Dr. Lawrence L. Weed M.D.

Thank you for visiting North Dakota , UND Med School , in early 80’s to present on rational thinking about the problem oriented method ( SOAP ) , and the ‘question everything’ philosophy to patient care.....eg. , if the patient is drinking by mouth you can stop that expensive IV fluid........I tried to serve my patients thereafter with these principles , and you were the eye opening jump-start!

Rest endlessly in peace, I learned too much from his works, thank you very much, medical world will be grateful for ever.

His Ideas will live on
I am sad learn of Dr Weeds passing. He was someone I have looked up to in my years of Clinical Informatics. His Ideas have inspired so many to push for a framework that healthcare systems desperately need on order to provide patient care. His candid conversations in the talks he has given so many years back, ring true today and undoubtedly will tomorrow. His ideas and passion will remain active in my work to improve healthcare systems.
My deepest sympathy to...

Dear Dinny and Family,
My sincere condolences to everyone on your Dad's passing. I held him in very great esteem. It was an honor, privilege, and a highlight of my professional career to be a member of his PROMIS Lab in the seventies and early eighties and to get to know your wonderful Mom and many of you as well. Your Dad stood for everything good in health care education, training, and delivery and was unwavering in his efforts to share his new paradigm with the world. I was blessed to...

Fond memories of struggling with that first EMR!
'80

Larry was my friend and my mentor. He was the first to organize the patient encounter and arguably provided the foundation for the field of biomedical informatics. He was a genius and a visionary about future medical care. While passionate about his ideas he was also a humble physician and a true Renaissance man. His contributions will long be remembered but he will be missed very deeply by those of us who had the pleasure of knowing him. My thoughts are with Lincoln, Chris and the rest...

To all those who personally knew Dr. Weed, I offer my condolences to them. As a person with a chronic disease, I appreciate very much the influence he had on documentation. This became my career as well in health information management. Dr. Weed's influence and impact on my daily life is there every day through the legacy he left through his life's work. Ironically it seems I have lived, worked at or somehow followed the various life's stops he made throughout the US but Vermont. May he RIP &...

In 1962 while a chief resident of Internal Medicine at the University of Virginia Hospital I invited Dr. Weed to travel to Charlottesville to explain the Problem Oriented Medical Record, that system being introduced to us. At the grand rounds he received two standing ovations, a somewhat unusual reaction. His ideas were important in developing my approach to taking care of patients, and I will always be grateful for his insights. Ewell Scott, MD, FACP Case WRU '66