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AI Scribe for Neurologists

Built for the cadence of a neurology clinic. Captures the full exam (CN II-XII, motor 0-5/5, reflexes, gait), tracks EDSS and UPDRS visit-over-visit, ties MRI findings into the assessment, and produces a finished SOAP note before the patient is dressed.

18-30 patients/day capacity
$50/month
Neurologist performing cranial nerve examination

Documentation for Every Neurology Visit

From a 60-minute new headache consult to a 20-minute MS infusion check-in, the workflow mirrors how neurologists actually structure encounters.

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Headache & Migraine

Aura, frequency, MIDAS score, prophylaxis (topiramate, propranolol, CGRP mAb), and abortive medication tracking with rebound risk flags.

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MS Follow-Up

Relapse history, EDSS score, MRI lesion comparison, and disease-modifying therapy management (ocrelizumab, natalizumab, fumarates).

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Seizure Management

ILAE seizure semiology, AED levels, breakthrough seizure tracking, and surgical candidacy assessment for refractory epilepsy.

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Movement Disorders

Parkinson disease, essential tremor, dystonia. UPDRS Part III, on/off motor states, levodopa equivalent daily dose, DBS programming notes.

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Stroke Follow-Up

Post-stroke clinic. mRS, NIHSS comparison, secondary prevention (antiplatelets, statin, BP target), and rehab progress.

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Cognitive Evaluation

Memory clinic visits with MoCA or MMSE, AD biomarkers, anti-amyloid therapy candidacy, and caregiver counseling documentation.

What Makes It Neurology-Specific

These are not marketing features. They reflect the parts of a neurology note that consume the most after-hours charting time.

Full Neuro Exam Capture

Mental status, cranial nerves II-XII, motor 0-5/5 by group, sensory by modality, deep tendon reflexes 0-4+, plantar responses, finger-nose-finger, heel-shin, Romberg, tandem gait. The AI prompts for missing elements before finalizing the note.

Validated Scale Tracking

NIHSS for stroke, EDSS for MS, UPDRS for Parkinson disease, MIDAS for migraine, MoCA for cognitive impairment. Scores carry forward visit-to-visit so progression is visible in the assessment.

MRI and Imaging Correlation

Paste an MRI brain or spine report and the AI ties findings to the assessment - new T2 lesion in MS, hippocampal atrophy in cognitive workup, lacunar infarct in stroke clinic, white matter disease burden in headache.

Complex Polypharmacy

Neurology drug regimens are heavy. The system documents sumatriptan 50mg PRN with monthly cap, ocrelizumab 600mg IV q6mo, levetiracetam 750mg BID, carbidopa-levodopa 25/100 TID with COMT inhibitor add-on, and renal-adjusted gabapentin without the clinician restating doses.

EMG/NCS Procedure Notes

Structured templates for needle EMG and nerve conduction studies. Captures muscles tested, abnormal spontaneous activity, MUAP morphology, recruitment, conduction velocities, and the bottom-line interpretation that drives 95860-95911 billing.

Infusion Day Workflow

Ocrelizumab, natalizumab, IVIG, and CGRP infusion visits document pre-medication, vitals trend during infusion, infusion reaction monitoring, and the 96365/96413 billing path - all from the dictated handoff.

A Day in a Neurology Clinic with PatientNotes

What changes for the clinician and what stays the same.

A typical outpatient neurology day is structured around two opposing pressures: each visit demands a thorough exam (the full motor-sensory-reflex-coordination-gait sweep), and each visit also generates a paper trail thick enough to satisfy E&M billing, prior authorization, and disease-progression tracking. The reason neurologists historically take work home is that the cognitive overhead of a 30-minute MS follow-up - relapse history, MRI comparison, EDSS scoring, infusion logistics, JCV antibody monitoring, vaccine timing - cannot be captured by a SmartPhrase alone.

With ambient capture, the clinician examines and converses normally. PatientNotes listens, identifies which scale (NIHSS, EDSS, UPDRS, MIDAS, MoCA) belongs to which condition, parses dictated reflex grades and motor scores into structured fields, and assembles the SOAP. The physician spends the last 60 seconds of the visit reviewing the assessment and plan, ticks off the medication reconciliation, and signs out. There is no after-clinic charting block.

The encounter that benefits most is the new MS consult or the second-opinion movement disorder visit - 60 minutes of dense history followed by a dense exam. Without ambient capture, those visits can take 90 minutes to write up. With it, the note is finalized before the next patient is roomed.

