The use of the copy and paste functions in EHR systems remains controversial. When the EHR medical upcoding scandal broke last fall, some commentators implicated the unchecked use of copy and paste ...

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.

CLEVELAND, Ohio — A local medical center is trying to cut out the burgeoning subculture of “copy-and-paste”: A phenomenon made possible by electronic medical records in which physicians copy old ...