"Medical Records" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
Recording of pertinent information concerning patient's illness or illnesses.
| Descriptor ID |
D008499
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| MeSH Number(s) |
E05.318.308.940.968 N04.452.859.564 N05.715.360.300.715.500 N06.850.520.308.940.968
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| Concept/Terms |
Medical Records- Medical Records
- Records, Medical
- Medical Record
- Record, Medical
Transcription, Medical- Transcription, Medical
- Medical Transcriptions
- Transcriptions, Medical
- Medical Transcription
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1996 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 1997 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2000 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2005 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2006 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2010 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2019 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2025 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Medical Records" by people in Profiles.
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Accessing medical records for research in South African public hospitals: a reflective narrative. BMC Health Serv Res. 2025 Jan 27; 25(1):155.
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An approach for evaluating early and long term mother-to-child transmission of HIV (MTCT) in low and middle income countries: a South African experience. BMC Infect Dis. 2019 Sep 16; 19(Suppl 1):784.
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Congenital Rubella Syndrome Surveillance in South Africa Using a Sentinel Site Approach: A Cross-sectional Study. Clin Infect Dis. 2019 05 02; 68(10):1658-1664.
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Comparing a paper based monitoring and evaluation system to a mHealth system to support the national community health worker programme, South Africa: an evaluation. BMC Med Inform Decis Mak. 2014 Aug 09; 14:69.
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Audit of medical records: use of a structured form in emergency departments. S Afr Med J. 2013 Jul; 103(7):438.
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Determinants of survival in very low birth weight neonates in a public sector hospital in Johannesburg. BMC Pediatr. 2010 May 06; 10:30.
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Application of explicit process of care measurement to rheumatoid arthritis: Moving from evidence to practice. Arthritis Rheum. 2006 Dec 15; 55(6):884-91.
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Tuberculosis at Chris Hani Baragwanath Hospital: numbers of patients diagnosed and outcomes of referrals to district clinics. Int J Tuberc Lung Dis. 2005 Apr; 9(4):398-402.
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Validation and application of verbal autopsies in a rural area of South Africa. Trop Med Int Health. 2000 Nov; 5(11):824-31.
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Intensive care unit morbidity and mortality from eclampsia: an evaluation of the Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation II score and the Glasgow Coma Scale score. Crit Care Med. 2000 Jan; 28(1):120-4.