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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2024 Jan 31.
Published in final edited form as: J Addict Med. 2023 Jan 31;17(4):424–430. doi: 10.1097/ADM.0000000000001145

Table 3:

Distribution of note types.

Note Type Total notes Note character length, mean (SD) Number of Stigma Notes Number of non-Stigma Notes % of stigma notes
n=546,309 N=100,792 n=445,517 % of note type
Progress Notes 234,559 3,941 (6,004) 36,221 198,338 15.4%
Assessment & Plan Note 96,156 359 (596) 2,090 94,066 2.2%
aED Notes 71,051 4,984 (6,662) 25,534 45,517 35.9%
Group Note 62,037 1,284 (892) 18,878 43,159 30.4%
Plan of Care 27,702 1,692 (1,647) 213 27,489 0.8%
Consults 21,014 11,347 (10,876) 9,960 11,054 47.4%
ED Triage Notes 16,610 359 (265) 922 15,688 5.6%
History and Physical 6,919 15,629 (11,359) 4,090 2,829 59.1%
Discharge Summary 6,207 23,273 (18,696) 2,654 3,553 42.8%
Nursing Summary 2,185 787 (760) 38 2,147 1.7%
Nursing Note 987 782 (1,176) 24 963 2.4%
Transfer / Sign Off Note 878 8,323 (9,954) 168 710 19.1%
Opioid Note 4 1,020 (487) 0 4 0.0%

ED = Emergency Department

a

ED notes include: ED Observation Initial Note, ED Observation Progress/Update Note, ED Observation Disposition Note, ED Provider Notes, ED Progress/Update Note, ED Notes