Clinicians and their staff must be vigilant to prevent using copy-and-paste functions in electronic health records in ways that propagate errors, speakers from the ECRI Institute told attendees last ...

The copy-and-paste function in EHRs may be a time-saver for physicians, but it can have negative consequences for patient care and outcomes and can compromise the integrity of medical records, ...

Overuse of the “copy and paste” function in EHRs may compromise the accuracy of patient data, according to a National Institute of Standards and Technology report. NIST — working with ECRI and the U.S ...

A nonprofit patient safety group has issued a warning about a widespread yet potentially dangerous practice in the health care industry: use of the "Ctrl&V" keys on a computer keyboard. Copying and ...

Providers must take steps to prevent adverse patient safety events caused by use of an electronic health record's copy-and-paste function (CPF), according to an alert from The Joint Commission. The ...

Speaking at the October MGMA annual conference in San Diego, Diana Warner, director at AHIMA, confirmed the seriousness of inappropriately using copy and paste functions in electronic health records.

The copy-and-paste function is frequently used within electronic health records, but the improve efficiency must be weighed against the risk of potential errors. Here are four actions to consider for ...