Table 2.

Comparison of PowerNote and Clinical Note Editor features and their importance to physician users

Feature	Clinical Note Editor	PowerNote	Importance to physician user
Time required to write note	Less time	More time	++++
Clicks to launch new note	1	3–4	+++
Copy forward entire note	Harder	Simpler	++
Automatic inclusion of prespecified patient data	Possible	Possible	++
Ability to select data for inclusion in note (eg, specific labs)	Harder	Simpler	++
Training requirement	Less time	More time	++
Ease of editing notes	Simpler	Harder	++
Simplicity of title assignment	Simpler	Harder	+
Send to attending for cosign	Possible	Possible	+
Template sophistication	Simpler	Richer	+
Ability to run macros	Not possible	Possible	+
Encoded data	None	Some	+/−
Ability to query for reports	Not yet possible	Possible	+/−

This table is the assessment of the authors based on informal user feedback. Copy forward means beginning a new one using a previous note's text. Template sophistication indicates features such as gender-specific template content, conditional appearance of selectable choices and other features. Simplicity of title assignment means the number of steps required to assign the correct note title by which the note is displayed in the electronic medical record.

++++, very important; +/−, less important.