Defining the Contextual Problem List.

Abstract

The Problem Oriented Medical Record (POMR) is considered a key charting method to support clinical care. Although not uniformly represented amongst digital health systems, this paper presents a clinical model to represent multiple clinical perspectives from a single problem list. The contextual problem list model is defined according to primary diagnosis, comorbidities and problems arising from the primary condition. It is represented within the patient record as a single composition according to the prescribed context. The model pattern could help alleviate the traditional criticisms of paper and digitally based problem records.