Quick tips and ready-to-use examples for prompting success on FloNotes.
Florence can be a powerful assistant in pulling out the important details from long, complex medical records — but it needs clear instructions from you. The way you ask your question (the prompt) will directly shape what it gives you back.
A prompt is simply how you ask Florence to find the information you need in the record — all you need to do is know what you want to find out.
Think of prompts as giving directions to a new nurse: if you ask vaguely, you’ll get a vague answer. If you ask specifically, you’ll get much better results.
Below are a few considerations to have when using your own prompts
Here are some example prompts you can copy and paste:
Provide a summary of the clinical records:
“Summarize the clinical record. Include presenting symptoms, relevant medical history, exam findings, diagnostic test results, treatments provided (past and current), patient response, complications, and current clinical status."
Identify the documented reason for request:
“Identify the physician-documented reason for the requested service, including the stated diagnosis, presenting symptoms, and any notes that describe clinical necessity.”
Provide a day-by-day inpatient summary:
“Summarize the patient’s inpatient stay day by day, including daily symptoms, test results, treatments, consults, and changes in clinical status.”
List all attempts conservative management :
“List all conservative management attempted for [condition]. Include type of treatment, duration and frequency, and the patient’s response or outcome. Note any reasons why conservative management was discontinued or considered unsuccessful.”
1. Be Specific. Instead of “summarize this record,” tell Florence (FloNotes) what kind of summary you want (e.g., “summarize this record, focusing on test results and prior imaging of the abdomen”).
💡 Tip: Add condition, body area or laterality when applicable.
2. Tell It What Not to Miss. If there are details you need (pathology reports, prior conservative management, length of hospital stay), spell that out. Florence won’t guess — you need to ask.
3. Use Structure Ask for headings or lists so the answer isn’t a wall of text.
4. Set Timeframes -Clinical necessity often depends on recency. Be clear about what timeframe you want.
5. Re-use Good Prompts When you find a prompt that works well for you, save it and reuse it. You can tweak it slightly depending on the procedure (knee replacement, colonoscopy, thyroidectomy, delivery, etc.).
Here are some example mistakes that often lead to incomplete, confusing, or irrelevant outputs:
1. Don’t Be Too Vague
Why: Florence doesn’t know what’s important to you. It may skip imaging, pathology, or prior studies — all of which are critical for MNR reviews.
Better: Specify what to include, e.g., “Summarize all imaging and pathology reports for the requested procedure, including prior studies of the same body area.”
2. Don’t assume Florence knows what you mean
Why: Florence can’t guess which labs or studies are relevant.
Better: Be explicit: “Include all lab results related to liver function from the last 12 months.”
3. Don’t forget to check the clinical yourself!
Why: Even with a great prompt, Florence can miss details, misinterpret language, or incorrectly summarize findings. You must review the original record and citations to confirm accuracy.
Better: Always compare Florence’s output information against the original clinical documentation. Use the citations to ensure nothing is missed or misrepresented.