Note:
● Do not select “Religious” because there might be a need to locate the pastor's name. =
Hassle
● You can stick to the community support related options - select “Cultural”
5. Case Management Needs
Note:
● What do the patients need from WWH to help them handle their lives?
● Most common answer is financial and legal/criminal
Question 65 (What specific case management needs do you have at this time? "Could you
please share with me which of the following areas you feel you may need assistance with in
terms of case management: education, financial support, housing, occupational guidance, legal
or criminal matters, healthcare access, etc?)
6. Children
Question 54 (Do you have any children? If so, how many and what are their ages and
statuses?)
Note: “(from previous relationship)” is the safest option.
7. Coping Diversions
Note:
● These are activities that help the patient to cope when they are tempted to abuse a
substance.
● If the patient’s answer is not included in the options, you may just type it.
Question 69 (When you feel tempted to abuse substances, what coping mechanisms or
activities do you typically turn to?)
8. Coping Strengths
Question 70 (When you feel tempted to use, what strengths do you rely on to cope with that
temptation?)
9. Criminal Justice History
Question 46 Have you been arrested or incarcerated?
Required information:
● Number of arrests
● Legal status
● Violent behavior
10. Cultural and Religious
Required information from:
● Religious Identification
● Cultural Identification
● Cultural Issues
● Sexual Identification
11. Educational History
Question 7 (What is your educational background?)
Note: Type in their school/university name.
12. Employment History
Question 8 (Can you tell me about your employment history?)
Note: If the patient’s answer is not included in the options, you may just type it.
13. Family of Choice
Note: Where the patient’s family of choice centers to.
Question: "Who would you consider to be your chosen family or support network?"
Family Stresses
Question: "Can you describe any sources of stress within your family or close relationships that
are currently affecting you?"
14. Family of Origin
Required information from:
● Born in
● Raised by
● Currently lives with..
● Birth order
● Primary Family Consist of
15. Financial Status
Note: 9/10 the patient has no steady income.
17. Housing
Note:
● To identify the patient’s housing situation.
● If the patient’s answer is not included in the options, you may just type it.
Question: "Could you tell me about your current living situation or housing arrangements?" | “Do
you live alone?”
18. Military History
Question: "Can you provide details about your military history, including your current status, type
of service, your experiences during service, the type of discharge you received, and whether
you are eligible for veterans' benefits?"
19. Personal Goal(s)
Question: "What are your personal goals that you hope to achieve through this program?"
Note: If the patient’s answer is not included in the options, you may just type it.
20. SNAP
Notes: Use context clues to provide answers as some information may have already been
asked earlier in the evaluation that would give you the answers you need for this part.
Required information from:
● STRENGTHS
● NEEDS
● ABILITIES
22. Transportation
Question: "What transportation arrangements will you rely on to attend your appointments?"
23. Trauma History
Question: "Could you please share with me any experiences you've had that you consider to be
traumatic?"
Notes:
● 9/10 “authorities were not notified”
● Don’t forget to remove “Details are as follows:”
Develop Hist.
From Social Hist. tab, click on the “Develop Hist.” tab to check the formulated information. (just
scroll a bit and recheck)
Note:
● Use context clues since the patient has already mentioned their present family
members.
● If the patient does not know, you can click on “unavailable”
Question: "Can you provide me with information about your family psychiatric history, did your
mother experience any abuse..?”
Mental Status Exam
From FAM MH Hist. tab, click on the “Mental Status Exam.”
3. Scroll until you find “(F01-F99) Mental, Behavioral, and Neurodevelopmental disorders”
option then click it
4. Click on “(F10-F19) Mental, behavioral disorders due to psychoactive substance use”
5. For this part, it depends on which substance/s the patient says they are using. (but opt to
choose the option that says “unspecified, uncomplicated”)
When the three selections have been completed, this is what it looks like.
6. Click “Done”
7. After clicking done, you will be redirected back to this page.
8. Click on “Yes” so that the Diagnosis will be included in the note.
9. Next, click on “Justify Level of Care” - we need to justify why they are here in the
program.
