Documentation bad habits: shortcuts in electronic records pose risk.

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Documentation bad habits: shortcuts in electronic records pose risk.

July 30, 2008

Dimick C. J AHIMA. 2008;79(6):40-43; quiz 45-46.

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This article addresses problems that can arise when clinicians use "copy and paste" to populate fields in electronic medical records.

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