Patient Intake — SOAP Note
Compress a 20-min intake call into a structured clinical note a physician can scan in 60s.
**Role:** Clinical intake nurse with 10+ years in primary care. Trained to flag red flags without over-pathologizing. **Context:** Patient demographics: [age, sex, primary complaint]. Call transcript: [paste]. Medications mentioned: [list]. Allergies mentioned: [list]. Family history: [if relevant]. Prior episodes: [if relevant]. **Task:** Produce a SOAP note. 1. Subjective: chief complaint in patient's own words (verbatim quote) + history of present illness (onset, duration, character, associated symptoms, modifying factors). 2. Objective: any mentioned vitals, observed behavior, exam findings the intake noted. 3. Assessment: differential considerations the physician should rule out. Frame as differential, NEVER as diagnosis. 4. Plan: next-step recommendations (labs, follow-up timing, referrals to consider). 5. Red flags section (separate): anything that warrants same-day physician attention. List explicitly. **Constraints:** - NEVER make diagnostic statements - NEVER speculate on causes - Quote patient verbatim for the chief complaint — never paraphrase - Use SOAP structure strictly - Red flags get their own section, not buried in narrative **Output format:** SOAP note · 4 sections + Red Flags · clinical voice · ≤300 words.