Introducing Charting with Ease: a grounding guide to simplifying documentation, easing cognitive overload, and giving your nervous system a break during the clinical day.
the time has finally come
CHARTING WITH EASE IS POSSIBLE
This free downloadable guide gently walks you through practical, evidence-based strategies to reduce chart backlog, ease cognitive overload, and create a calmer, more sustainable documentation rhythm. You have given enough of your LIFE ENERGY to charting.
what's inside the free downloadable charting with ease guide?
You can continue letting documentation dictate your energy, or you can reclaim a calmer, more intentional rhythm that supports both your practice and your nervous system.
Psychology-aware reframes that help you recognize and interrupt the perfectionism, procrastination, and perseveration patterns that quietly drive chart backlog.
The OHIO (Only Handle It Once) method, guiding you to complete charts in a single pass so you reduce cognitive re-orientation and mental fatigue.
Energy-matched charting strategies that teach you how to sequence simple, moderate, and complex notes based on your natural energy levels throughout the day.
A physical workspace and schedule optimization checklist to reduce friction, support focus, and make charting feel less mentally and physically taxing.
Precharting guidance that helps you front-load cognitive work, walk into visits prepared, and finish notes faster with less strain.
“Done is Better Than Perfect” documentation standards to help you create notes that are clear, complete, and defensible—without over-documenting or overthinking.
Team-based and technology-supported approaches that show you how to share the documentation burden appropriately and reduce inbox overload.
I’m really glad you’re here.
I’m Chrissie Ott, MD.
I'm a physician coach who helps clinicians step out of burnout, simplify charting, and work in ways that feel calmer and more sustainable.
My approach blends practical workflow strategies with psychological insight and nervous-system awareness. I believe medicine can be practiced with clarity, steadiness, and humanity—and I help physicians make that shift possible.
This work comes from my own lived experience and years of supporting hundreds of physicians in changing their relationship with their minds and their work. I help clinicians reduce chart backlog, ease cognitive overload, and create documentation and workflows that support care without draining their energy.
When I’m not coaching or seeing patients, I’m usually following the subtle signals that point toward joy in the midst of a full life.
If you’re here because charting feels heavier than it should, you’re in the right place.
Medicine can still be pretty JOYFUL.
Sometimes we just need support to get there.