There is some interesting material emerging from the US as they try to gear up for electronic records.
THE PROBLEMS WITH PROBLEM LISTS http://journal.ahima.org/wp-content/uploads/JAHIMA-problemlists.pdf Clinician attitudes toward and use of electronic problem lists: a thematic analysis http://www.biomedcentral.com/1472-6947/11/36 Although skewed to US health system, most of the points made are universal. Although openEHR supports the principle of maintained Problem lists via Persistent compositions, we probably need to do more to understand their lifecycle, especially in Secondary care acute admissions. Ian Dr Ian McNicoll office +44 (0)1536 414 994 fax +44 (0)1536 516317 mobile +44 (0)775 209 7859 skype ianmcnicoll ian.mcnicoll at oceaninformatics.com Clinical Modelling Consultant,?Ocean Informatics, UK openEHR Clinical Knowledge Editor www.openehr.org/knowledge Honorary Senior Research Associate, CHIME, UCL BCS Primary Health Care ?www.phcsg.org
