Developments in Medicine Health Record past to the present
Medical records
Medical records as the records and memories about the practice of medicine has been known since the time of palaelolitikum 25,000 BC found in a rock cave Spain. In the Age of Babylon, treatment in Egypt, Greece and Rome to write treatments and surgery are important on the cave walls, logs and charts and tables are made of baked clay.
New York Academy
Furthermore, with the development of hieroglyphics (ancient Egyptian writings) medical records found on the walls of Egyptian tombs and temples and above the papyrus (a kind of roll of paper made from leather). Copies of written papyrus in 1600 BC which was discovered by Edwin Smith in the 19th century in Egypt is still stored in the New York Academy Of Medicine. While at the University of Leipzig save the Ebers papyrus, written in 1550 BC were found among the mummies feet near Thebes in 1872.
Hippocrates
Hippocrates who was born in the year 450 BC is known as the “Father of Medicine” commanded his disciples Thesalu, Dracon and Dexippus to record and maintain all the findings about disease patients in detail. Francis Adams in 1849 to translate records written by Hippocrates, one of which is history and course of disease Philinus wife after giving birth to death. In Rome, 600 years after Hippocrates, a physician named Galen record the history and course of the disease patients are written in Latin. Furthermore, by Ibn Sina (980-1037), developed the science of medicine is based on the records the time of Hippocrates.
St Bartholomew’s Hospital
St Bartholomew’s Hospital London, England, is the first hospital medical record store since it opened in 1137. at the time of King Henry the 8 (1509-1547) came to power, the hospital is making rules about confidentiality and the completeness of the contents of medical records. In this era of medical science perkembangaan more rapidly in line with that followed the recording into the medical record that is used for patient management and development of science. This is the first hospital that has a medical library that is now the medical records can be equated with medical records.
Medical Terminology
Next to begin the familiar statistical science in 17-18 centuries the role of medical record data becomes very important to calculate morbidity and mortality in a particular hospital or to a specific region. In America, Penzylvania Hospital which was established in 1752 to save the index patient are stored until now. While Massachusete Hospital, Boston, by the librarian Grace Whiiting Meyers (1859-1957) began to make the catalog records and patient medical records using Medical Terminology (medical terms).
Need for Medical Records
Needs of the need for medical records throughout the world in the early 20th century with the growing accreditation of health care that encourages the establishment of associations of medical recorder in each State. Accreditation of health services based on written evidence of health services and administrative processes to be assessed. Recording data into medical records and their management requires knowledge and expertise. Therefore, the recorder set up medical associations (associations) medical recorder in every country in the world. For example in America was founded AHIMA (American Health Information Management Association) and the association of the world converge in IFHRO (international health organization record).
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