MRD & TC at JIPMER, Puducherry

1. Establishment And History Of Training Centre:

JIPMER which includes a tertiary care referral hospital is an Institution of National Importance (an autonomous body) under the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India.

The Department of Medical Records has been in JIPMER since the inception i.e. on 3rd April, 1966. This Medical Records Department is a Centralized System for preserving the Medical Records of Out-patient as well as In-Patient.

Medical Record is clinical, scientific, administrative and medico-legal document relating to the patient care, which contains lot of information in sequence of events to justify the diagnosis, warrant the treatment and end result. The information generated from medical records is a key tool for planning and formulation of health programmes and their evaluation for bringing further improvement of health of the society in any country.

For development of medical records and process of information contained therein, trained personnel are essentially required in the health institutions i.e., hospitals. Such trained Medical Record Technicians and Medical Record Officers are required to handle the records of in-patient and out-patients of the hospitals efficiently in a scientific manner and generate the morbidity and mortality data therefrom.

This department is conducting one year duration of Medical Record Officer Course & six month duration of Medical Record Technician Course in collaboration with CBHI since 1980.

2. Organogram

3. Contact Details of MRD JIPMER, Puducherry:

4. Faculty of the Centre:

The dedicated team of staff is comprised of the following:

5. Number of Trainees Trained

Number of Trainees since 1980

6. Contact us:

The Additional Medical Superintendent,
Department of Medical Records & Training Centre,
JIPMER Hospital, Puducherry - 605 006.
E-mail id: mrd@jipmer.edu.in
Phone Number: 0413-2296503, 0413-2298051