Lawrence Weed

From Rutgers Medical Informatics History Project

Name: Lawrence L. Weed, MD

Elected ACMI Fellow: 1984

Birthdate: 1924

Degrees: MD Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, 1947

Current Position: President, PKC Corporation, Burlington, Vermont

Current email: llweed@earthlink.net

Professional Affiliations:

Professional Activities:

Honors and Awards: 1995 Gustav O. Lienhard Award, Institute of Medicine, Washington, D.C.

1991 Computers in Healthcare Health Care Pioneer for: Contributions to the development of the healthcare information systems industry.

1984 ACMI (American College of Medical Informatics) Founding Fellow.

1978 Honorary Fellow of the American Academy of Medical Administrators.

1976 Monsour Medical Foundation Teaching Award, Health Education & Media Association.

1973 First Brookdale Award in Medicine, AMA National Convention.

1971 Gerald Lambert Award for Innovation in Health Care.

Other Works: Dr. Weed's Medical Records that Guide and Teach, from 1968.

excerpts from Medicine in Denial by Dr. Weed.

An interview on the future of Problem-Oriented Medical Records (POMR).

"Reengineering Medicine" PKC web site, 2/11/2001 (via internet wayback)

Other Information: Introduced concept of the Problem Oriented Medical Record, 1965.

Curriculum Vitae:

Selected Publications:

Shedding our illusions: a better way of medicine.
Weed LL.
Fertil Steril. 2004 Mar;81 Suppl 2:45-52.
PMID: 15126098

The public's needs must be met.
Weed LL.
Prism. 1974 Jun;2(6):22-6. No abstract available.
PMID: 11661057

Surgical anatomy of the axillary nerve within the quadrangular space.
Tubbs RS, Tyler-Kabara EC, Aikens AC, Martin JP, Weed LL, Salter EG, Oakes WJ.
J Neurosurg. 2005 May;102(5):912-4.
PMID: 15926719

Surgical anatomy of the dorsal scapular nerve.
Tubbs RS, Tyler-Kabara EC, Aikens AC, Martin JP, Weed LL, Salter EG, Oakes WJ.
J Neurosurg. 2005 May;102(5):910-1.
PMID: 15926718

Clinical judgment revisited.
Weed LL.
Methods Inf Med. 1999 Dec;38(4-5):279-86.
PMID: 10805013

Opening the black box of clinical judgment-an overview. Interview by Abi Berger.
Weed LL, Weed L.
BMJ. 1999 Nov 13;319(7220):1279.
PMID: 10559033  Free PMC Article

New connections between medical knowledge and patient care.
Weed LL.
BMJ. 1997 Jul 26;315(7102):231-5.
PMID: 9253272  Free PMC Article

New premises and new tools for medical care and education.
Weed LL.
J Dent Educ. 1996 Jan;60(1):64-7.
PMID: 8594105

Problem knowledge couplers: can they extend our ability to use
practice guidelines?
Weed LL.
Med Interface. 1994 Nov;7(11):133-4, 136-7.
PMID: 10138699

Medical records that guide and teach. 1968.
Weed LL.
MD Comput. 1993 Mar-Apr;10(2):100-14.
PMID: 8469091

New premises and new tools for medical care and medical education.
Weed LL.
Methods Inf Med. 1989 Nov;28(4):207-14.
PMID: 2622370

The problem-oriented system, problem-knowledge coupling, and
clinical decision making.
Weed LL, Zimny NJ.
Phys Ther. 1989 Jul;69(7):565-8.
PMID: 2662227

Problem-knowledge coupling.
Weed LL.
Med Instrum. 1987 Oct;21(5):284-7.
PMID: 3683255

Knowledge coupling, medical education and patient care.
Weed LL.
Crit Rev Med Inform. 1986;1(1):55-79.
PMID: 3331579

Clinical application of medical software for problem solving
in ambulatory care.
Weed LL, Hertzberg R.
J Ambul Care Manage. 1985 May;8(2):66-83.
PMID: 10300069

The computer as a new basis for analytic clinical practice:
coupling individual problems with medical knowledge.
Weed LL.
Mt Sinai J Med. 1985 Feb;52(2):94-8.
PMID: 3883136

New premises and tools for medical education.
Weed LL.
Mobius. 1982 Apr;2(2):24-33.
PMID: 10295192

Sounding Boards. Physicians of the future.
Weed LL.
N Engl J Med. 1981 Apr 9;304(15):903-7.
PMID: 7207526

The expectation-delivery gap.
Weed LL.
J Okla State Med Assoc. 1977 Jan;70(1):12-5.
PMID: 299887

A performance-based method of student evaluation.
Nelson GE, Graves SM, Holland RR, Nelson JM, Ratner J, Weed LL.
Med Educ. 1976 Jan;10(1):33-42.
PMID: 1263887

