Abstract

MEDICAL RECORDS

Dr. Viraj Shekhar Athalye*, Dr. Tushar Khairnar, Dr. Jayant Phadke and Dr. Anuja Wadadekar

Abstract

Medical records are the document which records, documents and chronicles patient history, medical examination, diagnostic test results, treatment advised, pre and post operative care. It also supports doctors about correctness of treatment. Medical records are most important aspect in medico legal cases which determines the outcome of the medico legal cases. In India maintaining and preserving medical records is in initial stages so it is important to know all the aspects about medical records. This article focuses on various aspects of medical records their importance, maintenances, preservance and disposal.

Keywords: Disposal, Medical records, maintainance, medico legal.