IC-Process-PC: International Classification of Process in
ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Wonca, PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press, USA, This is the second <strong>instrong> a series of four works designed to classify the components of the primary medical care <strong>instrong>teraction. It has been developed and field tested by the World Organization of National Colleges, Academies, and Academic Associations of General Practitioners/Family Physicians (WONCA) Classification Committee <strong>instrong> concert with an ad hoc committee of the North American Primary Care Research Group. The <strong>instrong>teractions under analysis beg<strong>instrong> with the <strong>instrong>itial contact with a health care provider and <strong>instrong>clude each step <strong>instrong> the <strong>processstrong>: diagnostic, therapeutic, adm<strong>instrong>istrative, and f<strong>instrong>al disposition or follow-up plans. The first book <strong>instrong> the series, ICHPPC-2, coded the diagnostic part of the encounter. The latest volume makes it possible to code, classify, and count such valued and cost-effective modalities as listen<strong>instrong>g, counsel<strong>instrong>g, <strong>instrong>struct<strong>instrong>g, and educat<strong>instrong>g patients and their families. Until now these aspects of health care provision have been omitted or downplayed by <strong>processstrong> analysts, even though they provide among the most <strong>instrong>strumental therapeutic <strong>instrong>terventions. Their classification extends the ability to code for the first time to the efforts of health care personnel on the primary care level.