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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 Aug 2.
Published in final edited form as: Ergon Des. 2009 Jan 1;17(1):20–28. doi: 10.1518/106480409X415170

Table 1.

Final Information Requirements

Information Category Information Subcategory
Patient demographics

  • Name

  • Age, weight

  • Medical record number

  • Unit/room number

  • Acuity

  • Date of admission, current hospital day

  • Service

  • Intern

  • Student

  • Primary care provider (PCP)
Problem list

  • Current

  • Past
Medications and treatments

  • General

  • Fluids/electrolytes/nutrition (F/E/N)
Test results

  • A.M. only
General plans

  • To-do list

  • Discharge
Contingency plans

  • Fluids and medications (IVs)/fever/pain/parameters

  • Allergies/other
Immediate plans

  • To-do list

  • Current status/notes