Health Care

Forms and Records Control

A management function in which standards and guidelines are developed for the development, maintenance, and handling of forms and records.

National Library of MedicineMedical Subject Headings2026

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Abstract

A management function in which standards and guidelines are developed for the development, maintenance, and handling of forms and records.

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Synonyms

6 entry terms
  • Forms Control
  • Records Control
  • Records Management
  • Controls, Records
  • Management, Records
  • Records Controls

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Aspects Covered

10 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings classification, economics, ethics, history, legislation & jurisprudence, methods, organization & administration, standards, statistics & numerical data, trends.

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Indexing Annotation

coordinate NIM with specific records heading (e.g., MEDICAL RECORDS; NURSING RECORDS) (IM)

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History Note

91(Aug 77); was see under OFFICE MANAGEMENT 1977-90

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  1. N04w.452.758.708w.200w.400

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Forms and Records Control. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D005568. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D005568
  2. Forms and Records Control. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q70451272