Sample AI-Generated Neurology Note

MS follow-up on ocrelizumab. Note shown verbatim - the only edits an MS sub-specialist would typically make are tightening the assessment paragraph and adjusting next-visit timing.

ms_followup.txt
SUBJECTIVE:
42-year-old right-handed female with relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis (dx 2019, JCV antibody negative) presents for routine 6-month follow-up. Currently on ocrelizumab 600mg IV every 6 months, last infusion 11 weeks ago. Reports stable function since prior visit. No new neurologic symptoms - no optic symptoms, no new sensory changes, no Lhermitte sign. Continues on vitamin D3 5000 IU daily. Sleep adequate. Walks 30 minutes daily without aid. Works full-time as a paralegal. No urinary urgency. Denies cognitive complaints, though notes occasional word-finding pauses she attributes to multitasking.

Reviewed: ocrelizumab risks (PML, infusion reaction, hep B reactivation), screening labs current.
ROS otherwise negative.

OBJECTIVE:
Vitals: BP 118/74, HR 68, RR 14, Wt 64 kg, Temp 98.0F

Mental Status: Alert, oriented x3. Fluent speech. MoCA not formally administered today.

Cranial Nerves:
- II: Visual acuity 20/20 OU corrected. No RAPD. Disc margins sharp bilaterally. Visual fields full to confrontation.
- III, IV, VI: EOMI without nystagmus or INO. No diplopia on extreme gaze.
- V: Sensation intact V1-V3 bilaterally. Masseter and temporalis strength symmetric.
- VII: Symmetric facial movement. No flattening.
- VIII: Hearing grossly intact bilaterally to finger rub.
- IX, X: Palate elevates symmetrically. Gag intact.
- XI: SCM and trapezius 5/5 bilaterally.
- XII: Tongue protrudes midline.

Motor: 5/5 throughout - deltoids, biceps, triceps, wrist ext, finger flex, hip flex, knee ext, ankle dorsiflex, EHL bilaterally. No drift on pronator drift testing. No fasciculations.
Tone: Mildly increased in right lower extremity (spastic catch at the knee). Otherwise normal.
Sensory: Intact light touch, pinprick, vibration, proprioception throughout. No sensory level on chest or back.
DTRs: 3+ at biceps, brachioradialis, patellar, achilles bilaterally. Symmetric. Plantar responses flexor bilaterally. No clonus.
Coordination: FNF and HKS smooth bilaterally. Rapid alternating movements normal.
Gait: Normal-based, normal stride length. Tandem gait intact for 10 steps. Romberg negative.
EDSS today: 1.5 (no disability, minimal signs - mild RLE spasticity).
EDSS prior visit (Oct 2025): 1.5. Stable.

MRI brain and C-spine (3 weeks ago, with and without contrast):
- Brain: Stable T2/FLAIR lesion burden in periventricular and juxtacortical white matter. No new T2 lesions. No enhancing lesions. No new black holes.
- C-spine: Stable C2-C3 cord lesion. No enhancement. No new lesions.
Compared to prior MRI (Oct 2025): No radiographic disease activity.

Labs (today): CBC normal, CMP normal, IgG 920 mg/dL (low-normal), JCV index 0.18 (negative).

ASSESSMENT:
1. Relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis (G35) - clinically and radiographically stable on ocrelizumab. NEDA-3 status maintained over the past 6 months. EDSS 1.5, unchanged.
2. Mild right lower extremity spasticity - chronic, non-disabling, not requiring pharmacologic treatment.
3. Vitamin D supplementation - continue 5000 IU daily, last 25-OH vitamin D level 42 ng/mL.

PLAN:
1. Continue ocrelizumab 600mg IV every 6 months. Next infusion scheduled in 13 weeks - pre-infusion labs (CBC, CMP, hep B panel, IgG/IgM) and a brief telehealth check-in 1 week prior.
2. Repeat MRI brain and C-spine without contrast in 12 months given radiographic stability and JCV negativity. If new symptoms develop, advance imaging.
3. Continue vitamin D3 5000 IU daily.
4. Counseled on relapse symptoms warranting urgent contact - new vision change, new weakness, new sensory level, new bowel/bladder dysfunction, new gait change.
5. Influenza and Tdap vaccines - given more than 2 weeks before next infusion, encouraged today.
6. Return to clinic in 6 months, sooner for any new symptoms.

