title: Medical records standards in selected countries and Iran: a comparative study.
abstract: Studies conducted in Iran showed that the absence of specific and applied standards relating to medical records, and the absence of a custodian organization, resulted in an incompatibility of medical records with standards and a deviation in the path of the activities of medical records departments from their main goals. Today's medical record professionals identified the development of a mechanism for establishing medical records standards as a reform priority. So, conducting a comparative study of related medical records standards in developed countries with Iran, is important in order to facilitate a nationwide standardization movement in Iran's medical record departments.
authors.affiliation: Medical Record Department, School of Management and Information Sciences, Iran University of Medical Sciences.
authors.forename: Abazar
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Hajavi
authors.forename: F Ebadi F
authors.initials: FE
authors.lastname: Azar
authors.forename: Zahra
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Meidani
mesh_terms: D001315:Australia; D002170:Canada; D017408:Guidelines as Topic; D007492:Iran; D008497:Medical Record Administrators; D008499:Medical Records / Q000592:standards*; D014481:United States