Copying and pasting of examinations within the electronic medical record.

Stephen Thielke; Kenric Hammond; Susan Helbig

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Copying and pasting of examinations within the electronic medical record.

October 19, 2010

Thielke S, Hammond K, Helbig S. Int J Med Inform. 2007;76 Suppl 1:S122-8.

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The researchers studied the practice of copying and pasting clinical examination notes into electronic medical records and found that 25% of charts had an examination copied.

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