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Role of the Medical Record Librarian in Public Health Statistics : Summary of Panel Discussion

Role of the Medical Record Librarian in Public Health Statistics : Summary of Panel Discussion a new field. Role of the Medical Record Librarian in Public Health Statistics* Summary of Panel Discussion WILLIAM HAENSZEL, F.A.P.H.A. Head, Biometry Section, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, Md. HE panel participants,t representing the fields of public health statistics, hospital administration, and medical records, confined their attention to the work of medical record librarians and the need for liaison and communication between hospitals and health departments. It was noted that public health statistics are not the exclusive province of health departments, but also the concern of hospital associations, medical societies, voluntary health agencies, and schools of medicine and public. health. In reviewing health department-hospital relationships, it was repeatedly brought out that health departments (and their statisticians) should assume some responsibility for coordinating their requests (other than reports required by statute) with those of other organizations interested in data from hospitals in order to ease the burden placed on hospital administrators and record librarians. The forces now tying hospitals and health departments closer together were recognized. Each year, the proportion of births and deaths occurring in hosPresented before a Joint Session of the American Association of Registration Executives, the American Association of MIedical Record Librarians, and the Statistics Section of http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png American Journal of Public Health American Public Health Association

Role of the Medical Record Librarian in Public Health Statistics : Summary of Panel Discussion

William Haenszel
American Journal of Public Health , Volume 43 (9) – Sep 1, 1953
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a new field. Role of the Medical Record Librarian in Public Health Statistics* Summary of Panel Discussion WILLIAM HAENSZEL, F.A.P.H.A. Head, Biometry Section, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, Md. HE panel participants,t representing the fields of public health statistics, hospital administration, and medical records, confined their attention to the work of medical record librarians and the need for liaison and communication between hospitals and health departments. It was noted that public health statistics are not the exclusive province of health departments, but also the concern of hospital associations, medical societies, voluntary health agencies, and schools of medicine and public. health. In reviewing health department-hospital relationships, it was repeatedly brought out that health departments (and their statisticians) should assume some responsibility for coordinating their requests (other than reports required by statute) with those of other organizations interested in data from hospitals in order to ease the burden placed on hospital administrators and record librarians. The forces now tying hospitals and health departments closer together were recognized. Each year, the proportion of births and deaths occurring in hosPresented before a Joint Session of the American Association of Registration Executives, the American Association of MIedical Record Librarians, and the Statistics Section of

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Published: Sep 1, 1953

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