15. A method of reusing document text, the method comprising: creating a first medical report documenting a clinical encounter with a particular patient; in response to a user requesting document text reuse for the first medical report, determining whether the user has previously requested document text reuse for the first medical report; in response to determining that the user has not previously requested document text reuse for the first medical report: selecting from a data set at least one second medical report documenting at least one past clinical encounter with that particular patient; selecting document text from the at least one second medical report in accordance with one or more business rules, and inserting the selected document text into the first medical report; and 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 business rules.
15. A method of reusing document text, the method comprising: creating a first medical report documenting a clinical encounter with a particular patient; in response to a user requesting document text reuse for the first medical report, determining whether the user has previously requested document text reuse for the first medical report; in response to determining that the user has not previously requested document text reuse for the first medical report: selecting from a data set at least one second medical report documenting at least one past clinical encounter with that particular patient; selecting document text from the at least one second medical report in accordance with one or more business rules, and inserting the selected document text into the first medical report; and 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 business rules. 16. The method according to claim 15 , further comprising offering confirmation of a result of inserting the selected document text into the first medical report.