title: Bringing science to medicine: an interview with Larry Weed, inventor of the problem-oriented medical record.
abstract: Larry Weed, MD is widely known as the father of the problem-oriented medical record and inventor of the now-ubiquitous SOAP (subjective/objective/assessment/plan) note, for developing an electronic health record system (Problem-Oriented Medical Information System, PROMIS), and for founding a company (since acquired), which developed problem-knowledge couplers. However, Dr Weed's vision for medicine goes far beyond software--over the course of his storied career, he has relentlessly sought to bring the scientific method to medical practice and, where necessary, to point out shortcomings in the system and advocate for change. In this oral history, Dr Weed describes, in his own words, the arcs of his long career and the work that remains to be done.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
authors.forename: Adam
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Wright
authors.affiliation: University of Texas School of Biomedical Informatics and UT-Memorial Hermann Center for Healthcare Quality and Safety, Houston, Texas, USA.
authors.forename: Dean F
authors.initials: DF
authors.lastname: Sittig
authors.affiliation: Department of Knowledge Informatics and Translation, Indiana University, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA.
authors.forename: Julie
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: McGowan
authors.affiliation: Department of Medical Informatics and Clinical Epidemiology, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, Oregon, USA.
authors.forename: Joan S
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Ash
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, University of Vermont, Burlington, Vermont, USA.
authors.forename: Lawrence L
authors.initials: LL
authors.lastname: Weed
mesh_terms: D005103:Expert Systems; D049673:History, 20th Century; D006801:Humans; D007256:Information Systems / Q000266:history; D062068:Inventors; D016347:Medical Records Systems, Computerized / Q000266:history*; D008501:Medical Records, Problem-Oriented; D014481:United States
keywords: Oral History; Problem List; Problem-Oriented Medical Record