eed for Medical Records and Management Structure Three Primary Reasons • Ensures continuity of care • Can be retrieved at later date on re-admission, for F/U or medico legal requirements • For medical audit, research & training Challenges Gross inadequacies of health information Cumbersome retrieval process Hosp statistics collected by paramedics e.g. nurses Medical certification of cause of death not maintained Few hospitals report data to state health authorities No proper maintenance of health statistics at state & national level. Record maintenance was emphasized by American College of Surgeons & American College of Physicians in first quarter of 20th century  JCAHO (Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations) Assumed responsibility of standardization, leading to improvement of medical care  1946 Bhore Committee – Stressed on it’s importance and recommended maintenance of MR  1962 Mudaliar Committee – Reiterated recommendation of Bhore  CMC, Vellore first to organize MRD & hold training courses for technicians  Computerized medical records in present era-GAME CHANGER

1. Certificate of Participation
Dr. SHOEB AHMED
This is awarded to
for attending webinar on
“Medical Records Management
Evolution, Regulation & Disruptors”
held on Friday, 29 May 2020
Senior Vice President
Ranganathan N
Director Operations
Rajarajan S
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