Clinical coding is the process of transforming the information about diseases or procedures recorded in the health records into numeric or alphanumeric codes, in order to categorise health record information.
It allows for reliable collation, aggregation and comparison of healthcare data on local and national platforms. As well as being useful for auditing purposes, it is used for tracking patients outcomes and measuring treatment effectiveness.
And increasingly clinical coders are using our Dorset Care Record to help them, particularly across Dorset’s acute hospitals. Continue reading “Clinical Coders – How they use the Dorset Care Record”