Actually, I don't see where you even need today's date at the top when you begin a note. I honestly don't ever recall doing a note and wondering what date am I writing it on. I just do the note. I already know the date. If I go back to paper and recall being a resident and writing a progress note, the only reason I wrote the date at the top was for documentation, not so I would know what the date was. As long as the note documents the date at the top left as it does now when you save it as the date it was written that would make the most sense.
