What Constitutes Tracked Copy and Pasted Text?

If a user pastes text into a clinical document within CPRS, CPRS will track that as a paste if it meets several criteria. When a user copies information within VistA or CPRS, CPRS will store characteristics about the copied text if it is available, such as the title and author of the document it came from, or whatever information it can about the source. The information gathered when text is copied can then be displayed if the text is pasted.

If text is copied from outside of CPRS or it is altered after being pasted into CPRS, the source information may simply read “Outside of current CPRS tracking”, meaning that CPRS does not know where it came from.

Character Limits on Pasted Text

Two limits also exist to make copy/paste work more efficiently.

Parameters that Sites Define for Pasted Text

Several parameters determine what is considered tracked text that is pasted into CPRS. These parameters are set in a TIU parameter template and the CACs at your site should address them. They will determine what CPRS considers a copy and paste and who can view that information. The parameters are as follows:

When Text Will Not Display as Pasted

In addition to these parameters, certain actions will determine whether pasted text displays in CPRS with its identifiers.

 

Related Topics

Overview of Auditing Pasted Text in Clinical Documents

Who Can View Pasted Text

Setting How Pasted Text Will Display to Auditors, Authors, and Cosigners

Auditing Pasted Text in Clinical Documents