Problem Oriented Charting (POC, poc.connect-care.ca) is supported by tools that help groups of clinicians maintain shared text blocks assembled to create standardized progress and summative documentation. One set of documentation tools supports POC during hospital encounters. Related but different tools are available during outpatient encounters.
For those new to POC, the best way to find the right tools is via the sidebar (right-most column of information in an opened chart) index (top of outpatient visit sidebar display).
- Selecting the index label ("Problem Charting") opens the POC sidebar, which displays the current state of POC text (building) blocks.
- Selecting the left-pointing arrow opens the outpatient problem list activity (with support for problem-based overview and assessment/plan notes) in the main (middle) panel of a chart.
- Selecting the right-pointing arrow opens the problem list (with POC supports) in the sidebar.
- Selecting the left arrow at the top of the POC sidebar section also opens the problem list in the main chart panel.
If the outpatient sidebar index is not immediately available, use the chart menu or chart search to find and activate the "Prescriber Sidebar".
For those committed to POC, personalize outpatient chart tabs to add the independent Problem List activity to be available by default when a chart is opened.