Communication between health care providers is an important factor for the continuity of patient care. In medical records, clinical notes (admission notes, progress notes and discharge summaries) become important for this purpose. The inappropriate use of features of electronic health records (EHRs), such as copy & paste, produces "unreadable" documents with redundant information that reduces the quality of clinical notes. Within this framework, it is essential to assess the quality of clinical notes with a view to implementing mechanisms to improve them. This study proposes to develop a new version of the Physician Documentation Quality Instrument (PDQI-9). This scale evaluates the quality of clinical notes for the purpose of physician communication