Srinagar, Sep 06: The Department of Hospital Administration SKIMS in collaboration with the Government of India Central Bureau of Health Intelligence ROH & FW Jaipur Rajasthan on Wednesday conducted a daylong workshop on promoting the use of Family of International Classification.
Director SKIMS & Ex-officio Secretary to Government, Prof Parvaiz A Koul, who was Chief Guest on the occasion complimented the department for organising the event to sensitise stakeholders and appreciated MRD SKIMS for proper implementation of classification coding.
He underscored the importance of correct codification of data to have a robust and honest database to facilitate policymakers. He advised the resident doctors to record the diagnostic details correctly for accurate codification which translates into a good database to have informed health policies.
Dean Medical Faculty Prof Bashir A Laway & Dr Deepak Saxena Senior Regional Director, MOHFW Jaipur as guests of honour in their addresses underlined the importance of disease classification system for accurate data generation. Prof Laway thanked the hospital administration of SKIMS and the Government of India Central Bureau of Health Intelligence, RoH Jaipur Rajasthan for organising the event which he said will help with useful inputs to boost the in-place classification system at SKIMS.
Organising Chairman & Medical Superintendent SKIMS Prof Farooq A Jan in his address highlighted the importance of the ICD-10 classification in hospital record management. He said the classification system has been in vogue in SKIMS since its inception and he credited the Medical Record Department SKIMS for its proper and effective utilisation
Dr Samina Mufti Faculty Incharge MRD and organising secretary of the event, thanked the invited guests and SKIMS administration for their support.
