The Medical Council of India has stipulated it as a statutory requirement that all teaching medical institutions should have a well – organized Meidcal Record Department. Hospitals will have to adhere to such policies and principles of assessing causewise morbidity and mortality patterns, as specified by World Health Organization. As in the developed countries, in India also it may become mandatory that a Medical Record Department should exist for the recognition or accreditation of a hospital. Considering the need for academically trained personnel in Medical Records Departments, the Madras Medical Mission offers an ideally structured postgraduate diploma course in Medical Record Management. The pattern of the course is identical to the curriculum approved by the Central Bureau of Health Intelligence, Directorate General of Health Services, New Delhi.