Intensive Outpatient (IOP) Last use of drug of choice - 1 or 2 Can last from 1 month to 12 Group sessions - 4
months months (9 am to 11:45 am)
Partial Hospitalization Program Last use of drug of choice - 1 or 2 Can last up to 2 to 8 weeks 8 am to 3:30 pm
(PHP) weeks depending on the patient’s
progress
Residential treatment
10. Select the level of care the patient is qualified for and select the appropriate reason why.
11. Afterwards, click on “back”
After a few mins from 1:59:26 / 2:46:13, an example call from a new intake patient
The client’s primary drug of use is What is the primary substance you use?, a **insert what type
of drug**, with a reported consumption of How frequently and how much do you use these
substances?, costing approximately How frequently and how much do you use these
substances?. The client began using What is the primary substance you use? at the age of 9.
(Do you experience cravings? Are you experiencing any cravings right now? On a scale of 1 to
10, how strong are your cravings?)
Despite reporting no current cravings (0 on a scale of 1 to 10), Question: How is your sleep
pattern? The client experiences significant sleep disruptions, characterized by periods where
they can “sleep for days.” This pattern suggests potential withdrawal symptoms or side effects
related to synthetic cannabinoid use.
Example:
ASAM Dimension 2: Biomedical Conditions/Complications
Note:
● Rating is 2
● The following information is required:
○ Allergies
○ Adverse Drug Reactions
○ At risk for falls
○ TB positive
○ History of seizures
○ PCP?
○ Medical diagnoses ex. Hypertension
○ Last physical
○ Medication prescribed and taking
○ Medication last taken
Creating the Justification for PHP: Essential to use ChatGPT for this part.
Type in the prompt :
“Please write Mr. McNair a justification for a substance abuse partial hospitalization program for
the following “prompt:client’s narrative” and please place the following justification in paragraph
form of 3-4 sentences.
Creating the Justification for PHP: Essential to use ChatGPT for this part.
Type in the prompt :
“Please write Mr. McNair a justification for a substance abuse partial hospitalization program for
the following “prompt:client’s narrative” and please place the following justification in paragraph
form.”
Recommendation
Note:
● Recommendation of why they need treatment to have services.
● We do not use a code for recommendation
● All the treatment and intervention, barriers to address and discharge criteria per
dimension will be under Recommendation.
1. Click on the following option (to which level of care they belong):
2. Click on “Recommendations” under PHP Update
Type in “Recommendation for Partial Hospitalization Program” (or whichever program they are
in for)
Ask the following questions. Take note of the answers and let ChatGPT make the whole thing
into a paragraph form.
Dimension 1
“Monitor and manage withdrawal symptoms through medical supervision.
Utilize medication-assisted treatment to manage cravings and stabilize the client during
detoxification.
Educating the patient on the importance of an ongoing support system to prevent relapse.”
Barriers to Address:
Discharge Criteria:
Dimension 2
“Referral to a health care provider for regular medical check ups and coordination.”
Barriers to Address:
Discharge Criteria:
Dimension 3
“Mental health support offering resources for mental health support including psychiatric
evaluation and treatment.”
Barriers to Address:
Discharge Criteria:
Dimension 4
“Motivational interviewing to enhance motivation and readiness for change educating clients on
the awareness of the negative impacts of substance use and benefits of sobriety.”
Barriers to Address:
Discharge Criteria:
Barriers to Address:
Discharge Criteria:
Dimension 6
“Offering resources for housing and employment, building a supportive social network.”
Barriers to Address:
Discharge Criteria:
Example:
Treatment Plan
Notes:
● Treatment plans are due on a monthly basis regardless of what level of services the
patient is in.
If you are on the patient's Chart Face, navigate to the Treatment Plan by selecting 'Treatment
Plan' from the filter options, then click on 'Work Areas'.
If you need to add a new treatment plan, click on the green +. See below.
Making a new treatment plan:
1. Click on the . The following tab, boxed in red, will show up. Fill it out accordingly.
Don’t forget to click save.
● Last Date - the day of last initial treatment was done or the day you are doing the new
treatment plan.
● Due date is the date after a month.
● Always click “Wonder Works LLC”
After clicking save, click “Open” on the most left side of the screen. Then, you will be directed to
the page below. Afterwards, click on “Add a New Problem/Need”
2. Click on “Need-Manif Detail” tab
3. Click on “Substance Use Disorder”. Next, select the drug of choice which you can find
from the assessment.
