Quantifying clinical narrative redundancy in an electronic health record
Author(s) -
Jesse O. Wrenn,
Detlef Stein,
Suzanne Bakken,
Peter D. Stetson
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
journal of the american medical informatics association
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.614
H-Index - 150
eISSN - 1527-974X
pISSN - 1067-5027
DOI - 10.1197/jamia.m3390
Subject(s) - redundancy (engineering) , documentation , health records , electronic health record , computer science , narrative , electronic records , information retrieval , data redundancy , data science , world wide web , health care , database , political science , linguistics , philosophy , law , programming language , operating system
Although electronic notes have advantages compared to handwritten notes, they take longer to write and promote information redundancy in electronic health records (EHRs). We sought to quantify redundancy in clinical documentation by studying collections of physician notes in an EHR.
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