Medical Terminology / Unit 15 MedTerm 0979 short lesson, about 20 seconds
The Problem List
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The idea
A problem list is a running record of a patient's active and resolved conditions, maintained across encounters.
In practice
A problem list carries terms forward, so one entry may be read years after it was written.
Where people slip
An ambiguous abbreviation on a problem list outlives the person who wrote it.
Your place on the trail
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Builds on
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