The Problem List module lets you collaboratively manage patient problems (diagnoses). This is particularly useful in settings where there are several clinicians on the team (intern, resident, fellow, attending) or where night float residents typically cover the nights before signing out to the day team. Providers can add or modify a patient’s clinical problems to update other team members who also have a relationship to the patient.

In addition, every time a provider enters a charge transaction, order, or clinical note for a patient, the diagnosis codes associated with that item are added automatically to the patient’s problem list. This is a quick way to populate each patient’s problem list, without requiring additional work for the provider.