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Progress Note

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A '''progress note''' is a document in the medical record that is copied and pasted over and over again so that all '''progress notes''' look exactly the same<ref>[http://gomerblog.com/2014/10/hospitalist-2/ Hospitalist Abusing Copy and Paste in Paper Charts (Gomerblog)]</ref><ref>[http://gomerblog.com/2015/08/surgery-resident/ Surgery Resident Successfully Writes an Entire Consult Note Using Only Copy-and-Paste (Gomerblog)]</ref>, which is worth it even if the case goes to court because doing so saved valuable time. Two exceptions are the Ortho progress note, which is often blank to 3 words long<ref>[http://gomerblog.com/2014/12/soap-note/ Ortho Writes Perfect SOAP Note, First No-Worder This Year (Gomerblog)]</ref><ref>[http://gomerblog.com/2015/09/orthopaedics-progress-notes/ Orthopaedics to Begin to Use Emojis in Progress Notes (Gomerblog)]</ref>, and the Ophtho progress note, which has been until now indecipherable until the discovery of a missing [[Rosetta Stone]] fragment.<ref>[http://gomerblog.com/2016/06/rosetta-stone-ophtho-notes/ Rosetta Stone Unlocks Mystery of Ophtho Notes (Gomerblog)]</ref>
'''Related Documentation'''
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- * [[H&P]] - * [[Discharge Haiku]] - * [[Is it a good idea to read my progress note during a poetry slam open mic?]] - * [[Letter of Recommendation]] - * [[Note Bloat]] - * [[Regress Note]] - * [[Soap Note]] - * [[Work Excuse]]

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