title: A simplified approach to the ambulatory care diagnostic summary list.
abstract: The Veterans Administration Medical Center at Sepulveda, California, developed a one-page checklist as a "problem summary list." Use of the list has improved legibility of entries, compliance, efficiency, and communication among providers.
authors.affiliation: Veterans Administration Medical Center, Sepulveda, California.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ingersoll
authors.forename: J D
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: Personnett
mesh_terms: D006746:Hospital Bed Capacity, 500 and over; D006787:Hospitals, Veterans / Q000592:standards; D007591:Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations; D015141:Los Angeles; D008499:Medical Records; D010044:Outpatient Clinics, Hospital / Q000592:standards*; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care / Q000458:organization & administration*