DISTANCE EDUCATION
M.B.A. DEGREE EXAMINATION, DECEMBER 2017.
Third Semester
HOSPITAL RECORDS MANAGEMENT
(Upto 2012-13 Academic Year and 2013 Calendar Year)
Time Three hours Maximum 100 marks
SECTION A — X 8 40 marks)
Answer any FIVE questions.
1. What are the major components of a medical record?
2. How are hospital records coded and indexed?
3. Briefly outline the different types of OPD services.
4. What do you understand by hospital pharmacy
management?
5. What are the basic forms required to be filled in for a
patient undergoing inpatient treatment?
6. "Nurse's records are practical and indispensable aid to
the doctor" Discuss.
7. Examine the advantages of computerising a hospital's
medical records.
8. What kind of ethics is a doctor expected to follow in
hospitals?
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SECTION B — X 15 60 marks)
Answer any FOUR questions.
9. How long should medical records be maintained? What
are the guidelines given by Forensic department of India
in this context?
10. "The Indian health care system is not only cost
advantageous but has high success rate" Elucidate with
Statistics known to you.
11. Is India emerging as a destination for medical tourism?
Why and how?
12. Outline the significance of Radiology in hospitals in the
context of rapid changes in investigation technology in
India.
13. What are the major functions of a medial records
department? What procedure is followed to release these
records for medico legal cases?
14. Examine the significance of medical audit in modern
hospital administration. What are the pre requisites
needed to conduct a medical audit in hospitals?
15. What guidelines are to be followed while handling a
medico legal case in India? How can they be transferred?
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