Progress Note
From Gomerpedia
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[1][2], 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[3][4], and the Ophtho progress note, which has been until now indecipherable until the discovery of a missing Rosetta Stone fragment.[5]
Fun Fact
Did you know that the United States Surgeon General has to round on 320 million Americans every day and write progress notes on each and every one of them?![6]
Related Documentation
- 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
References
- Jump up ↑ Hospitalist Abusing Copy and Paste in Paper Charts (Gomerblog)
- Jump up ↑ Surgery Resident Successfully Writes an Entire Consult Note Using Only Copy-and-Paste (Gomerblog)
- Jump up ↑ Ortho Writes Perfect SOAP Note, First No-Worder This Year (Gomerblog)
- Jump up ↑ Orthopaedics to Begin to Use Emojis in Progress Notes (Gomerblog)
- Jump up ↑ Rosetta Stone Unlocks Mystery of Ophtho Notes (Gomerblog)
- Jump up ↑ Surgeon General Finishes Rounding on 320 Million Americans, Dreads Writing Notes (Gomerblog)