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Rewrite patient instructions in plain language

Make pre-visit and after-visit instructions easier to read.

Estimated time saved

Estimated: hours of rewriting per document set. (Estimate; results vary.)

Tools
  • ChatGPT
  • Claude
  • Microsoft Copilot

The problem

Instructions are written above many patients' reading levels.

Step by step

  1. 1Use generic templates only, never patient-specific info in public AI tools.
  2. 2Ask for a 6th–8th grade reading level version.
  3. 3Clinician approves.
  4. 4Update printed and portal versions.

Copy-paste prompt

Prompt
Rewrite these pre-visit instructions at a 6th-grade reading level. Keep all medical details exactly the same; do not add advice.

[instructions]

Review AI output before using it. Don’t paste confidential, customer or patient data into tools your company hasn’t approved.

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