The scope and potential of outpatient care in obstetrics and gynecology.
Little B, Weed LL.
J Reprod Med. 1971 Sep;7(3):127-32.
PMID: 5098101

CPC's as educational instruments.
Weed LL.
N Engl J Med. 1971 Jul 8;285(2):115-8.
PMID: 5557154

The problem oriented record as a basic tool in medical education, patient care and clinical research.
Weed LL.
Ann Clin Res. 1971 Jun;3(3):131-4.
PMID: 4934176

Quality control and the medical record.
Weed LL.
Arch Intern Med. 1971 Jan;127(1):101-5.
PMID: 5538978

Technology is a link, not a barrier, for doctor and patient.
Weed LL.
Mod Hosp. 1970 Feb;114(2):80-3.
PMID: 5414635

The importance of medical records.
Weed LL.
Can Fam Physician. 1969 Dec;15(12):23-5.
PMID: 20468453

What physicians worry about: how to organize care of multiple-problem patients.
Weed LL.
Mod Hosp. 1968 Jun;110(6):90-4.
PMID: 5705976

Medical records that guide and teach.
Weed LL.
N Engl J Med. 1968 Mar 21;278(12):652-7 concl.
PMID: 5637250

Medical records that guide and teach.
Weed LL.
N Engl J Med. 1968 Mar 14;278(11):593-600.
PMID: 5637758

A new approach to medical teaching.
Weed LL.
Med Times. 1966 Sep;94(9):1030-8.
PMID: 5946466

TAURINE AS A CONSTITUENT OF A BACTERIAL CELL WALL.
KELLY AP, WEED LL.
J Biol Chem. 1965 Jun;240:2519-23.
PMID: 14304862

D-ORNITHINE AS A CONSTITUENT OF A BACTERIAL CELL WALL.
DUC-NGUYEN H, WEED LL.
J Biol Chem. 1964 Oct;239:3372-6.
PMID: 14245389

MEDICAL RECORDS, PATIENT CARE, AND MEDICAL EDUCATION.
WEED LL.
Ir J Med Sci. 1964 Jun;462:271-82.
PMID: 14160426

EFFECTS OF COPPER ON BACILLUS SUBTILIS.
WEED LL.
J Bacteriol. 1963 May;85:1003-10.
PMID: 14043986

Some precursors of the 5-hydroxymethylcytosine of T6r+ bacteriophage.
COHEN SS, WEED LL.
J Biol Chem. 1954 Aug;209(2):789-94.
PMID: 13192133

Studies on precursors of pyrimidines of nucleic acid.
WEED LL, WILSON DW.
J Biol Chem. 1954 Mar;207(1):439-42.
PMID: 13152120

A new nucleotide and a new polynucleotide from bacteriophage nucleic acid.
WEED LL, COURTENAY TA.
J Biol Chem. 1954 Feb;206(2):735-40.
PMID: 13143035

Morphological and biochemical changes induced by copper in a population of Escherichia coli.
WEED LL, LONGFELLOW D.
J Bacteriol. 1954 Jan;67(1):27-33.
PMID: 13117806

Studies of pyrimidine nucleotides with orotic acid 2-C14 and P32.
WEED LL, WILSON DW.
J Biol Chem. 1953 Jun;202(2):745-9.
PMID: 13061497

The utilization of host pyrimidines in the synthesis of bacterial viruses.
WEED LL, COHEN SS.
J Biol Chem. 1951 Oct;192(2):693-700.
PMID: 14907663

The incorporation of C14-orotic acid into nucleic acid pyrimidines in vitro.
WEED LL, WILSON DW.
J Biol Chem. 1951 Mar;189(1):435-42.
PMID: 14832257

Conversion of radioactive orotic acid into pyrimidine nucleotides of
nucleic acid by slices of rat liver.
WEED LL, EDMONDS M, WILSON DW.
Proc Soc Exp Biol Med. 1950 Oct;75(1):192-3.
PMID: 14797777

Books

Implementing the problem-oriented medical record, 1973

Knowledge coupling: new premises and new tools for medical care and education, Springer 1991

Medical records, medical education, and patient care; the problem-oriented record as a basic tool, Press of Case
Western Reserve University, 1969, 1970

Your health care and how to manage it, PROMIS Laboratory, University of Vermont 1975

Medicine in Denial by Lawrence L. Weed and Lincoln Weed, CreateSpace 2011

Managing Medicine, MCSA 1993

The patient's record as an extension of the basic science training of the physician;: Rules for recording data in the clinical record; 
presentation of case examples and flow sheets, Cleveland Metropolitan General Hospital, School of Medicine, Western
Reserve University 1967

Additional Media:

Sources:
ganfyd.org biographical sketch, http://www.robotwisdom.com/ai/pkc.html, pkc biography via wayback machine http://web.archive.org/web/200012151657/http://www.pkc.com/about_us/larry_weed.html