| Literature DB >> 1807721 |
R Wilton1.
Abstract
An ambulatory-care patient-tracking system has been implemented that records non-categorical problem descriptions in the outpatient problem list. The system does not restrict physicians to the use of predefined diagnostic categories. Instead, the system stores patient problems in a database as free-text records. Subsequent diagnostic categorization and coding is accomplished through prompted free-text input and appropriate reference databases. This system design allows an outpatient problem-list summary to reflect non-categorical health-status information in addition to coded medical diagnoses.Entities:
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Year: 1991 PMID: 1807721 PMCID: PMC2247645
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Proc Annu Symp Comput Appl Med Care ISSN: 0195-4210