title: Patient participation in the problem-oriented system: a health care plan.
abstract: The problem-oriented system can be used to encourage the involvement of the patient in his health care. A Health Care Plan is described, the purposes of which include facilitation of provider-patient communication, and emphasis on the shared responsibility of provider and patient in problem solving and health maintenance. The Health Care Plan is not designed to supplant other parts of the system such as the problem list or audit.
mesh_terms: D003256:Community Participation; D006801:Humans; D008499:Medical Records; D008501:Medical Records, Problem-Oriented; D010347:Patient Care Planning; D010817:Physician-Patient Relations