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 2nd; Christopher J Swearingen

doi:10.1016/j.rdc.2009.10.018

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

Rheum Dis Clin North Am. 2009 Nov;35(4):829-42, x-xi. doi: 10.1016/j.rdc.2009.10.018.

Authors

Theodore Pincus¹, Arthur M Mandelin 2nd, Christopher J Swearingen

Affiliation

¹ Division of Rheumatology, NYU Hospital for Joint Diseases, 301 East 17th Street, Room 1608, New York, NY 10003, USA. tedpincus@gmail.com

PMID: 19962627
DOI: 10.1016/j.rdc.2009.10.018

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.

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Antirheumatic Agents / therapeutic use*
Disability Evaluation
Drug Monitoring
Electronic Health Records*
Health Status*
Humans
Rheumatic Diseases* / diagnosis
Rheumatic Diseases* / drug therapy
Rheumatic Diseases* / physiopathology
Severity of Illness Index

Substances

Antirheumatic Agents