# Clinical note
URL: https://docs.awellhealth.com/docs/design-care-flows/clinical-note

> For the complete documentation index, see [llms.txt](https://docs.awellhealth.com/llms.txt).



A **clinical note** formats data a care flow has collected into something a human can read, so clinical
staff don't have to page through raw survey responses.

Clinical notes can be exchanged over the API, so the note can land in another system.

## A note holds narratives plus context [#a-note-holds-narratives-plus-context]

* **Narratives.** Sections grouping content together, such as Anamnesis, patient-reported outcomes, or
  Follow-up, which can end up in separate fields elsewhere.
* **Context.** Metadata describing the note, such as a title or description.

## Every narrative needs a key, a title and content [#every-narrative-needs-a-key-a-title-and-content]

* **Key.** An identifier, unique within this clinical note action. The same key can be reused elsewhere
  in the care flow.
* **Title.** A description of the content.
* **Content.** The text to display, built with
  [variables](/docs/design-care-flows/use-variables-in-your-actions) so it fills in per patient.

Split narratives the way the receiving system or the reading clinician expects, since a narrative is
the unit that gets mapped onward.

## Next steps [#next-steps]

**Next:** [Checklist](/docs/design-care-flows/checklist) for a different kind of structured action.