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The changelog

What's new in Rebrief — a running record of the product · MMXXVI

New

The appointment screen, rebuilt — and one library to write from

This is the biggest change to the day-to-day screens since Rebrief launched. Here is what is different.

  • The appointment screen is a row of tabs. Every appointment now opens as tabs under the patient's name: Transcript first, then your note, then + Create at the end. The tooth and gum charts stay up beside the note the whole time, so you are never hunting for the chart. Each note carries its own bar — the template it is written onto, Regenerate, undo and redo, and one Export menu holding Copy, PDF and the push into your practice-management software.
  • + Create, for everything else a visit needs. The last tab opens a menu: a second note, a document, a form, a dictation, or a new template. It also offers up to three suggestions drawn from what has actually been said in the room — a note template your words match, or a letter whose trigger phrase came up. They are only ever suggestions; nothing is written until you pick it.
  • A second note in one appointment. When a hygiene visit turns into an extraction, you can start a second note without ending the appointment. The first note is marked finished, the second picks up where the conversation changed, and the visit stays one appointment with one chart and one transcript.
  • One template library. Note templates, documents and forms now live in one place, with All, Notes, Docs and Forms across the top, your favourites pinned as cards, and search and filters below. Forms are the new part: upload a PDF your clinic already uses, confirm its blanks once, and Rebrief fills the whole thing in a single pass from then on.
  • Share a template with the profession. Any template you can edit can be published at its own public page for other clinics to use, and Browse community shows you what other clinics have shared. Rebrief scans a template for anything resembling patient information before it publishes, and refuses if it finds any.
  • Copy and PDF, on every tab. Copy puts what is on the tab on your clipboard, ready to paste. PDF builds a printable page on your clinic's own letterhead — your clinic's name and details, the appointment's date, the patient, the content, and numbered pages. It works from the note, the transcript, a document, a filled form, an AfterCare™ summary, and the chart.
  • Rebrief Learn. The clinical questions you already ask chairside now count for something. Each cited answer becomes a short reading unit on a learning path, with a quiz at the end and a certificate you can download.
  • A new home screen, built around your appointments. Your recent notes run across the screen as a row of cards you flick through, with today's schedule underneath and a short pre-appointment summary when you hover a patient. View all appointments slides in the full list, with search and filters.
  • Better evidence answers. A chairside answer now leads with its key points in their own box, carries a citation on every claim, and offers follow-up questions underneath. Ask during a live appointment and the answer is written against what has been said in the room, and says so.
  • A credit counter instead of a limit. The per-appointment turn limit is gone. In its place is one number — the AI credits left in your current period — shown wherever you ask.
  • Simpler navigation. The left rail is down to six rooms: Scribe, Evidence, Learn, Tasks, Patients and Templates. Help and support are one menu now, not two.

All of it is on for every practice today, and nothing changes about how a visit starts — press New appointment as usual.

Improved

Reliability and maintenance improvements

A round of routine maintenance across Rebrief.

  • Steadier schedule imports. Scheduling imports hold up better on slower computers, and pick themselves back up when another window gets in the way.
  • A more predictable assistant. The assistant steps aside the moment you touch the keyboard, and picks its work back up without being asked twice.
  • More practice software recognized. Rebrief spots more of the practice software clinics actually run, so it is ready the moment yours is open.

Everything above arrives on its own. Nothing changes about the way you work — open an appointment as usual and the improvements are already there.

Improved

Reliability and maintenance improvements

A round of routine maintenance across Rebrief.

  • Updates that finish the job. Updates install and recover on their own, so a half-finished update no longer needs anyone to reinstall anything.
  • A more predictable assistant. The assistant steps aside the moment you touch the keyboard, and picks its work back up without being asked twice.
  • Lighter on clinic computers. Rebrief asks much less of your computer while it sits open, so machines stay responsive through the day.
  • Progress you can follow. Progress appears as the work happens instead of arriving all at once at the end.
  • More practice software recognized. Rebrief spots more of the practice software clinics actually run, so it is ready the moment yours is open.
  • Clearer messages. When something cannot be done, Rebrief now says why in plain language instead of showing a technical error.

Everything above arrives on its own. Nothing changes about the way you work — open an appointment as usual and the improvements are already there.

Improved

Reliability and maintenance improvements

A round of routine maintenance across Rebrief.

  • Dependable dictation. Dictation and voice charting start listening as soon as an appointment opens, every time.
  • Updates that finish the job. Updates install and recover on their own, so a half-finished update no longer needs anyone to reinstall anything.
  • Lighter on clinic computers. Rebrief asks much less of your computer while it sits open, so machines stay responsive through the day.
  • Progress you can follow. Progress appears as the work happens instead of arriving all at once at the end.
  • More practice software recognized. Rebrief spots more of the practice software clinics actually run, so it is ready the moment yours is open.
  • Clearer messages. When something cannot be done, Rebrief now says why in plain language instead of showing a technical error.

Everything above arrives on its own. Nothing changes about the way you work — open an appointment as usual and the improvements are already there.

Improved

Security & reliability improvements

We've shipped a set of security and reliability improvements ahead of launch. Nothing changes about how you use Rebrief — this is all under the hood.

  • Stronger authentication & data isolation. Tightened checks that keep every clinic's data separated and accessible only to the right people.
  • Hardened billing integrity. Additional server-side validation on subscription and payment flows.
  • Additional abuse protections. Broader rate limiting and stricter request validation across the platform.
  • Security response headers. Modern browser-level protections applied site-wide to reduce exposure to common web attacks.

We take the security of patient data seriously, and we'll keep investing here as we grow.

New

A redesigned perio chart, built for the way hygienists actually probe

Periodontal charting has been redesigned from the ground up.

  • A clearer chart. Pocket depths, recession, bleeding, and mobility now read at a glance, with a visual layout modeled on how clinicians scan a perio chart — not how a database stores one.
  • Custom probing orders. Every hygienist probes differently. You can now define the exact sequence you work in — quadrant by quadrant, buccal-first, lingual sweeps — and voice charting follows along.
  • A smarter cursor. The chart always shows exactly which site is next, so you can glance up mid-exam and never lose your place.

Existing perio data carries over automatically. Custom probing orders are available today in charting settings.

New

End-of-visit note refinement and full revision history

Two upgrades to clinical documentation shipped together.

  • End-of-visit refinement. When you end a visit, Rebrief re-processes the full appointment audio and gives the clinical note one final pass — filling gaps and adding missed detail. The pass is strictly additive: nothing you wrote or approved is ever rewritten or removed. Audio is permanently deleted once the note is finalized.
  • Note revision history. Every clinical note now keeps a complete, replayable history of how it was written — what came from dictation, what the AI drafted, and what a team member typed — with clear attribution on every change. Audit questions that used to take an afternoon now take a click.

Both are on by default for all practices. Nothing changes in your workflow — end the visit as usual and the refined note is waiting.

Improved

Voice charting is now instant

Voice charting got a major speed pass.

  • Instant measurements. Numbers and charting commands are now processed locally in your browser, so pocket depths appear on the chart the moment you say them — even on slow clinic networks.
  • Audible confirmation. A subtle sound cue confirms each entry as it lands, so you can chart heads-down without watching the screen. Cues can be toggled per user in preferences.
  • Faster turn-taking. The system detects the end of each utterance sooner, cutting the pause between speaking and seeing the result.

No setup required — every practice gets the faster pipeline automatically.