Study: clinicians copy and paste about half of text in EHR progress notes. | AHRQ Patient Safety Network

Study: clinicians copy and paste about half of text in EHR progress notes. | AHRQ Patient Safety Network

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• Published June 2017

Study: clinicians copy and paste about half of text in EHR progress notes.

Landi H. Healthcare Informatics. June 1, 2017.

The use of copy and paste is a popular time-saving mechanism to update electronic medical documentation, but this practice can introduce risks. This news article reports on various resources that explore problems associated with the copying and pasting in electronic health records, including a recent study that highlighted how this practice can perpetuate incomplete or wrong information into patient records.

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