# Copy Previous Encounter **URL:** \ **Category:** Management and Administration\ **Created:** [March 24, 2024, 5:02pm UTC](https://community.open-emr.org/t/copy-previous-encounter/22301 "2024-03-24T17:02:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![acu-emr](https://community.open-emr.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@acu-emr](https://community.open-emr.org/u/acu-emr)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2024, 5:02pm UTC](https://community.open-emr.org/t/copy-previous-encounter/22301/1 "2024-03-24T17:02:25Z")
Is there any way to copy the previous encounter to a new encounter? For acupuncture most of the treatments and notes are the same with some changes. This will save a lot of time. Some other EMR platforms I used in the past offer this functionality such as JaneApp and Eclipse. ---
**Author:** ![htuck](https://community.open-emr.org/user_avatar/community.open-emr.org/htuck/32/15185_2.png) [@htuck](https://community.open-emr.org/u/htuck)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2024, 4:53pm UTC](https://community.open-emr.org/t/copy-previous-encounter/22301/2 "2024-03-25T16:53:23Z")
Hello @acu-emr The forum search tool is a wonderful thing! As you might imagine, this question is about a v common issue and it has been asked many times in this forum. ![image](https://discourse-uploads-openemr.s3.dualstack.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/original/3X/d/f/df5682e94ad1d381346ef52debbe3ddea9fbe7fc.png) Two of the 32 results are: > [@Duplicate entries in patient encounter history \*\*solved\*\*](https://community.open-emr.org/t/duplicate-entries-in-patient-encounter-history-solved/9889): > > Hi, I try again since there was no answer in 3 weeks, I guess you were all too busy with the new 5.0.1 rel. So Hello there, Probably I missed something or done something wrong, but is there a way to get around the duplicate entries for every patient document in the encounter history. When I link uploaded x-rays to an encounter, it appears there ok, but also leaves the document link in the overview, so any document is mentioned twice in the list. It really clutters up the patient’s encounters… > [@Easiest way to carry-forward clinical notes](https://community.open-emr.org/t/easiest-way-to-carry-forward-clinical-notes/12954): > > Can anyone tell me the easiest way to carry-forward a previously made clinical note when creating a new patient encounter? IOW’s, what is easiest way to copy the most recent prior note into a current note? It seems time consuming to have to re-create each section of a note with the typical contents specific to each patient each time when all that information was already created at the time of the previous visit. Alternatively, does anyone have any recommendations for attachable software to do… Of course, if the question is asked with slightly different terms one will get more, or fewer, results and also probably different ones for a more comprehensive response. Good luck with your research! Best- Harley ---
**Author:** ![stephenwaite](https://community.open-emr.org/user_avatar/community.open-emr.org/stephenwaite/32/15754_2.png) [@stephenwaite](https://community.open-emr.org/u/stephenwaite)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2024, 5:03pm UTC](https://community.open-emr.org/t/copy-previous-encounter/22301/3 "2024-03-25T17:03:00Z")
there’s a recent [pull request](https://github.com/openemr/openemr/pull/7279) to enable this feature for layout based forms 🕺 ---
**Author:** ![htuck](https://community.open-emr.org/user_avatar/community.open-emr.org/htuck/32/15185_2.png) [@htuck](https://community.open-emr.org/u/htuck)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2024, 5:11pm UTC](https://community.open-emr.org/t/copy-previous-encounter/22301/4 "2024-03-25T17:11:05Z")
@stephenwaite v cool, that’s going to be popular! - HT ---
**Author:** ![acu-emr](https://community.open-emr.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@acu-emr](https://community.open-emr.org/u/acu-emr)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2024, 6:01pm UTC](https://community.open-emr.org/t/copy-previous-encounter/22301/5 "2024-03-25T18:01:22Z")
Thanks for the reply. I did see those but was hoping if anyone had a solution since it was a few years ago. I should’ve mentioned that in the post, that’s my error. I look forward seeing the pull request develop! ---
**Author:** ![ninjatx](https://community.open-emr.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/n/898d66/32.png) [@ninjatx](https://community.open-emr.org/u/ninjatx)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2024, 10:55pm UTC](https://community.open-emr.org/t/copy-previous-encounter/22301/6 "2024-06-06T22:55:09Z")
What we’ve been doing as far as using the same information from the previous encounter was to enable “Default to previous value” in the LBF’s form options. It’s not a perfect solution but it does help to an extend with repetitive notes.