Redundancy of Progress Notes for Serial Office Visits

Michelle R Hribar; Adam Rule; Abigail E Huang; Haley Dusek; Isaac H Goldstein; Brad Henriksen; Wei-Chun Lin; Austin Igelman; Michael F Chiang

doi:10.1016/j.ophtha.2019.06.015

Redundancy of Progress Notes for Serial Office Visits

Ophthalmology. 2020 Jan;127(1):134-135. doi: 10.1016/j.ophtha.2019.06.015. Epub 2019 Jun 21.

Authors

Michelle R Hribar¹, Adam Rule², Abigail E Huang³, Haley Dusek², Isaac H Goldstein², Brad Henriksen², Wei-Chun Lin³, Austin Igelman², Michael F Chiang⁴

Affiliations

¹ Department of Ophthalmology, Casey Eye Institute, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, Oregon; Department of Medical Informatics and Clinical Epidemiology, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, Oregon. Electronic address: hribarm@ohsu.edu.
² Department of Ophthalmology, Casey Eye Institute, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, Oregon.
³ Department of Medical Informatics and Clinical Epidemiology, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, Oregon.
⁴ Department of Ophthalmology, Casey Eye Institute, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, Oregon; Department of Medical Informatics and Clinical Epidemiology, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, Oregon.

Abstract

Using sequence alignment to compare more than 12,000 pairs of progress notes, we find that progress notes were, on average, 74.5% redundant with the prior progress note written for the same patient.

Publication types

Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Academic Medical Centers
Documentation / standards*
Electronic Health Records / standards*
Eye Diseases / diagnosis
Eye Diseases / therapy
Forms and Records Control
Hospital Information Systems
Humans
Office Visits*
Oregon

Abstract

Publication types

MeSH terms

Grants and funding