RT Journal
A1 Turchin A, Goldberg SI, Breydo E, Shubina M, Einbinder JS
T1 Copy/paste documentation of lifestyle counseling and glycemic control in patients with diabetes: True to form?
JF Archives of Internal Medicine
JO Archives of Internal Medicine
YR 2011
FD August 8
VO 171
IS 15
SP 1393
OP 1400
DO 10.1001/archinternmed.2011.219
UL http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/archinternmed.2011.219
AB 
Electronic medical records (EMRs) can improve many aspects of patient care.1 Utilization of EMRs is increasing and is particularly encouraged by recent federal legislation.2 However, EMRs are not always used optimally. Concerns have been raised about inappropriate copying and pasting of information between health care provider notes.3- 4 Up to 50% of the content of progress notes may be copied from older documents,5- 6 and copying frequently leads to errors in documentation.6 However, whether copied text generally reflects the care delivered is not known.