1. MEDICAL RECORD DEPARTMENT INTEGRA VENTURES
2. WHAT IS MEDICAL RECORD ? The medical record is a legal document providing a chronicle of a patient's medical history and care. Physicians, nurse practitioners, nurses and other members of the health care team may make entries in the medical record. The medical record includes a variety of types of "notes" entered over time by health care professionals, recording observations and administration of drugs and therapies, orders for the administration of drugs and therapies, test results, x-rays, reports, etc.
3. USE OF MEDICAL RECORDS • To document the course of patient’s illness & treatment. • Communicate between attending doctors and other health Care professional providing care to the patient • Collection of health Statistics. • Legal Matters & Court Cases • Insurances Cases
4. COMPONENTS OF MEDICAL RECORD Front Sheet or identification Summary Sheet Consent for Treatment Legal Documents like referral letter, request for Information etc Discharge Summary, referral slip Admission notes, clinical progress notes, Nurses progress note Operation report if operation has been performed Investigation reports like, X-ray, pathology etc Orders for treatment and medication forms listing daily medications ordered and given with signatures of the doctor prescribing the treatment and the nurse administering it
5. LABELING OF MEDICAL RECORD FOLDER The following should be written on the medical record folder: Patient’s name; Patient's medical record number Year of last attendance
6. ISSUE OF MEDICAL RECORD NUMBER / UID NUMBER Medical Record Numbering Systems are HOW WE GIVE A NUMBER to Medical Records. The MRN should be issued in straight numerical order from the NUMBER REGISTER commencing with the number 1. For example, if the last number given to a patient were 342, the number issued to the next patient would be 343 and the next 344 and so on. Manual System In a Computerized System, UID / MR Number is auto generated and there is OPD visit number & IPD Visit Number UID Number is permanent but OPD Visit number/ IPD number may change
7. FUNCTIONS OF MEDICAL RECORD DEPARTMENT • Filing of Medical records. • Retrieval of medical records for patient care and other authorized use. • Completion of medical records after an inpatient has been discharged or died. • Coding diseases and operations of patients discharged or having died • Evaluation of the Medical Record Service. • Completion of monthly and annual statistics. • Medico-legal issues relating to the release of patient information and other legal matters.
8. RECEIVE OF PATIENT RECORD IN MRD A list of patient records is prepared & given to MRD with patient case Sheet Checking of Records Yes NO MRO conveys to the Nursing unit In-charge for the same & returns the record After sorting of records, details are written in the Death register, patient record register as per the case sheets MRD is filed in cabinets/racks after labeling Nursing Unit keeps the patient record after the discharge of the patient
9. RETRIEVE OF PATIENT RECORD Retrieve form is filled up by concerned person. After approval from MS, given to MRO. MRO gives the person the record in duplicate & notes down the number of pages in the form & takes signature After giving the record back, the person signs on that form. • The treating consultants and the other clinical doctors are authorized to have access to the discharged inpatient health record charts • The non–clinical doctors and other administrative staff can access the charts with the written approval of the Medical Superintendent • In all MLC and death cases the Medical Superintendent’s written permission is a must to access them • Concerned person from outside should get written approval from Patient in order to get the patient record • In Insurance cases, the release of such information without the prior consent of the patient is permissible because the patient had waived his claim of this privilege at the time of taking out a policy with the corporation.
10. SEQUENCE OF MEDICAL RECORD • Information & identification sheet • Clinical Notes • Diagnostic reports • Blood Transfusion notes • Nurse Notes • Informed Consent X-ray Films are stored Separately
11. COMPLETION OF MEDICAL RECORDS • The consent form for treatment has been signed by the patient; • Patient identification details (name and medical record number) are correct and entered on all forms • Doctors have recorded all essential information • Doctors have signed and dated all clinical entries • The front sheet has been completed and signed by the attending doctor • Nurses have recorded and signed all daily notes regarding the condition and care of the patient; • All the orders for treatment have been recorded in the medication form and signed; • Medication administration has been recorded and signed • The anesthetic form (if any) has been completed and signed • The operation form (if any) has been completed and signed • The main condition/principle dia