Knowledge Coupling

1 Summary.- 1 The Database: Its Definition and Present Status.- 2 Summary.- 2 The Problem List.- 3 Summary.- 3 The Initial Plan.- 4 Summary.- 4 The Progress Notes.- 5 Flowsheets.- 6 Summary.- 6 The Discharge Summary and Data Reduction.- 7 Summary.- 7 The Building and Editing of Problem Knowledge Couplers.- 8 Summary.- 8 Implications of the Computerized Problem Oriented Medical Record and Knowledge Coupling Tools.- 9 Summary.- 9 Interdependencies and Potential Synergies.- 10 Summary.- 10 General Implications for Education.- 11 Summary.- 11 Can the Present Infrastructure of Medicine Support Radical Change in Premises and Tools?.- 12 Summary.- 12 Conclusion.- 13 The Perspective of a Practitioner.- 14 Comments From Other Medical Practitioners.- 15 Problem Knowledge Couplers and Their Use in Dentistry.- 16 Problem Knowledge Couplers in Veterinary Medicine.- Appendices.- C Samples of Introductions to Individual Couplers.- References.- Select Bibliography.