In this study, the authors demonstrate widespread adoption and satisfaction with the novel APSO (Assessment, Plan, Subjective, Objective) format for progress notes at a large, integrated health ...

The "SOAP" -- subjective, objective, assessment, plan -- format has been in common use for decades as a way of organizing physician progress notes in medical records, but it was created during a ...

EHR progress notes are intended to do just what they sound like — give physicians a chance to provide an updated analysis of a patient’s condition and progress. For clinicians, the laborious process ...

The clinical notes in electronic health records need to be redesigned to match physicians' workflow and information needs, according to a team University of Missouri researchers. For the study, 16 ...

(HealthDay News) — Internal medicine attendings and housestaff disagree on the impact of electronic health records (EHRs) on the quality of progress notes, according to a study published online July 2 ...

Which record-keeping system is more accurate for documenting a patient's progress, paper or electronic? There were mixed results after researchers reviewed 500 progress notes written by physicians at ...

Despite the risks associated with copying and pasting patient information into EHRs, new research shows more than 80% of the text in progress notes is either carried over or imported by clinicians.