Medical record librarian

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A medical record librarian is a librarian of medical records maintaining a diseases an operation index, patient index, and physician index. [1] [2] Medical record librarians also assisted in public health reporting. [3]

The occupation has been made obsolete with the advent of electronic health records.

United States

In the United States, the profession began in the 1920s. [4] [5]

References

  1. ↑ Science and Engineering Careers in Government: Descriptions of Beginning Jobs for Young People. United States Civil Service Commission. 1967. p. 13.
  2. ↑ "MEDICAL RECORD LIBRARIANS NEEDED". Journal of the American Medical Association. 156 (11): 1084. 13 November 1954. doi:10.1001/jama.1954.02950110046015. ISSN   0002-9955.
  3. ↑ Haenszel, William (September 1953). "Role of the Medical Record Librarian in Public Health Statistics: Summary of Panel Discussion". American Journal of Public Health and the Nations Health. 43 (9): 1135–1137. doi:10.2105/AJPH.43.9.1135.
  4. ↑ JSTOR   4605051
  5. ↑ Service, United States Public Health (1954). "Section 6. Medical Record Librarians". Health Manpower Source Book: Medical record librarians, by M. Y. Pennell, M. E. Altenderfer and O. G. Johnson. U.S. Government Printing Office.
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