Week 19

💡 Spotlight

Companion now meets you inside the note editor - Quill jumps in when you flag a note, mark one as done, or spend extra time editing - turning Companion from a sidebar you have to remember into a hands-on teammate.

✨ New Features

  • Quill help right after flagging a note or thumbs-down: When you flag a note or give it a thumbs-down in the note editor, Quill offers to rewrite sections, adjust formatting, or turn the note into a template - right from a non-blocking tip, with a "Don't show me Companion Tips" link to hide future tips.
  • Companion offers client comms when you mark a note as done: After clicking Mark as Done, Companion offers to draft a discharge summary, referral letter, or client update for that visit - one click away from finished client communication.
  • Quill check-in after 5 minutes of editing: When you've been actively editing a note for 5+ minutes, Quill offers to clean up the note or turn your edits into a reusable note template, so repetitive cleanup becomes a one-click handoff.
  • Disable Companion Tooltips anytime: A new toggle under Account Settings > Preferences lets you mute Companion's tips whenever you want.

🐛 Bug Fixes

  • PDF attachments render correctly across all pages: Fixed an issue where PDF attachments in a patient's notebook would fail to render correctly - all pages now display with properly aligned text.
  • No more crash when asking Companion to consolidate into an empty section: Fixed a crash in the note editor when asking the AI assistant to summarize or move content into an empty section. Proposed edits now display correctly without a page reload, and treats are only charged when a proposed edit actually appears.
  • Companion chat box opens at the right size: Fixed an issue where the Companion sidebar chat input opened over-expanded the first time you opened it.

Week 18 - #2
💡 Spotlight

Quill now corrects patient names in chat with a much faster, lower-treat shortcut - so small name fixes no longer cost you a full edit's worth of treats.

✨ New Features
  • Quick patient name corrections in Companion: Ask Quill to fix a patient's name (for example, "the patient's name is Bella, not Belle") and it now applies the change with a much smaller treat cost than a full edit, with the corrected name appearing in your edit-note form without having to reload the page.
  • Cleaner top header: The ‘Pay-It-Furward’ link has been removed from the top header and account dropdown to free up space for actions you use more often. It is still accessible from the Account page above Legacy Features, and from the signup referral banner.
🐛 Bug Fixes
  • Pending Companion approval requests survive a reload: If Companion paused to request your approval for an action, refreshing or reopening the chat could cause the approval card to disappear and leave the conversation stuck. The approval card now reappears when you resume the chat, so you can approve or reject the request and continue the conversation.
  • Companion edits are no longer invisible when you are on another page: When Quill was asked to edit a note from somewhere other than the edit-note page, the proposed change sometimes appeared off-screen with no visible differences. Quill now opens the relevant note first so you can see the change and accept or reject it.
  • More consistent "update the template too?" offers: When you ask Quill to make a change that reads more like a general preference than a one-off, Companion now reliably offers to update the underlying template in the same reply, instead of letting the offer slip through.
  • Better search for short patient names: Searches for short patient names (like "Eli") now retry automatically when the first attempt returns no results, so Companion can find the right note even when the name is only a few letters.

Week 18
💡 Spotlight

Companion 2.0 is here, and it’s smarter than ever! It now has a memory, pulls patient context from your notes, and can help you work through any files you upload to the chat — like PDFs and photos from the exam room. Use it for dosing calculations, patient history summarization, generating case summaries, and whatever else your day throws at you. Learn more.

✨ New Features
  • Template-aware Quill editing: When you ask Quill to make a structural change on a note that came from a template (like adding a section to your SOAPs), Quill now offers to apply the change to the template so every future note from it picks it up too.
  • Refreshed Companion suggested prompts: The Companion welcome screen now shows a refreshed set of starter prompts.
🐛 Bug Fixes
  • Generated attachments now show as links in chat: Fixed a bug where files generated by Companion didn't always show up as a link in the conversation.
  • Treat usage chart uses your local time zone: The treat usage chart in Companion settings now groups daily activity by your device's local time zone, so a treat used at 11pm shows under today instead of rolling over into tomorrow.
  • Companion message input shrinks back after sending: The chat message input now collapses back to its default height right after sending a multi-line message, instead of staying tall until you start typing again.
  • Quill buttons no longer collapse the Companion sidebar: Clicking Edit with Quill, Optimize My Template, or Build With Quill while the Companion sidebar is open now leaves the sidebar at its current width.
  • Companion session titles are more reliable: Companion no longer generates odd session titles like "I appreciate you sharing this..." when a chat starts with a short or empty first message.
  • Companion patient search is more accurate: Searching Companion for a patient name no longer floods results with false positives. "Eli" no longer matches notes that contain "believe", and "Sweetness" no longer matches notes about a "sweetheart".

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