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Health Information Services (formerly known as Medical Records) provides a variety of services to RMH, managing information for and about patient care.
Record Management
- Storing and maintaining patient records
- Retrieving and preparing records for outpatient clinics, admissions and emergency attendances
- Retrieving records for special requests and research
- Destroying records according to the Public Record Office of Victoria's Disposal Schedule
Transcription
- Typing of outpatient correspondence
Medicolegal/ FOI
- Providing patients with copies of their records under the FOI Act
- Providing medicolegal reports to patients, solicitors and other organisations
- Providing subpoenaed records to court
- Forwarding patient information to GPs, Specialists and other hospitals on request subject to provisions of privacy and health legislation
Clinical Coding and Data
- Coding of all inpatient records using ICD-10-AM
- Data maintenance and report for emergency, inpatients, outpatients and elective surgery information as required by the Department of Human Services
- Notification of cancers to the Victorian Cancer Registry
- Preparation of DRG information for unit meetings
Health Information Services
Basement, Building 1B
The Royal Melbourne Hospital
Grattan Street, Parkville Vic 3050
Telephone 9342 7359
Facsimile 9342 8008
Department head Rhonda Carroll, Director Information and Performance
Senior staff
| Rhonda Carroll |
Director Information and Performance |
9342 7799 |
| Jenny Fitzpatrick |
Health Information Services Manager |
9342 7357 |
| Trudi Dundas |
Operations Manager |
9342 7357 |
| Pamela Williams |
Coding Manager |
9342 7106 |
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