The social work stake in problem-oriented recording.

Abstract

Pressure for adoption of Problem-Oriented Recording (POR) is coming from various sources outside of the helping professions: from commercial third-party payers who have a legitmate need to scrutinize claims for payment; from all levels of government, out of concern for cost containment and for decisions regarding the allocation of limited resources; and from consumers and others who demand quality assurance and accountability mechanisms. POR is an ecological approach that promotes the concept of comprehensive health care. As social work is concerned with both the person and his environment, with the causes and the sequelae of illness and the interrelationship of problems, this problem-oriented approach is of immense interest to the profession. The social worker in an ecologically oriented health care system immediately becomes a more significant provider of health care.