Balancing privacy and efficiency

Should this even be something that therapists and therapy clients need to balance to save time on progress notes?


Therapists and clients are being asked to balance therapy session privacy with progress note efficiency.

Therapists and therapy clients are being asked to balance progress note efficiency and privacy. But they don't have to choose.

But...

Is there any amount of time savings that makes the use of an AI scribe worth it, knowing how much it can damage privacy and increase the impact of future data breaches?

What does that equation look like? What's the tipping point?

If it weren't for the less-than-transparent marketing lingo of "ambient listeners" and AI scribes and EHRs, would any therapist or client knowingly consent to this sort of sacrifice?

With Quill, you don't have to make that sacrifice. We don't record or transcribe sessions. We never will. The therapist provides a summary of the session with their own clinical details (by talking, typing, or filling out a simple worksheet), and then Quill reorganizes those details into a well-formatted progress note.

So we know first hand that you can do both: Save time on progress notes and maintain privacy in therapy sessions.

We have a free trial if you want to give it a go! No credit card required.

Published on Nov. 6, 2026.

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Quill Therapy Solutions

What is Quill?

Quill streamlines progress notes for therapists, saving time by generating notes from a verbal or typed session summary. With privacy at its core, Quill never records client sessions, protecting the therapist-client relationship and avoiding ethical and confidentiality risks. Just record a summary, click a button, and Quill generates your notes for you.

Try Quill for free today, no credit card required. And for unlimited notes (and other types of therapy documentation), it's only $20/month. (Even less for teams.)

Try Quill and save time on notes.