Medical records and record-keeping standards
Iain Carpenter, Mala Bridgelal Ram, Giles P Croft and John G Williams
DOI: https://doi.org/10.7861/clinmedicine.7-4-328
Clin Med August 2007 Iain Carpenter
Health Informatics Unit, Royal College of Physicians
MD FRCPRoles: Professor, Human Ageing, Clinical Lead, Records Standards
Mala Bridgelal Ram
Health Informatics Unit, Royal College of Physicians
MSc RGN DipRoles: Project Manager, Records Standards
Giles P Croft
Health Informatics Unit, Royal College of Physicians
MB MRCS PG DipRoles: Project Manager, iLab
John G Williams
Health Informatics Unit, Royal College of Physicians
FRCPRoles: Professor, Health Services Research Director

Abstract
The structure of medical records becomes ever more critical with the advent of electronic records. The Health Informatics Unit (HIU) of the Royal College of Physicians has two work streams in this area. The Records Standards programme is developing generic standards for all entries into medical notes and standards for the content of admission, handover and discharge records. The Information Laboratory (iLab) focuses on hospital episode statistics and their use for monitoring clinician performance. Clinician endorsement of the work is achieved through extensive consultations. Generic medical record-keeping standards are now available.
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Iain Carpenter, Mala Bridgelal Ram, Giles P Croft, John G Williams
Clinical Medicine Aug 2007, 7 (4) 328-331; DOI: 10.7861/clinmedicine.7-4-328
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