Lawrence Weed Explained

Lawrence Weed
Birth Date:26 December 1923
Birth Place:Troy, New York, U.S.
Death Place:Underhill, Vermont, U.S.
Alma Mater:Hamilton College (New York)
Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons
Occupation:Physician, researcher, educator, author
Children:5

Lawrence Leonard Weed (December 26, 1923  - June 3, 2017)[1] was an American physician, researcher, educator, entrepreneur and author, who is best known for creating the problem-oriented medical record as well as one of the first electronic health records.[2]

Biography

Born in Troy, New York, he graduated from Hamilton College and, later, the Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons in 1947 and pursued a career in academic medicine.[3] He retired as an Emeritus Professor of the University of Vermont.

Career

Dividing his time between research, patient care and teaching, he developed a method which reorganized the structure of the medical record from being divided into the different sources for patient records (x-rays, prescriptions, physician notes) to one structured around a well-defined list of a patient's medical problems.

He first published about the problem-oriented medical record in 1964,[4] but a 1968 article published by the New England Journal of Medicine introduced the concept to a broader audience.[5] [6] In the late 1960s and early 1970s he gave lectures at medical schools around the country,[7] and published a book that described the problem-oriented medical record in more detail.[8]

Over 2,000 academic articles and numerous medical textbooks discuss Weed's problem-oriented medical record, and it has become a central component of medical and nursing education.[9] His original idea for a patient problem list was adapted and put into law in the “meaningful use” requirements of the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) Act, which promoted the adoption of electronic health records in the United States.[10] [11]

He also helped develop PROMIS, a computerized medical information system based on the problem-oriented record, which used a touch screen;[12] introduced in 1969, that system was one of the earliest versions of an electronic medical record.[2] He launched a company PKC, which developed methods for clinical information management systems. In 2012, the firm was purchased by Sharecare.[13]

Honors

Weed was elected a member of the National Academy of Sciences in May 1972[14] and would later receive the Gustav O. Leinhard Award from the Institute of Medicine for his contribution of the problem-oriented medical record to the field of medicine.[15] He was a founding fellow of the American College of Medical Informatics.[16]

Notes and References

  1. News: Dr. Lawrence Weed, Pioneer in Recording Patient Data, Dies at 93. Grimes. William. The New York Times. June 21, 2017. June 22, 2017.
  2. Web site: The 'Miracle' of Digital Health Records, 50 Years Ago. Lohr. Steve . Bits Blog. 17 February 2012. 2015-12-17.
  3. Bringing science to medicine: an interview with Larry Weed, inventor of the problem-oriented medical record. Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association. 2014-12-01. 1527-974X. 4215056. 24872343. 964–968. 21. 6. 10.1136/amiajnl-2014-002776. Adam. Wright. Dean F.. Sittig. Dean F. Sittig. Julie. McGowan. Joan S.. Ash. Lawrence L.. Weed.
  4. Medical Records, Patient Care, and Medical Education. Irish Journal of Medical Science. 1964-06-01. 1863-4362. 14160426. 271–282. 462. L. L.. Weed. 6. 10.1007/BF02945791. 44816809.
  5. Medical records that guide and teach. The New England Journal of Medicine. 1968-03-14. 0028-4793. 5637758. 593–600. 278. 11. 10.1056/NEJM196803142781105. L. L.. Weed.
  6. Medical records that guide and teach. The New England Journal of Medicine. 1968-03-21. 0028-4793. 5637250. 652–657 concl. 278. 12. 10.1056/NEJM196803212781204. L. L.. Weed.
  7. "Larry Weed's 1971 Grand Rounds at Emory University" (video). Via YouTube.
  8. Weed, Lawrence L. (1971). Medical Records, Medical Education, and Patient Care: The Problem-Oriented Medical Record as a Basic Tool. Cleveland, Ohio: Press of Case Western Reserve University.
  9. Wright, Adam; Sittig, Dean F.; McGowan, Julie; Ash, Joan S. ; Weed, Lawrence L. (2015). "Bringing Science to Medicine: An Interview with Larry Weed, Inventor of the Problem-Oriented Medical Record", in: Wright (Ed.), Clinical Problem Lists in the Electronic Health Record. Oakville, Ontario, Canada: Apple Academic Press. . pp. 2-18; here: p. 14. Also published online via PubMed Central. Retrieved 2017-06-22.
  10. Holmes, Casey (April 6, 2011). "The Problem List beyond Meaningful Use". Journal of AHIMA (American Health Information Management Association). Retrieved 2017-06-22.
  11. Wright, Adam, et al. (August 2012). "Use of an Electronic Problem List by Primary Care Providers and Specialists". Journal of General Internal Medicine. Vol. 27(8). pp. 968–973. Published online March 17, 2012, via PubMed Central. . Retrieved 2017-06-22.
  12. Book: Grady, Mary L.. Automated Data Sources for Ambulatory Care Effectiveness Research. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Rockville, MD. May 1993. 3. 9780788122491. Also reprinted by Diane Publishing, 2004; .
  13. Web site: Sharecare Announces the Acquisition of PKC Corporation. Sharecare. 2015-12-21.
  14. Book: Annual Report 1971-1972. National Academies. National Academy of Sciences; National Academy of Engineering . 1975 . Washington, DC . 333.
  15. Web site: Past Recipients of the Gustav O. Lienhard Award - Institute of Medicine. iom.nationalacademies.org. 2015-12-21.
  16. Web site: Lawrence Weed - Rutgers Medical Informatics History Project. infohistory.rutgers.edu. 2016-01-06.

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