Billing: 99214. Moderate complexity - one chronic, stable problem on a high-risk parenteral therapy with imaging and labs reviewed. CPT 96365 will be billed by infusion suite at next infusion encounter.

ICD-10: G35

Most-Used ICD-10 Codes in Neurology

The system suggests these based on the assessment, with one-click selection.

G35Multiple sclerosis
G43.909Migraine, unspecified, not intractable, without status migrainosus
G40.909Epilepsy, unspecified, not intractable, without status epilepticus
G20Parkinson disease
I63.9Cerebral infarction, unspecified
G62.9Polyneuropathy, unspecified
G47.33Obstructive sleep apnea, adult
G30.9Alzheimer disease, unspecified

For a comprehensive MS coding reference, see our ICD-10 guide for multiple sclerosis.

How Neurologists Actually Use It

Three real-world deployments. Names anonymized; setting and outcome accurate.

Dr. R. Patel

Solo headache and migraine clinic, Austin TX

Runs a 4-day-a-week boutique headache practice with 18-22 patients per day, mostly chronic migraine and cluster headache. Was using Dragon Medical One for dictation but burnout from after-clinic charting was affecting family time. Switched to PatientNotes in early 2026 and now finishes notes inside the visit window. Saves the captured MIDAS score and CGRP titration history for prior auth letters - cuts insurance appeals time by half.

Lakeside Neurology Group

6-neurologist multi-specialty group, Minneapolis suburbs

Mixed practice covering general neurology, MS, and movement disorders. Group-evaluated DAX, Suki, and PatientNotes over a 90-day pilot. Picked PatientNotes on price ($300/month total for 6 clinicians vs $2,400+ for DAX) and the depth of EDSS/UPDRS tracking carried forward visit-to-visit. The MS sub-specialist uses the imaging correlation feature to write infusion auth letters in under 5 minutes.

Dr. M. Chen

Hospital-employed stroke neurologist, academic medical center

Works in a comprehensive stroke center with Epic. Hospital provides DAX through the enterprise contract for inpatient work, but uses personal PatientNotes subscription for outpatient post-stroke clinic days because the EDSS-style scale carry-forward and the cleaner consult-letter format are better suited to the post-discharge follow-up workflow. Pastes the finished consult letter into Epic as a SmartPhrase.

Coming from Microsoft Dragon?

Dragon Medical One is a real product with real strengths. Here is how to think about the move.

Dragon Medical One (DMO) and its big-brother DAX Copilot are mature, well-engineered tools owned by Microsoft/Nuance. Many neurologists - especially those trained in academic centers over the past 15 years - learned to dictate fluently into Dragon and have macros and SmartPhrases that took years to refine. That is real value, and a serious switching cost.

The important distinction is between dictation and ambient capture. Dragon Medical One is a dictation engine: you speak the note out loud after the patient leaves, and Dragon converts speech to text. DAX Copilot and PatientNotes are ambient: the system listens to the entire encounter and structures the note from the conversation itself. For a busy neurologist, the time savings come from never composing the note - not from typing faster.

Dragon Medical One

  • $99/month + setup fee
  • Dictation, not ambient
  • Mature Epic and Cerner integration
  • You compose the note out loud
  • Strong macro and SmartPhrase ecosystem

PatientNotes

  • $50/month, all-in
  • Ambient capture
  • Browser- and iOS-based, paste into any EHR
  • Note is composed from the conversation
  • Neurology templates included out of the box

How to switch in three steps

  1. Run a 7-day free trial in parallel with Dragon. Pick a single clinic day - record the visit and paste the generated note next to the one you dictated.
  2. Compare side-by-side on three axes: completeness of the neuro exam, accuracy of the EDSS/UPDRS/NIHSS values, and minutes of after-clinic editing.
  3. If PatientNotes wins, schedule the Dragon cancellation for the next renewal date. You will keep both working until the renewal, so there is no documentation gap.

Detailed feature-by-feature breakdown: PatientNotes vs Nuance DAX.

Is Suki Better than PatientNotes for Neurology?

Honest comparison vs the most-cited specialty competitor.

Suki (suki.ai) is one of the strongest specialty-aware ambient scribes on the market. In neurology, Suki and PatientNotes produce structurally similar notes - both capture the cranial nerve sweep, both grade reflexes, both handle the MRI correlation paragraph. The decision usually comes down to price, deployment model, and how much your group values direct EHR write-back.

