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Quill: a novel approach to structured reporting.

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The authors will demonstrate Quill (QUestions and Information Logically Linked), a comprehensive structured reporting environment for ambulatory care that was developed at the Vanderbilt University Medical Center. A notes capture tool was sought with the immediate hope of decreasing or eliminating transcription costs (currently around $6M/yr) and paper based processing while providing a foundation for decision support and research in the future.

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Edward Shultz, Trent Rosenbloom, Wendy Kiepek, Fern Fitzhenry, Perry Adams, Arathi Mahuli, Kiki Shuxteau, Alison Culley, Debi Camp, Melissa Luther, Waleed Irani, Kevin Johnson. 2003. Quill: a novel approach to structured reporting.. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/14728577/

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