# clinical-reports > Write comprehensive clinical reports including case reports (CARE guidelines), diagnostic reports (radiology/pathology/lab), clinical trial reports (ICH-E3, SAE, CSR), and patient documentation (SOAP, H&P, discharge summaries) with regulatory compliance. **Use case**: Draft HIPAA/ICH-compliant clinical reports and documentation **Canonical URL**: https://agentcookbooks.com/skills/clinical-reports/ **Topics**: claude-code, skills, science, clinical **Trigger phrases**: "write a case report", "clinical trial report", "SOAP note", "radiology report", "discharge summary" **Source**: [K-Dense AI](https://github.com/K-Dense-AI/scientific-agent-skills/tree/main/scientific-skills/clinical-reports) **License**: MIT --- ## What it does `clinical-reports` is a Claude Code skill from K-Dense AI's [scientific-agent-skills repo](https://github.com/K-Dense-AI/scientific-agent-skills). It turns Claude into a clinical documentation specialist that writes four categories of clinical reports: case reports following CARE guidelines, diagnostic reports (radiology, pathology, laboratory), clinical trial reports (ICH-E3 clinical study reports, SAE narratives, CSRs), and patient documentation (SOAP notes, history and physical, discharge summaries). All output includes regulatory compliance markers — HIPAA, FDA submission standards, ICH-GCP — and validation checklists. A session produces a properly structured clinical document with all required sections, appropriate medical terminology, and a compliance checklist for the applicable regulatory standard. ## When to use it Reach for it when: - You're writing a clinical case report for journal submission and need CARE guideline structure enforced - You need to draft SAE narratives or clinical study reports for regulatory submission to FDA or EMA - You're training clinical staff on standardized documentation formats (SOAP notes, H&P structure) When *not* to reach for it: - Scientific manuscripts that aren't clinical documents — use `scientific-writing` - Clinical data analysis or ML — use `pyhealth` ## Install Copy the `SKILL.md` from K-Dense AI's [clinical-reports folder](https://github.com/K-Dense-AI/scientific-agent-skills/tree/main/scientific-skills/clinical-reports) into `.claude/skills/clinical-reports/` in your project. Trigger phrases: "write a case report", "clinical trial report", "SOAP note", "radiology report", "discharge summary". ## What a session looks like A typical session has three phases: 1. **Document type and regulatory context.** Specify the report type and the applicable guideline or regulatory standard. Claude confirms the required sections, word limits (where applicable), and compliance requirements before drafting. 2. **Structured drafting.** Each section of the document is drafted in sequence with appropriate clinical terminology, standardized terminology systems (ICD-10, SNOMED CT where applicable), and regulatory language. De-identified patient information is used as instructed. 3. **Compliance validation.** A checklist is generated confirming that all required sections are present, all mandatory fields are populated, and the document complies with the applicable standard. Gaps are flagged with specific remediation instructions. ## Receipts **Where it works well:** - CARE guideline case report structure — the 13-item CARE checklist is enforced systematically, ensuring sections that authors commonly omit (patient perspective, patient consent, timeline) are present - SAE narrative structure — the regulatory required elements (onset, severity, treatment, outcome, causality assessment) are correctly sequenced for FDA submission **Where it backfires:** - Clinical content accuracy depends entirely on the information you provide — the skill structures and formats the document, but the clinical facts, diagnoses, and assessments must come from a qualified clinician - Radiology and pathology report language is highly institution-specific; generated drafts require review and editing by the relevant specialist before use **Pattern that works:** provide the case facts in bullet points first, then ask the skill to structure them into the required format — it's faster and more accurate than asking Claude to generate clinical facts from a vague description. ## Source and attribution Originally authored by [K-Dense Inc.](https://github.com/K-Dense-AI). The canonical SKILL.md lives in the [`clinical-reports` folder](https://github.com/K-Dense-AI/scientific-agent-skills/tree/main/scientific-skills/clinical-reports) of their public scientific-agent-skills repository. License: MIT. Install, adapt, and redistribute with attribution preserved. This page documents the skill from a practitioner's perspective. For the formal spec and any updates, defer to the source repo.