Re: [Gnumed-devel] copy and paste in emr

[Vaibhav Banait]

Injudicious and irrational use of any feature is bad. The above example 
illustrate this fact. But that does not make a feature itself bad.
The aim of any emr should be to make documentation effective and fast. Fast, as 
that will allow a willing doctor to use most of his time bedside and not in 
front of computer, as a typist. 
As jim has said, he creates bands of latex codes. That makes his work easier by 
allowing him to compile a beautiful document faster. Think, everytime he has to 
type the codes, he is likely to make more mistakes, give less time to content 
itself, and once bored may actually end up writing ugly document. Creating 
bands actually has reduced his repeatative work and he can concentrate more on 
content.
I actually fully support automation in typing work may be by abbr expansion or 
by other better means if available.
Individual case report is a case report and not a trend in my opinion. 

Regards
Vaibhav Banait, 
Gastroenterologist,
Nagpur.
Ph: +91 98606 43436