Table 1.
Knowledge coupling software modules (“couplers”) currently available. Source: PKC Corporation
| Coupler sets | Use |
|---|---|
| Screening | For complete health history, mental health screening, wellness, physical examination, and laboratory screening |
| Senior assessment and disease management | To support care planning, case management, disease prevention, OASIS (outcomes and assessment information set) reporting, and patient education for senior and disabled populations |
| Occupational health | To equip providers to identify and manage work related injuries, exposures, and disease, as well as to navigate the complex rule sets surrounding specific work environments |
| Behavioural care | For assessing potential behavioral manifestations of medical problems, supporting the determination of DSM-IV diagnosis, and guiding patient-provider strategies for disease management |
| Chronic disease management | For managing conditions such as diabetes, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, asthma, depression, hypertension |
| Individual problem-knowledge couplers |
|---|
| Disease management: |
| Acne vulgaris |
| Anaesthesia: preoperative screening* |
| Angina, stable |
| Anxiety disorders |
| Asthma |
| Atrial fibrillation - new onset* |
| Benign prostatic hyperplasia |
| Carpal tunnel syndrome |
| Contraception |
| COPD - chronic obstructive pulmonary disease |
| Dementia |
| Depression: management and guidance |
| Diabetes mellitus |
| Gallstones* |
| GERD - gastro-oesophageal reflux disease |
| Heart failure due to LV dysfunction |
| Hyperlipidaemia or dyslipidaemia |
| Hypertension |
| Hypertension, malignant and other hypertensive crises |
| Male erectile dysfunction |
| Menopause - disease management |
| Obesity |
| Parkinson's disease |
| Otitis media with effusion in children* |
| Pressure ulcers* |
| Smoking cessation |
| Substance use disorders |
| Suicidal thinking and behavior* |
| Diagnostic/disease management: |
| Asthma attack: assessment and management* |
| Chest pain I* |
| Kidney stone (known): type of stone and its management* |
| Tinnitus (noise in the ear or head)* |
| Diagnostic: |
| Acute abdomen* |
| Anaemia |
| Anxiety, panic, and phobias |
| Chest pain II * |
| Depressed feelings, fatigue, apathy |
| Diarrhoea |
| ECG interpretation* |
| Hand and wrist |
| Headache |
| Heart sounds abnormal (initial evaluation)* |
| Haematuria* |
| Hypercalcaemia* |
| Hypertension |
| Itching of unknown origin (pruritis) |
| Jaundice* |
| Knee problem |
| Knee problem due to acute trauma |
| Low back, buttock and/or leg pain, acute |
| Male erectile dysfunction |
| Memory loss and confusion |
| Obesity or unexplained weight gain* |
| Personality problems* |
| Psychotic-like or bizarre behaviour, thinking, perception* |
| Rhinitis chronic* |
| Shoulder problem* |
| Sleep problems* |
| Substance use disorders |
| Swallowing problems (dysphagia) |
| Syncope (fainting)* |
| Upper respiratory complaints, acute |
| Urinary incontinence |
| Urinary problems, female (dysuria, urgency, etc) |
| Urticaria/angio-oedema |
| Vaginal bleeding abnormal* |
| Vertigo and dizziness |
| Vomiting not easily explained in an adult or older child* |
| Vulvar and vaginal problems (itch, discharge, pain) |
| Other: |
| History: comprehensive screening for mental health problems |
| History: screening to discover patient's problems - complete health history |
| Laboratory screening - guidance regarding interpretation of indicated lab tests |
| Periodic health evaluation - yearly update of patient problem list |
| Physical exam: screening to discover patient's problems |
| Senior assessment - functional assessment and improved management for seniors |
| Travel preparation |
| Wellness and health: assessment and guidance - complete health risk assessment |
*
Beta version.