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BAHI-021

B.Sc. IN MEDICAL RECORD SCIENCE AND


HEALTH INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
Term-End Examination
December, 2012
BAHI-021 : MEDICAL RECORD SCIENCE
Maximum Marks : 70

Time : 3 Hours

PART-A
Answer any four questions. Each carries 10 marks.
1.

10x4=40

(a) Write the definition of Medical Records in


the words of author of the classic Text book
"Hospital Organisation and Management"
by Dr. Malcolm T. Mac Eachern.
(b) Explain the three characteristics of a "good"
Medical Record.

2.

(a) Write down the essential data of


identification of a patient as to be recorded
at the time of registration either in an O.P.D.
or in a casualty Department as the case may
be.
(b) What purposes are served by the above
data ?

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P.T.O.

3.

Prepare a work flow chart usually followed for


the processing of medical records of
discharged /expired cases on receipt from the
wards, at the various Desks in a well - organised
Medical Record Department.

4.

Discuss the values of "good" Medical Records


accruing to any two of the following :
(a)

Patient

(b)

Hospital

(c)

Physician

5.

Describe the use of Medical Record as personal


document and as an impersonal document.

6.

Write down the essential contents of the


"Admission and Discharge Medical Record"
form.

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PART - B
7.

Write brief description of any six of the following.


Each carries 5 marks.
5x6=30
(a)

"Quantitative Analysis" of Medical Records


of Discharged/Expired cases.

(b)

Write down at least five purposes of the


"Discharge summary".

(c)

Prepare a specimen of "Disease Index Card"


indicating it's essential items of information.

(d)

Medical Audit Committee

(e)

Medical Record Committee

(f)

State the purposes for which medical


records are required to be maintained in a
Hospital.

(g)

Which type of Numbering System is


considered to be the best and why ?

(h)

(i)

Define "Master Patient Index" card.

(ii)

Prepare its specimen containing the


usual items.

(iii) Briefly explain its usefulness.

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