Comments on: What Happens When a SOAP Bubble Goes POP!?

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sat, 08 Aug 2009 05:22:36 +0000

Aloha, I’ve been a self employed massage practitioner for about 13 years. I usually schedule an hour or more between my clients, and I do all 90 minute sessions. My clients are usually in my office for 2 hours. Only abot 10 percent of my clients are paid by insurance, and for the other 90% I could easily skip SOAP charting. I don’t skip: I consistently write SOAP notes – sometimes much more thorougly than other times. This past year I’ve started typing my notes and I find that helps me to write more organized, readable and complete notes. It’s not uncommon for me to spend 10 minutes writing notes though I prefer to keep it to 5. Ocasionally I wait too long to write my notes in which case they may be VERY brief. I find that writing the notes over time has helped me organize information in my brain, and to see patterns.

By: Lynna Dunn

Lynna Dunn — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 16:39:57 +0000

I completely agree with you. And it seems just about every establishment is going to provide some sort of SOAP chart/form. Question is, how useful is it if you don’t have the time or space to use it most effectively? I doubt sole providers, for example, have that problem. They tend to adjust their schedules (which they have the power to do) to include adequate time for SOAPing. I wonder if the more “volume oriented” establishments should look more closely at the time/space issue in terms of SOAPs and the care practitioners provide. I feel I always provided high-quality therapeutic work, BUT there were times I wished I’d had more time and resources for even more thorough record-keeping.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sun, 19 Jul 2009 19:33:45 +0000

At our clinic SOAPs are a must. For these reasons
1) Half our sessions are inurance
2) A way to record key info about clients for the next time they come back

I don't belileve high quality therapeutic work can be done without the discipline of SOAP charting