DOTPHRASE

A dotphrase is a colloquial term for a preformed block of text that is inserted using keyboard shortcuts, often preceded by a dot. For example ".LBP" might pull in a block of text related to low back pain. Most EHRs have this capability, both for organization-level and individual user-created content... Documentation is inefficient, arduous and not evidence-based. Providers currently spend more time documenting than seeing patients and are frustrated with the status quo. Dotphrases have the potential to achieve improved efficiency and evidence-based care, and reduce provider burnout... A platform for collaborative editing of efficient, evidence-based medical dotphrases and templates.