Registration in health services

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• Recommendations on minimum recording in hospitals (Icelandic)

• Format for minimum recording (Icelandic)

• Waiting for healthcare - recommendations on a minimum recording. Published 2023. (Icelandic)

The Directorate of Health's first recommendations regarding minimum recording in hospitals were enacted in 1999. A comprehensive manual was then published for the first time, where terms were defined. In the recommendations, a clear distinction was made between the activities that involve inpatients and outpatients. From that time, patients were categorised instead of categorising departments as had been done before. Also, a service category for each patient was registered for further classification.

New recommendations on minimum recording were published in 2011. At the same time, the 3rd edition of the recommendations on minimum recording from 2001 expired.

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• Recommendations on minimum recording in primary health care and medical offices. 2nd edition 2008. (Icelandic)

• Format for minimum recording in primary health care (Icelandic)

• Form for minimum recording in medical offices (Icelandic)

Recommendations for minimum recording in primary health care and medical offices were first published in 2002. The second edition was published in January 2008, and at the same time, an appropriate format for minimum recording was issued.