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This section contains data describing an interest or worry about a health state or
process that could possibly require attention, intervention, or management. A Health
Concern is a health related matter that is of interest, importance or worry to someone,
who may be the patient, patient's family or patient's health care provider. Health
concerns are derived from
a variety of sources within an EHR (such as Problem List, Family History, Social History,
Social Worker Note, etc.). Health concerns can be medical, surgical, nursing, allied
health or patient-reported concerns. Problem Concerns are a subset of Health Concerns
that have risen to the level of importance that they typically would belong on a classic
“Problem List”, such as “Diabetes
Mellitus” or “Family History of Melanoma” or “Tobacco abuse”. These are of broad interest
to multiple members of the care team. Examples of other Health Concerns that might
not typically be considered a Problem Concern include “Risk of Hyperkalemia” for a
patient taking an ACE-inhibitor medication, or “Transportation difficulties” for someone
who doesn't drive and has trouble
getting to appointments, or “Under-insured” for someone who doesn't have sufficient
insurance to properly cover their medical needs such as medications. These are typically
most important to just a limited number of care team members.
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