Authority
The Beth Israel On-line Medical Record (OMR) Clinical Problem List Vocabulary was developed by the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center.
Purpose
The problem list serves as a set of standard terms to represent and capture clinical data in electronic health records systems.
Description
The problem list contains over 850 terms, approximately 200 related terms and synonyms, and nearly 200 term abbreviations.
Audience
Clinicians, nurses, social workers, and other health professionals use the problem list.
Metathesaurus Update Frequency
The problem list was last updated in the Metathesaurus in 1999.
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