the goal of the study is to evaluate the sensitivity of czech physicians to the early diagnosis of dementia in patients with memory impairment.a retrospective observational study was designed. we have reviewed the electronic medical records of patients who have been hospitalized for the first time due to dementia of any type at the kromeriz mental hospital from january 1, 2012 to december 31, 2...

introduction: due to the importance of electronic medical record (emr) in the quality of health care services, checking the readiness of hospitals to implement it is a vital step to define success or failure of the electronic medical record in the first place. the aim of this study was to evaluate the readiness of shiraz teaching hospitals to implement electronic medical record. method: this st...

introduction: obeying patient rights is dependent upon the knowledge of healthcare providers about ethical and legal aspects of healthcare. this study aimed to determine the knowledge of physicians, nurses and medical record personnel about legal aspects of medical records in teaching hospitals affiliated to kashan university of medical sciences. methods: in this cross-sectional study, 325 heal...

introduction: since hospitals are the main healthcare providers, they are assumed as the main institutions for implementing information systems. hospitals need efficient hospital information system (his) to manage their raising needs. this study reviewed the importance of his, implementation of prerequisites and selection factors from views of staff of medical record department in hospitals aff...

The importance of medical records in health care delivery has been recognised for a long time. Its relevance to patient care and health administration was documented by Florence Nightingale in 1873 a book entitled Notes on a Hospital. Health care is a continuous process in which data is progressively accumulated, therefore the record must function as a ‘pre-birth to post-death system that meets...

Problem orientated medical records will accommodate and integrate information about minor and major problems, allow rapid updating of information and better communication between health agencies and primary care team members. They will allow colleagues to retrieve information and assess patient problems, enable better co-ordination to occur between patient investigation and treatment, and ratio...