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Beware of EHR systems that allow non-clinicians to complete HPI
Only the treating physician or non-physician practitioner (NPP) can perform the history of present illness (HPI) portion of an office visit — which you’ve no doubt drummed it into your doctors’ heads — but be on guard that some electronic health record (EHR) vendors are attempting to stretch that policy.
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