Srinagar: The department of Hospital Administration SKIMS in collaboration with Govt. of India Central Bureau of Health Intelligence ROH & FW Jaipur Rajasthan on Wednesday conducted a day long workshop on promoting the use of Family of International Classification.
According to a statement issued from Public Relations Office SKIMS, Director SKIMS & Ex-officio Secretary to Govt. 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 robust & honest data base to facilitate policy makers. He advised resident doctors to record the diagnostic details correctly for accurate codification which translates into good data base to have informed health policies.
Besides, Dean Medical Faculty Prof. Bashir A Laway & Dr. Deepak Saxena Senior Regional Director, MOHFW Jaipur as guest of honours in their addresses also underlined the importance of disease classification system for accurate data genaration. Prof. Laway thanked Hospital Administration SKIMS & Govt. 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 inplace classification system at SKIMS.
Moreover, the 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 classification system is in vogue in SKIMS since it’s inception and he credited Medical Record Department SKIMS for its proper & effective utilisation
On successful completion of the event, Dr. Samina Mufti Faculty Incharge MRD and organising secretary of the event thanked the invited guests and SKIMS administration for support.
