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'''History'''
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The '''paper chart''' was invented by New York-based internist Brent Shelby who was fed up with [[EHR]].<ref>[http://gomerblog.com/2014/07/electronic-health-record/ Hospital’s Electronic Health Record to Be Replaced by New, Efficient “Paper Chart” System(Gomerblog)]</ref>
'''Disadvantages'''
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Because there is only one physical '''paper chart,''' there may be the occasional fight over the chart if more than two providers need it at a given time. These fights can be settled in any of a number of ways: fighting at the flagpole, challenging to a duel, or even dressing up in armor to engage in a joust. Another disadvantage involves copy and paste, which would actually involve the actual photocopying and glueing of documents.<ref>[http://gomerblog.com/2014/10/hospitalist-2/ Hospitalist Abusing Copy and Paste in Paper Charts(Gomerblog)]</ref> Finally, one cannot underscore the biggest risk of using '''paper charts''': [[Paper Cut|paper cuts]].