Flowsheets That Include MDHAQ Physical Function, Pain, Global, and RAPID3 Scores, Laboratory Tests, and Medications to Monitor Patients with all Rheumatic Diseases: An Electronic Database for an Electronic Medical Record

Theodore Pincus*, Arthur M. Mandelin, Christopher J. Swearingen

*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

Electronic medical records (EMR) are used increasingly in contemporary medical care. Function, pain, global status, and RAPID3 scores remain important considerations in all rheumatic diseases. Inclusion of these scores in a flowsheet that also includes laboratory tests and medications could transform the EMR into a true medical database. Flowsheets are presented for patients with rheumatologic diagnoses other than rheumatoid arthritis to illustrate the value of the multidimensional health assessment questionnaire and RAPID3 scores in an electronic database for an EMR.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)829-842
Number of pages14
JournalRheumatic Disease Clinics of North America
Volume35
Issue number4
DOIs
StatePublished - Nov 2009

Keywords

  • Electronic medical record
  • Flowsheet
  • Multidimensional health assessment questionnaire (MDHAQ)
  • Routine assessment of patient index data (RAPID3)

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Rheumatology

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