SOAP Flashcards
SOAP and Other Components
Subject, Objective, Assement, Plan
Header, Signature
Why and Where SOAP
- WHY?
- Continuity of care
- Pt saftey
- Insurnance billing, proper reimbursment
- Auditing and liability
- WHERE?
- Outpaitent
- Clinics
- Inpatient
- Meds started, changed or stopped
Header and Subjective
- Header
- Pharmacy Note
- Age, gender, CC
- ID & CC: Patient age, gender, chief complaint
- HPI: History of Present Illness (SCHOLAR MAC)
- PMH: Past Medical History
- DH: Drug History
- Allergies
- FH: Family History
- SH: Social History
- ROS: Review of Systems
Objective
- Current medication list (if verified)
- PE: Physical Exam
- VS: T, HR, BP, RR
- Vital signs: temperature, heart rate, blood pressure, respiratory rate
- Pertinenet labs:
- CrCl, BMI
- Microbiology
- Radiology
Subjective vs. Objective
- Subjective:
- Not directly measurable
- Symptoms
- Provided by the patient
- Objective:
- Measurable
- Signs/Your observations
- Information from healthcare
Assesment
- Justify choice of therapy
- Give reader insight into your rationale, concerns and conclusions
- Do not include new information about the patient
- Prioritize concerns to assess
Plan
- Recommendations for provider(s) and patient
- Describe how the patient will be monitored
- Only disscuss what was addressed in the assesment
- Patient education
Assesment vs. Plan
- Assesment:
- Why
- Sentences
- Medication class or dosage range
- Gols of therapy
- Plan:
- What
- Recommonedation
- Medication name, dose, route, frequency
- Monitoring and follow-up
Pt appear in pain and bothered by loud noise
objective, PE
BP, HR, RR
Objective, VS
Denies chest pain or SOB
subjective, ROS
70 years old
subjective, ID
Complaining of HA
subjective, CC
Pain Scale 6/10
subjective, HPI
Denies fever
subjective, ROS
Male
Subjective, ID
Uses eye drops for glaucome
subjective, DH
Pharmacy records show lantoprost
objective, DH
Symptoms started yesterday evening after a recent cold
subjective, HPI
No drug allergies
subjective, DH
On computer at work all day
subjective, SH
Hx sinus infections, glaucoma, GI bleed
subjective, PMH