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Health History Rubric

Health History Rubric – 100 Points
Criteria Exemplary
Exceeds Expectations
Advanced
Meets Expectations
Intermediate
Needs Improvement
Novice
Inadequate
Total Points
Chief Complaint and History of Presenting Illness (HPI)

Chief Complaint/CC or reason for the visit (2 points)

History of Presenting Illness (HPI) –location, quality, quantity or severity, timing (onset, duration, frequency), setting in which it occurs, factors that aggravate or relieve the symptoms, and associated manifestations (16 points)

Patient’s response to his or her symptoms and what effect the illness had had on the patient’s life (2 points)
Concise and clear CC as described by patient

HPI includes a minimum of seven attributes of the presenting symptom with appropriate detail

20 points
Clear CC as described by patient

HPI missing 1 attribute of presenting symptom

17 points
CC as described by patient, may not be concise or clear

HPI missing 2 attributes of presenting symptom

15 points
CC not identified, concise, or clear

HPI missing >3 attributes of presenting symptom

13 points
20
General

Information about the patient: – 3 points
Name (first initial only); age, and gender (1 point)
Source of information; note relationship to patient, if relevant (1 point)
Reliability of information (1 point)

Past Medical History (PMH) – 7 points
Childhood illnesses (1 point)
Adult illnesses with dates of diagnosis (medical, psychiatric, and obstetric/gynecologic) (4 points)
Hospitalizations/ER visits (2 points)

Past Surgical History (PSH) – 2 points
Procedures and dates

Health Maintenance Practices – 6 points
Screening as age, gender, and risk appropriate (include dates) (3 points)
Immunizations (2 points)
Home safety concerns (1 point)

Family History (FH) – 2 points
Genogram or description of age and health, or age and cause of death of siblings, parents, and grandparents;

Personal or Social History (SH) – 10 points
Educational level, past/current occupation (2 points)
Family of origin and current household (2 points)
Lifestyle including physical activity (1 point)
Tobacco use in pack years, desire to quit (2 points)
Alcohol use and CAGE screening (2 points)
Other drug use, past treatment, current status (1 point)

Medications – 5 points

Name, dose, route, and frequency of prescription and over–the–counter medications; including compliance (3 points)

Allergies to medications and reaction (2 points)
Subjective history is descriptive and complete and includes information related to the chief complaint, including pertinent negatives

35 points
Subjective history is descriptive and complete and includes pertinent information related to the chief complaint; may miss one component

28 points
Subjective history is descriptive and includes pertinent information related to the chief complaint but misses 2–3 components

24 points
Subjective history may or may not be descriptive and misses >4 components or information pertinent to the chief complaint

20 points
35
Review of Systems (ROS)

General (weight, weakness, fatigue, fever) (3 points) Skin (2 points)
HEENT (5 points)
Neck (2 points)
Breasts (1 point)
Respiratory (2 points)
Cardiovascular (2 points)
Gastrointestinal (2 points)
Peripheral Vascular (2 points)
Urinary (1 poin)
Genital (2 points)
Musculoskeletal (2 points)
Psychiatric/depression screen (5 points)
Neurologic (2 points)
Hematologic (1 point)
Endocrine (1 point)
Review of Systems is descriptive and complete and includes pertinent positive and negative symptoms related to the chief complaint

35 points
Review of Systems is descriptive and complete and includes pertinent positive symptoms related to the chief complaint

28 points
Review of Systems is descriptive but misses 1–2 components

24 points
Review of Systems may or may not be descriptive and misses >3 components

20 points
35
Documentation (10 points)

Documentation of subjective findings
All data included with appropriate detail

Organized

Correct terminology, spelling, and grammar

10 points
Missing 1–2 components or minor detail

Organized

Terminology, spelling, or grammar errors (1–3)

8 points
Missing 3–4 components or significant detail

Minor errors in organization

Terminology, spelling, or grammar errors (4–5)

7 points
Missing >5 components or significant detail

Disorganized flow of data

Terminology, spelling, or grammar errors (>5)

6 points
10
Total Points 100