After the chief complaint and history of present illness, I’ve created the following easy mnemonic to help people to remember the pertinent portions of the medical history.
MISS FAMILY
–Med history:
–Interventions and Procedures:
–Social & sexual history:
–Surgical history:
-Family history: No significant family history.
–Allergies: NKDA
-Medications: See Medication list in EHR.
-Immunizations and Disease screening:
–Living will (Advanced directives):
–Yearly PCP visits? With who?
CHER MISS FAMILY
If you want to have a mnemonic that covers the entire history from including chief complaint and HPI, I’ve created CHER as a component to add to MISS FAMILY.
Cher is a French word that means dear.
CHER
–Chief complaint
–HPI and events
–Eating (last time had eaten)
–Review of Systems