MEDRECON-2026

Health Record Association of India proudly celebrates its 25th Silver Jubilee Anniversary MEDRECON 2026 Annual National Medical Records Conference. Join us in commemorating 25 years of advancing Health Information Management (HIM) in India. This milestone event will spotlight the journey from traditional paperbased medical records to the era of digital health transformation.

Till 1925, there was no organized medical records maintained in the country, from 1925 – 1930, the inpatientadmission records are maintained in an organized manner, the same was continued till 1956. All hospitals arestarted maintain the records on their own policies.

At CMC, the institution granted INR 33,000/- and deputed Shri Daniel Gajaraj to undergo fellowship in medical records librarian in the year 1955 at Grant Hospital School for Medical Records Librarians, Chicago, USA and he started maintaining organized inpatient and outpatient records.

Government has decided to send their representatives to CMC Vellore and undergo MRO course in 1961. Hence there are lot of changes implemented in the medical records keeping in all hospitals.

The growth of Medical Records and its professionals for the decades of 1970 – 2000 were the milestones, where the major acts like MTP act, Mental Act, PCPNDT Act and others started laying guidelines and regulations.

It became the responsible of the learnt professionals to create an awareness amongst the medical records professionals, hence organized an awareness program in the name MEDRECON – National Medical Records Conference in 1999 at Madurai in Meenakshi Mission Hospital.

On further amendment by Medical council of India in 2000 and following Medical Code of Ethics in 2002, once again think of conducting a conference in Chennai by Madras Medical Mission and the members think there is a huge requirement for someone who guides the professionals.

Hence it was decided and registered an association in the name Health Records Association of India in the year 2003 under Tamilnadu Society Act, a pioneer National association for Medical Records, head quartered at Chennai expanded its wings across the country.

As of date, the association has more than 600 life time members from all over the country including 70 international members from several countries.

1. Advocacy and Policy making
2. Capacity building and training
3. Technology integration and standardization
4. Research and innovation
5. Stakeholders engagement and outreach
6. Membership support and services

Core activities of HERAI is aligned with its objectives to coordinate with Government officials to support them by cascading the policies and guidelines across the country, conducting various meetings, webinars, seminars, CME's as a part of training.

th The conference started in 2002 is continuing till date and it was 25 Silver Jubilee anniversary this year. We request everyone to get participated and get benefitted

HERAI International Chapter, is an extension of HERAI National Association with 70 HERAI members of health information management (HIM) professionals working in Qatar, Oman, UAE, Kuwait, Baharain and Saudi Arabia. Formed in the year 2016, the International Chapter has been supporting HERAI'

International chapter core activities are aligned with the objectives of HERAI in cascading the highest degree of technology innovation and integration and towards its standardization. They also support HERAI national members to implement any innovative advancement in many hospitals.

Every year HERAI international chapter members present their innovative technology advancements across the world and they will be also guiding us in implementing those innovations in the hospitals in the country.

Our HERAI international chapters are working closely with WHO in implementing the ICD across the country where they live. This year our international members are about to talk on how the artificial intelligence in health information management is going to play a vital role in decision making and for better outcomes of the healthcare services.

As mentioned earlier, the organizing secretary of first conference did not think that this will go as a series of conference every year. First conference was conducted in 1999 in Madurai and after two years interval, conference was conducted by Madras Medical Mission & Sundaram Medical Foundation in 2002.

The best part of second conference in 2002 which is conducted by Madras Medical Mission & Sundaram Medical Foundation is, on the conference itself it was decided and announced that the next year conference will be conducted by CMC Hospital Vellore. Since then it became mandatory that the next year conference will be announced previous year itself.

Since then without interruption, conferences were scheduled till COVID – Pandemic, after COVID once again kick started and this was th 25 Silver Jubillee Anniversary Conference, more of a conference it was a celebration.

At MEDRECON 2026, our esteemed senior renowned faculty members will deliver in-depth deliberations on the multifaceted domains of Health Information Management (HIM). The sessions will encompass critical insights into contemporary practices in medical record management, the evolving landscape of accreditation standards, and the pivotal role of health insurance documentation. In addition, special emphasis will be placed on the emerging significance of clinical coding, which form the backbone of data accuracy, healthcare financing, and evidence-based policy making. These scholarly discourses aim to equip participants with a comprehensive understanding of how HIM professionals can transcend traditional boundaries and actively contribute to quality, compliance, and innovation in healthcare delivery.

In addition to HIM there was an topic how AI in HIM is helping to decision making and to give better outcomes by senior international members from the country where AI is integrated in their HIM modules.

Who Should Attend

· Professionals and students of Medical Records & HIM
· Government agencies
· CEO's / Medical Directors / Doctors
· Hospital Administrators
· Nursing Leaders / Superintendents / Supervisors / Staff Nurses / Students
· Hospital Quality Teams
· Students from Management stream and Allied Healthcare Services
· Insurance companies / Third party administrators

HERAI also proudly announces that this year nomination for prestigious Shri. Daniel Gajaraj, “Father of Medical Records” award is open. For more information, contact Mr. Wilson Thaya G, General Secretary – HERAI through following email: wilsonthaya211@gmail.com

MEDRECON - 2026 Committee encourages and welcomes paper presentation for upcoming young and dynamic professionals. