Case You’ve been asked to see an inpatient for a rheumatologic consultation. After seeing the patient, you enter an initial consult note in the electronic medical record (EMR). The next day, when you write a follow-up note for this patient, you copy part of your assessment and plan from your prior note. Soon after you…
Rheuminations: Fraud Casts a Pall on Medical Research
The history, causes, and effects of scientific misconduct and strategies to reduce fraud and plagiarism in clinical medicine