Clinical plagiarism: the problem of copy and pasting in EMRs

It is all too common for a section in a progress note to look something like this: # Aspiration pneumonia: Continue vancomycin 1 g bid Continue Zosyn 3.325 g q6h Follow-up blood cultures Follow-up sputum cultures MRSA nares screen negative Blood cultures negative Discontinue vancomycin Yesterday, a version of this note (lines 1 to 5 to be precise) had my name on it. Today, it is signed by someone else. Read it again if you did not see the problem. Continue reading ... Your patients are rating you online: How to respond. Manage your online reputation: A social media guide. Find out how.
Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - Category: General Medicine Authors: Tags: Tech Health IT Hospital-Based Medicine Source Type: blogs