Journal of hospital medicine : an official publication of the Society of Hospital Medicine
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Multicenter Study
A Prescription for Note Bloat: An Effective Progress Note Template.
United States hospitals have widely adopted electronic health records (EHRs). Despite the potential for EHRs to increase efficiency, there is concern that documentation quality has suffered. ⋯ The bundled intervention for progress notes significantly improved the quality, decreased the length, and resulted in earlier note completion across 4 academic medical centers.