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We selected 8 common chronic diseases and identified patients with each of those diseases. We then analyzed each patient\u2019s problem list for completeness and duplications and also collected information regarding demographics and disease severity. Rates of completeness and duplications were calculated for each disease and compared according to disease type, demographics, and disease severity.<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>\n               <jats:sec>\n                  <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                  <jats:p>A total of 327\u00a0695 unique patients and 383\u00a0404 problem list entries were identified. Problem list completeness varied from 72.9% in hypertension to 93.5% in asthma, whereas problem list duplications varied from 4.8% in hypertension to 28.2% in diabetes. There was a variable relationship between demographic factors and rates of completeness and duplication. Rates of completeness were positively correlated with disease severity for most diseases. Rates of duplication were consistently positively correlated with disease severity.<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>\n               <jats:sec>\n                  <jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title>\n                  <jats:p>Incompleteness and duplications are both important issues in problem lists. These issues vary widely across different diseases and can also be impacted by patient demographics and disease severity. Further studies are needed to investigate the effect of individual user behaviors and organizational policies on problem list utilization, which will aid the development of interventions that improve the utility of problem lists.<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1093\/jamia\/ocaa125","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2020,6,2]],"date-time":"2020-06-02T11:11:40Z","timestamp":1591096300000},"page":"1190-1197","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":41,"title":["Characterizing outpatient problem list completeness and duplications in the electronic health record"],"prefix":"10.1093","volume":"27","author":[{"given":"Edward Chia-Heng","family":"Wang","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Harvard University, Boston, Massachusetts, USA"}]},{"given":"Adam","family":"Wright","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Division of General Internal Medicine, Brigham and Women\u2019s Hospital, Boston, 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