Occupational therapists help people do the things that matter to them — dress themselves after a stroke, return to work after an injury, participate in school despite a sensory processing disorder, live safely at home after a fall. The clinical work is deeply human.

The documentation is anything but. OTs write evaluation reports, functional goals, progress notes, home modification recommendations, adaptive equipment justifications, school-based IEP contributions, and discharge summaries — all while managing a full caseload across settings that range from acute care to outpatient to home health to school systems.

ChatGPT won't perform a functional assessment or recommend an adaptive device. What it does is eliminate the blank page so you're not writing from scratch at the end of a long clinical day.…