Ah, but one of the things at least some VA providers are asking for is a Problem List that can accommodate "working diagnoses" as well as proven diagnoses. It must also be able to be sorted based on acute or chronic problems (a cold or broken limb from a year ago is usually just clutter when reviewing today's problems.) Filters should also be provided to be able to see the problems that relate to one's specialty (or see the whole set when that's desired). Being able to quickly and efficiently manage such a problem list is going to take a fair amount of trial and error programming and a close working relationship with a few (patient) providers.
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Kevin Toppenberg Sent: Tuesday, January 24, 2006 3:18 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [Hardhats-members] CPRS Clinical Workflow Question I can't walk you through an example, but I can comment on coding. You code as specifically as you can, but not what it *might* be. If you are not sure the dementia is due to Alzheimer's, then you just say Dementia. But you shouldn't have to worry abou this. It is the providers job to do the coding. Kevin On 1/24/06, Marc Krawitz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > In VistA are problems intended to be symptoms/complaints or a diagnosis. > For example, suppose a patient presents with memory loss and dementia. > Would a physician create two problems as follows: > > Memory Loss - 780.93 > Dementia - 294.8 > > And then later replace these with an actual diagnosis (lets say Alzheimer's > Disease)? Or should the capture of symptoms/complaints occur in the notes? > It would be great if somebody could walk through this example in VistA... > > Thanks, > > Marc ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Do you grep through log files for problems? Stop! Download the new AJAX search engine that makes searching your log files as easy as surfing the web. DOWNLOAD SPLUNK! http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=k&kid3432&bid#0486&dat1642 _______________________________________________ Hardhats-members mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/hardhats-members ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Do you grep through log files for problems? Stop! Download the new AJAX search engine that makes searching your log files as easy as surfing the web. DOWNLOAD SPLUNK! http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid3432&bid#0486&dat1642 _______________________________________________ Hardhats-members mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/hardhats-members