Suki Assistant lists at roughly $399/month per clinician (often discounted in enterprise deals down to ~$150-$200/month). It writes back into Epic and Cerner natively, which hospital-employed neurologists value. PatientNotes is $50/month all-in, browser-based, and produces a finished note that pastes into any EHR. For an independent neurology group of six clinicians, the math works out to ~$3,600/year on PatientNotes vs ~$28,800/year on Suki at list pricing.

The honest verdict: if you have an enterprise Epic deployment and your hospital is buying, Suki is excellent. If you are paying out of pocket or running an independent clinic, PatientNotes is generally the better economic choice with output that is hard to tell apart in a blinded comparison.

Frequently Asked Questions

Last updated April 2026 by the PatientNotes Clinical Team.

Does PatientNotes work for neurology?

Yes. It is used by neurologists in headache, MS, epilepsy, movement disorder, stroke, and cognitive clinics. The system captures the full neurologic exam (mental status, CN II-XII, motor 0-5/5, sensory, deep tendon reflexes 0-4+, coordination, gait, special tests), structures the assessment by problem, and produces a plan that includes drug doses, MRI follow-up timing, and the level-of-service rationale for 99214 vs 99215.

How much does an AI scribe cost for neurology?

PatientNotes is $50/month for solo clinicians on an annual plan, with an unlimited number of visits. Comparable scribes used in neurology typically run $99-$200/month per clinician: Suki Assistant is around $399/month list (often discounted in group deals), Nuance DAX Copilot lists at roughly $99-$150/month, and Dragon Medical One is $99/month plus a one-time setup. PatientNotes does not charge per-visit overage fees.

Is Suki or Dragon Medical One better than PatientNotes for neurology?

Suki and DAX are mature ambient scribes with deep Epic and Cerner integration that hospital-employed neurologists often inherit through enterprise contracts. Dragon Medical One is a dictation engine, not an ambient scribe. PatientNotes is browser- and iOS-based, deploys in under five minutes, costs roughly a quarter of Suki, and produces structurally identical SOAP, H&P, and consult-letter outputs. If your group already has Suki or DAX through the hospital, stay with it; if you are buying out of pocket, PatientNotes is generally the better economic choice.

Can neurology-specific notes be auto-generated?

Yes. PatientNotes ships with templates for new headache consult, MS follow-up, seizure management, post-stroke clinic, movement disorder, and cognitive evaluation. Each prompts for the inputs that drive billing and clinical decision-making: aura description and MIDAS for headache, EDSS and relapse history for MS, ILAE seizure type and AED levels for epilepsy, NIHSS and mRS for stroke, UPDRS Part III for Parkinson disease, MoCA for cognitive complaints. You can also write your own templates from scratch.

Does it integrate with Epic, Cerner, or Athenahealth?

PatientNotes generates a finished SOAP note, H&P, or consult letter that you paste into any EHR (Epic, Cerner, Athenahealth, NextGen, eClinicalWorks, Practice Fusion). Most neurologists keep PatientNotes open in a second browser tab during the visit, then drop the structured output into the encounter note in under ten seconds. A direct Epic write-back through the App Orchard is on the 2026 roadmap.

Will it help me bill neurology CPT codes correctly?

The system documents the elements that determine outpatient E&M level under the 2021 AMA guidelines: number and complexity of problems, data reviewed (MRI, EEG, EMG/NCS, labs), and risk of management. For procedures, it tags EMG/NCS codes (95860-95911), botulinum toxin injection (64612, 64615), lumbar puncture (62270), and EEG interpretation (95816, 95819, 95822). Final code selection still belongs to your biller.

How do I switch from Dragon Medical One to PatientNotes?

Three steps. First, sign up for the seven-day free trial and run PatientNotes in parallel with Dragon for one clinic day. Second, compare the two on completeness, accuracy of the neuro exam grading, and the time you spent editing each. Third, if PatientNotes wins, schedule the Dragon cancellation for the next renewal date - both keep working until then, so there is no documentation gap. Most neurologists who switch report 60-90 minutes per day saved.

Is it HIPAA compliant for neurology?

Yes. PatientNotes operates under a Business Associate Agreement, encrypts audio and text in transit (TLS 1.3) and at rest (AES-256), and stores data in US-based AWS regions. Audio recordings are deleted after transcription unless you opt to retain them. SOC 2 Type II is in progress. The BAA is signed automatically during onboarding.

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