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Expert viewpoints on current themes in patient safety.

INTERVIEW

In Conversation With… Robert Hirschtick, MD

Clinical Documentation in the Modern Era, January 2018

Dr. Hirschtick is Associate Professor of Medicine at Northwestern Medicine, and the author of a number of prominent articles—many quite amusing—about the changes in medical practice wrought by information technology. We spoke with him about what it means to be a clinician in the modern era, particularly how digitization of health records has affected clinicians' notes.

PERSPECTIVE

EHR Copy and Paste and Patient Safety

Clinical Documentation in the Modern Era, January 2018

Shannon M. Dean, MD

This piece explores concerns regarding the use of copy and paste in electronic health records and offers potential strategies to improve clinical documentation accuracy.

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