Scribe templates help ensure notes are captured consistently, with the right level of detail and formatting to support onward communication and record-keeping.

When you start a Scribe, you’ll see a list of available templates. These give structure to your note and guide how information is captured – whether you’re clerking a patient, writing up a ward round, or running an outpatient clinic 👇

You can then review and edit the output, copy it into your patient record, or turn it into a formatted document such as a discharge letter or outpatient note.

You can manage your workspace's Scribe templates by clicking the settings option on the bottom left of your Accurx Scribe page, followed by 'Templates' 👇

There are a few ways to create a Scribe template:

A Scribe template consists of multiple entries that together form its structure. Each entry can also have a different data type, depending on how you want the template structured.

1. Select primary profession
Select the profession the Scribe template will primarily be used by. This helps the AI understand how notes should be written for the Scribe template. For example, whether it’s mainly used by cardiologists or psychotherapists.

Choose the profession that best matches the intended users of the Scribe template. This selection does not affect who can access or use the template in your workspace.

2. Add a name to your Scribe template

Give your Scribe template a unique name - no two Scribe templates can share the same name.

3. Add entry and provide entry name
Start building the Scribe template by adding an entry.

For each entry, you also need to provide a name. Tandem uses the entry name to understand what information should appear under the entry when drafting a note using the template.

4. Modify entries

After you have added an entry, you have a few different ways in which you can modify the entry:

When adding an entry, you will need to select its data type.

Text (regular entry)
Tandem automatically fills this entry with relevant information from the consultation, written as free text.

Heading
Headings allow you to group other entries together under the heading.
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Number
Captures content with a number and a unit.

Option
Captures content by selecting one choice from a list.

Multiple options
Used for selecting several items among available alternatives.

Custom structure (advanced)
Allows you to write custom instructions for how structure the text. Read more about this data type on the help page Custom structure.

Example:

Once you have created and finished building your Scribe template, or made changes to an existing one, you need to share it for it to be usable in the workspace.

Scribe templates can have different statuses depending on whether they are shared or if you have made changes to them:

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Memories help you guide Tandem on how to write your documentation in the style and way that you want. They let you fine-tune output without changing the underlying template, making them especially useful for stylistic preferences and smaller adjustments of how you want Tandem to document.

These can either be added automatically when you create your Scribe template, or you can create them manually.

You can find out more on how memories work within Scribe Template Builder in this article here.

We have some video guides here around Scribe template builder:

If you have any further questions or feedback, please get in touch with our support team using the message bubble in the bottom right-hand corner of this page 👉

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