Key Features

No hospital in developed countries would be started without medical record department whereas this happens in the developing countries. This book titled Patient Care Research reveals advantages of maintaining systematic records at par with international standards. Most hospitals in developing countries felt keeping medical records is a cumbersome and waste exercise, while the technologically advanced countries realized its importance in patient care, valuable to the physician, hospital, medical education, research, national and international organizations. 

This study contains: pattern of diseases, retention and preservation of records, patients' waiting time, care evaluation and views on hospital system, development of norms and standards, commissioning of MR services, MR form design, how safe is patient with technology and challenges of healthcare delivery, etc. Medical Record System practiced in India, Afghanistan, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Oman, Bahrain, Qatar and UAE has been elaborated.