Writing Practices Associated With Electronic Progress Notes and the Preferences of Those Who Read Them: Descriptive Study

• Main Authors: Thomas H Payne (Author), Carolyn Keller (Author), Pallavi Arora (Author), Allison Brusati (Author), Jesse Levin (Author), Monica Salgaonkar (Author), Xi Li (Author), Jennifer Zech (Author), A Fischer Lees (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: JMIR Publications, 2021-10-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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BackgroundHospital progress notes can serve as an important communication tool. However, they are criticized for their length, preserved content, and for the time physicians spend writing them. ObjectiveWe aimed to describe hospital progress note content, writing and reading practices, and the prefe...