Description of health employees knowledge regarding the completion of medical records in inpatient installation unit at Stella Maris Hospital in Makassar

Abstract

Objective

This study aimed to describe the knowledge of health employees (doctors) in completing medical records at inpatient facilities at the Stella Maris Hospital in Makassar.

Method

The research method used a quantitative and qualitative approach by distributing questionnaires and organizing interviews among health employees. The respondents consisted of 52 doctors who worked in Stella Hospital and were categorized by age, sex, education and years of service.

Results

The results showed that the knowledge of health employees on completing medical records was not very good. The respondents that had good knowledge were 25 respondents (48.1%) while those with less knowledge were 27 respondents (51.9%).

Conclusion

The health employees at Stella Maris Hospital majority do not understand how to complete criteria of medical records filling. It is recommended to the Hospital Management to hold socialization to health employees (doctors) about the rules relating to the completion of medical records to improve their knowledge of medical records completion.