Your First Seven Days with Empathia: What to Expect
By: Empathia Editorial Team
April 6, 2025
Starting a new tool shouldn’t feel like a chore. At Empathia, we’ve designed onboarding to be fast, supportive, and tailored to your workflow—so you can start saving time and reducing documentation stress within your first week.
Here’s exactly what you can expect in your first seven days with Empathia AI.
✅ Day 1: Record Your First Encounter
Once you’ve signed in, you’re ready to record.
Choose your visit type (SOAP, consult, referral, etc.)
Use your mic or mobile app to record or dictate the encounter
Let Empathia generate a draft note in seconds
You can approve, edit, or regenerate the note, everything is fully in your control.
💭 Pro tip: Don’t forget to install the Google Chrome extension if you’re using the web browser!
✅ Day 2: Explore Customization Settings
Now’s the time to tailor Empathia to your preferences.
Adjust output tone and formatting
Choose your preferred output structure (headings, narrative vs. bullet style)
Set your default visit type
These simple adjustments go a long way in making Empathia feel like a natural extension of your workflow.
✅ Day 3: Your Onboarding Session (Just 15 Minutes)
Schedule a quick session with our clinician-trained onboarding team.
Walk through your workflow
Set up smart defaults and shortcuts
Get tips for faster documentation and fewer edits
You’ll leave feeling confident and supported. Most users are fully set up after just one short call.
✅ Day 4: Use Smart Edit
Meet Smart Edit, your AI-powered editing assistant.
Refine the language of any generated section
Clarify phrasing, adjust tone, or rewrite notes with one click
Save time without compromising accuracy
Smart Edit helps you polish your notes faster than ever—no re-dictating required.
✅ Day 5: Customize Your First Templates
Now that you’re comfortable, it’s time to build out your custom templates.
SOAP, consult, referral, and handout templates
Personalize macros and commonly used phrases
Save time across similar visit types
Empathia templates are built to be reused, shared, and refined over time and remember you can always ask our onboarding team for support drafting!
✅ Day 6: Try It Across Visit Types
Test Empathia with:
Physicals
Follow-ups
Complex consults
After-hours dictation
This is where you’ll start seeing which encounters benefit most from AI support in your workflow!
✅ Day 7: Confident, Personalized Charting
By the end of your first week, you’ll be:
Confident with dictation and editing
Supported by templates and Smart Edit
Charting in a way that’s faster, smarter, and uniquely yours
✨ After just 5 uses, Empathia’s EMMA engine begins adapting to your language and flow, so things only get better from here.
