1. A method of reusing document text, the method comprising acts of: a) in response to a user requesting document text reuse for a first medical report documenting a clinical encounter with a particular patient, determining whether the user has previously requested document text reuse for the first medical report; b) in response to determining that the user has not previously requested document text reuse for the first medical report: selecting document text from at least one second medical report documenting at least one past clinical encounter with that particular patient, in accordance with one or more rules for a document type corresponding to the first medical report, and inserting the selected document text into the first medical report; and c) in response to determining that the user has previously requested document text reuse for the first medical report, initiating another document reuse method, wherein the other document reuse method is not based on the one or more rules.