Podiatrists and wound care nurses rarely lack skill. What they lack is time at the end of the day. When charting waits until after clinic, the paperwork follows the clinician home. A wound care app that works at the point of care moves that work into the visit itself.
This guide covers what to look for in a mobile wound care documentation app, using the workflow behind WoundScribe On Foot as a worked example.
Why point-of-care charting matters
Documentation is not just an administrative chore. In a December 2025 audit, the HHS Office of Inspector General found that 49 of 100 sampled podiatry claims for routine foot care did not meet Medicare requirements. A note written from memory hours later is more likely to leave gaps than one drafted during the visit.
The goal of a bedside app is simple: the record is finished when the visit is.
What a good wound care charting app should do
- Measure from a photo. Point and capture the wound, and let the app calculate the measurements, so every wound is measured the same way at every visit.
- Turn conversation into a note. Speak with the patient and have the visit drafted as a SOAP-style note, with procedures included.
- Capture procedures once. Debridement, casts, and skin substitutes should be dictated one time, not retyped in separate fields.
- Check before you sign. Codes and documentation should be drafted and checked ahead of signature. These checks should be advisory, so the clinician decides.
- Track healing over time. You should see whether a wound is healing, stalling, or worsening without building a spreadsheet.
A walk through one visit
Here is how that looks in practice with On Foot:
- Snap a photo of the wound. The measurement comes from the image.
- Talk with your patient as you normally would. The conversation becomes the draft note.
- Dictate any procedures once.
- Review the draft, edit anything you like, and sign before you leave the room.
The AI drafts. You decide. Six AI agents work each visit side by side and draft a complete chart in about five minutes, which is how the same team can see more patients without adding headcount.
Tracking healing, not just recording it
For diabetic foot ulcers and other chronic wounds, a single measurement says little. Trend matters. Consistent photo-based measurement feeds a Healing Trajectory view that labels a wound as healing, stalling, or worsening. In the sample chart, the wound is 37 percent smaller than at the last visit. That kind of visible progress helps clinicians decide when to change a plan, and helps patients see that treatment is working. For more on this area, see the overview of diabetic foot care.
Questions small clinics ask before switching
| Question | Answer from the On Foot workflow |
|---|---|
| Do we have to migrate data? | No. On Foot runs beside your current EMR. |
| How fast can we start? | Sign up online and see your first patient the same day. |
| What does it cost to try? | The EMR is free with unlimited users, and your first visit credit is free. |
| Who stays in control? | The clinician reviews, edits, and signs. Checks are advisory. |
Choosing the right fit
When you compare apps, test them on a real visit. Ask whether the photo measurement is repeatable, whether the note needs heavy rework, and whether the app fits beside the EMR you already use. A tool built by podiatrists for podiatry clinics will tend to reflect how a foot visit actually flows.
To see the full platform behind the app, visit the main website. For the podiatry-specific story and the thinking behind it, read the original post, AI for Podiatry, Built by Podiatrists.
Treat feet, not forms.