Medical record librarian
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
- ^ Science and Engineering Careers in Government: Descriptions of Beginning Jobs for Young People. United States Civil Service Commission. 1967. p. 13.
- ^ "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.
- ^ 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 Nation's Health. 43 (9): 1135–1137. doi:10.2105/AJPH.43.9.1135.
- ^ Huffman, Edna K. (1947). "The Medical Records Librarian: A New Career in the Medical Field". BIOS. 18 (4): 209–215. JSTOR 4605051.
- ^ 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.