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A 2024 review says that excessive use of DotPhrases can make a clinical note excessively long and cumbersome, and can bury important information.
Checked against its source on October 16, 2026
In the source's own words
“excessive usage of DotPhrases can lead to an excessively long and cumbersome note.”
Utilization and efficacy of DotPhrases in the electronic medical record for improving physician documentation, Palak A. Fichadia, Baylor University Medical Center Proceedings, 2024, Abstract.
Open the original (DOI 10.1080/08998280.2024.2352993)- What it measures
- DotPhrases are the short text shortcuts that electronic medical records use for templates and phrases. Epic calls them SmartPhrases.
- What it does not show
- A narrative review. It states a risk and does not measure how often it happens.