HCA 417 Electronic Health Care Record

Patient Problem List for the Clinical Evaluation of a Patient in the EHR

After reading Chapter 7, Write a three- to- four page paper (excluding title and reference pages), and formatted according to APA style,  that includes the rationale of a problem list and give at least two reasons why most clinicians use a problem list. Include examples of information that is included on a problem list and examples of things not included on a problem list. Explain why it is difficult to maintain the problem list and how the electronic health record can be utilized to maintain an up to date problem list.

Utilize a minimum of two scholarly sources (excluding the course text) that were published within the last five years, and are documented in APA style.

Course text: Gartee, R. (2011).  Electronic Health Records (2nd ed.).  Upper Saddle River, NJ:  Pearson Prentice Hall.

Paper must include at least two reasons why most clinicians use a problem list and the clinical information recorded in the chart to track one or more problem conditions.

Include regulatory requirements that require the maintenance of a problem list and their requirements for accreditation.