What’s the Difference Between Prompts, Notes, and Templates
Echo-Health.ai offers three tools to support flexible, compliant clinical documentation: Prompts – Free-text instructions clinicians use to guide the AI Notes – Structured outputs generated based on best-practice formats Templates – Document formats for communication, including referral letters and care plans
🧾 What’s the Difference Between Prompts, Notes, and Templates in Echo-Health.ai?
Echo-Health.ai offers three tools to support flexible, compliant clinical documentation:
-
Prompts – Free-text instructions clinicians use to guide the AI
-
Notes – Structured outputs generated based on best-practice formats
-
Templates – Document formats for communication, including referral letters and care plans
🧩 Comparison Table
| Feature | Prompts | Notes | Templates |
|---|---|---|---|
| What is it? | Free-form clinician-written instructions to guide the AI | Structured clinical documentation auto-generated from the transcript | Document layouts (e.g. letters, care plans) used to create Outbox items |
| Created by | Clinician | Echo-Health.ai system | Clinician or admin |
| Editable? | Yes | Yes, once generated | Yes |
| Can be saved? | Yes | No (auto-generated) | Yes |
| Structure control | Full control (e.g. tone, bullet points, format preferences) | Follows set format (e.g. SOAP, APSO) | Fully customisable |
| Updates Daily Record? | Yes (after review and approval) | Yes (auto-generated on consult completion) | No |
| Linked to Outbox/Documents? | No | No | Yes – generates letters or summaries for patients, GPs, and specialists |
| Best for | Customising how a note is written to match personal style | Generating compliant, standardised clinical notes | Building reusable documents for communication |
🧠 Key Distinctions
-
Prompts = Ask AI flexibility
Tailor how the AI writes your note. Use your own clinical shorthand, style, or voice. -
Notes = Best-practice output
Automatically created using Echo-Health.ai’s structured formats (e.g. SOAP, APSO, HOPC). These form the clinical record. -
Templates = Documents for communication
Used to populate the Outbox with referral letters, summaries, and reports. Templates can be edited and shared as Word or HL7-compatible formats.
🧪 Example Use Case
A GP completes a consultation:
-
Echo-Health automatically generates a Note using the GP’s preferred format (e.g. SOAP).
-
The GP applies a Prompt to adjust tone or structure (e.g. “Use bullet points, don’t repeat history”).
-
A Template is used to generate a referral letter from the note, which is sent via the Outbox.