Performance improvement indicators of the Medical Records Department and Information Technology (IT) in hospitals.

Unlabelled: Medical Record Department (MRD) has a vital role in making short and long term plans to improve health system services. The aim of this study was to describe performance improvement indicators of hospital MRD and information technology (IT).

Collection Of Data: A search was conducted in various databases, through related keywords in articles, books, and abstracts of conferences from 2001 to 2009.

An analysis of the average waiting time during the patient discharge process at Kashani Hospital in Esfahan, Iran: a case study.

Strategies for improving the patient discharge process have a beneficial effect on many hospital activities. The main objective of this research was to analyse the discharge process at Kashani Hospital in Esfahan, Iran in the fall of 2004. This study took the form of a case study in which data were collected by questionnaire, observation and checklist.