 Documentation
"Documentation" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
Systematic organization, storage, retrieval, and dissemination of specialized information, especially of a scientific or technical nature (From ALA Glossary of Library and Information Science, 1983). It often involves authenticating or validating information.
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D004282
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L01.453.245
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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Documentation" by people in this website by year, and whether "Documentation" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
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| 1997 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 1998 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2002 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2004 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2005 | 1 | 1 | 2 | | 2007 | 2 | 1 | 3 | | 2008 | 1 | 2 | 3 | | 2009 | 1 | 3 | 4 | | 2010 | 1 | 1 | 2 | | 2011 | 2 | 0 | 2 | | 2012 | 2 | 1 | 3 | | 2013 | 3 | 5 | 8 | | 2014 | 1 | 2 | 3 | | 2015 | 3 | 1 | 4 | | 2016 | 5 | 4 | 9 | | 2017 | 7 | 2 | 9 | | 2018 | 6 | 1 | 7 | | 2019 | 7 | 3 | 10 | | 2020 | 3 | 11 | 14 | | 2021 | 3 | 8 | 11 | | 2022 | 1 | 10 | 11 | | 2023 | 2 | 4 | 6 | | 2024 | 6 | 8 | 14 | | 2025 | 2 | 1 | 3 | | 2026 | 6 | 1 | 7 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Documentation" by people in Profiles.
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Oshita J, Studts C, Haywood C, Wong A, Duffecy J, Morris MA. Implementation of Communication Disability Documentation and Accommodations in Primary Care: A Pragmatic Type III Hybrid Implementation-Effectiveness Trial Protocol. J Speech Lang Hear Res. 2026 Oct 13; 69(10):4636-4652.
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Mallya MM, Chen C, Naqvi F, Sheffield KN, Ahmed A, O'Leary S, Razzak A, Tran J, Khurram A, Dao R, Johnson J, Coon A, Yu X, Boyd JW. Wait Time and Documentation Required for Child Psychiatric Care Across Payer and Facility Types. Psychiatr Serv. 2026 Oct 01; 77(10):931-937.
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Kononowech J, Magid KH, Haverhals LM, Beltran J, Levy CR. Beyond implementation: what drives long-term sustainment of life-sustaining treatment documentation in VA home based primary care. BMC Health Serv Res. 2026 Jul 09; 26(1).
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Campbell AG, Knies A, Musey P, Ryckman KK, Gharbi S, Wiehe S. Association of Pregnancy Documentation with Radiological Imaging in the Emergency Department. West J Emerg Med. 2026 Jun 28; 27(4):985-993.
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Levy CR, Magid KH, Kononowech J, Langner P, Sales A. Life-Sustaining Treatment Documentation in VA Home Based Primary Care Improves With Feedback Reports and Facilitation. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2026 07; 74(7):2082-2091.
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Simonetti JA, King SE, Holliday R, Khazanov GK, Smith A, Bahraini N, Brenner LA, Matarazzo BB. Clinician-documented Firearm Access and Safety Interventions for Veterans Receiving Suicide Risk Evaluation in VA Emergency Care Settings. West J Emerg Med. 2026 May 19; 27(3):784-793.
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Reddy A, Gunnink E, Wheat CL, Pawlikowski S, Payne CM, Wiltz S, Hubert TL, Kirsh S, Carey E, Hill D, Nelson KM. Rapid Evaluation of Artificial Intelligence Technology Used for Ambient Dictation in Primary Care: Comparing the Quality of Documentation of Artificial Intelligence-Generated and Human-Produced Clinical Notes. Ann Intern Med. 2026 06; 179(6):765-772.
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Chamberlain JM, Simon NE, Bajaj L, Alessandrini E, Grundmeier RW, Gorelick M, Nielsen B, Olsen CS, Ramgopal S, Zorc JJ, Elsholz C, Cook LJ, Alpern ER. Audit and Feedback on Pediatric Emergency Department Performance Measures: A Stepped-Wedge Trial. Hosp Pediatr. 2025 Nov 01; 15(11):901-910.
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Bai E, Luo X, Zhang Z, Adelgais K, Ali H, Finkelstein J, Kutzin J. Assessment and Integration of Large Language Models for Automated Electronic Health Record Documentation in Emergency Medical Services. J Med Syst. 2025 May 17; 49(1):65.
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Piscitello G, Lingler J, Ramos K, Schenker Y, Arnold RM, Schell J. Assessing the Content of Goals of Care Documentation for Hospitalized Patients With Alzheimer's Disease and Related Dementias. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2025 08; 73(8):2531-2538.
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