Medical Records Management (MRM)

A good medical record system is essential for an eye hospital to provide quality treatment, continuity of care and data for decision making and research. A good medical record is the backbone document of the quality of treatment delivered to the patient. And medical records management is a science that can be learned.

What you will learn in this course

This two-week course will guide you through developing a comprehensive medical record system from generation of the record to analyzing the information in the records. At the end of the course you will be able to establish a Medical Records Department including best practices: from data organization to IT- driven processing.

Course content spans three larger themes:

PLANNING

• Purpose, value and need for medical records
• Planning for and creating a sustainable Medical Record Department
• Applying information technology (IT) for records management

ADMINISTRATION

• Organising Records by job and by function
• Safety and Security of
• Records
• Legal aspects of Medical Records development
• Records Department
• Administration
• Quality Control  in Medical Records

GLOBAL MRD STANDARDS

• Numbering and filing systems including ICD code
• Data Index Method
• International Disease classification
• Collection and preparation of  reports
• Introduction to Electronic Medical Records

Teaching Methods

Class time is a combination of lectures and case discussion complemented with significant exposure to the Medical Record Department within Dr. K. Zaman BNSB Eye Hospital. Expect thorough exposure to other tertiary  hospitals, PEC , Vision centers  and outreach programs.