The Admission Process and Problem Lists

In Sunrise Clinical Manager, the "Problem List," is called the patient's "Health Issues."  Generally, this list of "issues" is managed by the primary physician, but upon admission to the hospital, includes all the associated problems from the reason for visit, chief complaint, associated comorbidities, historical issues, and diagnoses.  It is a dynamic list that changes throughout the admission, and is considered a central tool for documentation, communication, and reporting.  Unfortunately, the work of managing a problem list can look like this on a typical admission:

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