DAX Custom Instruction Styles
Choose how your AI scribe documents each encounter. Compare example outputs side by side to find your perfect fit.
Quick Jump
Every card below shows the same clinical scenario — a child presenting with asthma — so you can see exactly how each style differs.
How to Use These
- Browse the examples below — each card shows the same patient scenario formatted in a different style
- Pick the one closest to how you like to write — there's no wrong answer
- Find it in the Prompt Library — copy the full prompt and paste it into your DAX Custom Instructions
- Customize — swap in your own dot phrases, adjust the few-shot examples to your specialty, and iterate
Outpatient Styles
These are organized from most concise to most detailed.
Ultra-Minimal One-Liner
The most compact format possible. One telegraphic sentence per problem fuses assessment and plan with a semicolon. For high-volume clinicians who want the absolute minimum.
Concise Bullets with Follow-Up
Problem-oriented with extremely brief bulleted plan items. No assessment line, no one-liner — just the diagnosis name and the plan. Clean and scannable.
One-Liner + Concise Bullets
Starts with a brief one-liner assessment (<20 words) that captures the visit reason and key decision, followed by bulleted plan items. The editor's current favorite — a great starting point.
Numbered Plan with One-Liner
Same structure as the one-liner + bullets, but uses numbered items (1. 2. 3.) instead of hyphens. Great for physicians who reference plan items by number during handoffs.
Prose Blurb (Resident-Style)
Each problem gets a single concise blurb in the style of a resident's oral presentation: flowing prose that covers assessment, plan, and forward-directed thinking in one paragraph. No bullets.
Concise Prose (Two Sentences)
Exactly two sentences per problem: Sentence 1 = assessment rationale, Sentence 2 = plan (tests, treatments, referrals). Tight, grammatical, telegraphic prose. No bullets.
Hybrid: Prose Assessment + Bulleted Plan
Cleanly separates clinical thinking from management actions. One prose sentence for the assessment, then bullet points for the plan beneath it.
SOAP-Within-Problems
Two unlabeled prose lines per problem: the first captures findings and interpretation (assessment), the second describes management (plan). Great for physicians who prefer full-sentence structure.
Formal A/P (Assessment / Plan / Next Steps)
Labeled subsections per problem with clear visual hierarchy. Most structured and detailed outpatient style. Good for complex cases or liability-sensitive documentation.
Specialty Styles
Tailored for specific clinical scenarios or workflows.
Chronic Disease Follow-Up
Optimized for follow-up visits. Chronic problems include trend language (improved/stable/worsening) and current medication status in the assessment. Acute problems use standard structure.
Assessment Only (Dx & Orders in Chart)
Only the assessment — no plan bullets, no diagnosis headers. Designed for workflows where diagnosis codes and orders (meds, labs, referrals) are already entered as discrete data in the chart.
No Diagnosis Headers
Assessment + bulleted plan per problem, but without the diagnosis name. Designed for EHRs where the diagnosis is already recorded in a separate problem list field.
System-Based (Inpatient / ED)
Organized by organ system instead of by problem: Respiratory, Cardiovascular, FEN/GI, ID, HO, Neuro, Psych, Social, Dispo. Stable systems get a one-line negative statement. For hospitalists and ED physicians.
Templates
Starting points for building your own custom style.
Generalized Template (Build Your Own)
A blank-slate version of the one-liner + bullets format with placeholder examples and guidance on how to fill in your own specialty's details, dot phrases, and few-shot examples.
Not Sure Where to Start?
| If you want… | Try this style |
|---|---|
| Absolute minimum words | Ultra-Minimal One-Liner |
| Quick scannable bullets | Concise Bullets or One-Liner + Bullets |
| To reference items by number in handoffs | Numbered Plan |
| Flowing sentences, no bullets | Prose Blurb or Concise Prose |
| Assessment and plan clearly separated | SOAP-Within or Hybrid |
| Maximum structure and detail | Formal A/P |
| Trend language for chronic conditions | Chronic Follow-Up |
| Dx codes & orders already in chart | Assessment Only or No Dx Headers |
| Inpatient / ED systems-based notes | System-Based |
Ready to Build Your Own?
The Quick Start A&P Builder lets you click through your preferences and generates a customized prompt automatically.