Health Care

Hospital Medical Records Department

Hospital department responsible for the creating, care, storage and retrieval of medical records. It also provides statistical information for the medical and administrative staff.

National Library of MedicineMedical Subject Headings2026

Structured Summary

Abstract

Hospital department responsible for the creating, care, storage and retrieval of medical records. It also provides statistical information for the medical and administrative staff.

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Synonyms

7 entry terms
  • Medical Records Department
  • Medical Records Department, Hospital
  • Department, Medical Records
  • Departments, Medical Records
  • Medical Records Departments
  • Records Department, Medical
  • Records Departments, Medical

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Aspects Covered

10 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings classification, economics, ethics, history, legislation & jurisprudence, organization & administration, standards, statistics & numerical data, supply & distribution, trends.

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History Note

91(Aug 77); was see under HOSPITAL DEPARTMENTS 1977-90

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Tree Numbers

  1. N02.278w.216.500.968w.465
  2. N04w.452.442.452.422w.465

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NLM Classification

WX 173

AMA Style

References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Hospital Medical Records Department. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D008500. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D008500
  2. Hospital Medical Records Department. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q70350286