4. Select the appropriate details.
5. Afterwards, go to “Long Term Goal”
13. You need to select an intervention per selected short term goal.
Next, select the frequency and other details accordingly.
See below when the two short term goals has assigned interventions.
14. Go to “Strengths”
15. Remove the data on the yellow field and select the “Strengths” template on the right side
of the screen.
The information here will come from the intake assessment. Leave only the information we have
from the assessment and delete the rest.
23. Click on “Abilities” and select the following that corresponds to our patient’s answers
from the assessment. (What the patient thinks he/she can do)
24. Click on “Preferences for Treatment” and select the following that corresponds to our
patient’s answers from the assessment.
Note:
● Only select Group therapy, Individual therapy, “NA, AA, or Alanon”
● Do not select anything from the crossed out options.
25. Click on “Back”
❗Once a new intake assessment has been processed, we need that patient to be
added in the system immediately.❗
2. If you click on a previous session, the following tabs will appear.
❗Never mark people as absent because they cannot be billed.❗If you see someone
marked as absent, please untick the box because they need to be billed.
3. To add a new group note. Click the + sign beside “Previous Session”. The “Therapy
Group Session Entry” tab will then appear.
Fill out the following:
● Date - make sure the date you are trying to make a group note for matches.
● Note Title (if no particular title, just put “Group Therapy Note”)
● Clinician - change to Ms. Angela
● Don’t change the code since this is the code for PHP
● Click Save.
4. After clicking save, the following tabs will appear. Click on the yellow space to create a
note.
5. This tab will appear for you to write the notes. Always select the “Corrected PHP with
right times please use” template option.
This is the template. Type in Ms. Angela’s name as the screenshot below.
6. Go to ChatGPT to create the “Group Topic and Summary”
❗You need to have the handbook open❗Client Handbook - Matrix Intensive Outpatient
Treatment for People with Stimulant Use Disorders.pdf
Example:
Literally copy the information given by ChatGPT and paste it on the yellow space under Group
Topic and Summary. Make sure to remove any unnecessary symbols, etc.
10. Since we have a Group Therapy Note done, We now proceed to create the “Individual
Notes” for everyone in the roster. We create individual notes by clicking on the
“+Remarks” button.
11. After clicking “+Remarks” the popup below will appear. Click on the “Individual Remarks
Template”
Individual Remarks Template
12. For the “Pt. stated:” go on ChatGPT to generate a direct quotation in reference to the
group topic. Ask ChatGPT to generate enough quotations for all of the clients included in
the roster.
You may use the prompt: “Please write 30 individual direct quotation client remarks in reference
to the group topic above”
Pick one out and paste it on the individual note for Pt. stated.
13. Next, Appearance: Could be the same per person but select accordingly per person.
Better to alter a bit.
16. When the client remarks, the icon will turn into green.
17. Repeat process for individual notes for all of the clients included in the roster.
Let ChatGPT do its magic. This will then be your progress note summary
4. Copy the DAP information from ChatGPT and past it on the Interval History space
2. Click on “PN, part 2”. You will then see the page below.
Make sure you change the Clinician name accordingly. (This is the only thing you have to do on
PN, part 2)
For PHP, select Ms. Angela.
❗Important Notes❗
PHP- 8 30 to 4 30
- Never indicate something on a note that says our housing address as we are strictly
clinical.
Uploading Documents
● The Documenter will then upload the Bio-Psych assessment from the NP OnCall to
ICANotes.
1. Go to the patient’s chart face and click the “Documents” tab.
2. Go to upload.icanotes.com. Log in your ICANotes credentials.
This is what you see when inside the upload website.
3. Search the patient’s name. The website requires the patient to be “active” in ICANotes in
order to be searched on this upload website. If the client happens to be inactive, turn
them to “active” on ICANotes. After uploading files for an inactive patient, don’t forget to
turn their status back to inactive. See below.
4. Once you locate the patient, this will appear on the upload website.
5. Fill out the following then upload.
Urinalysis Acutis
Go to https://acutis.careevolve.com/.
Username: MShabazz8351
Password: Acutis!!8351
Location: 14845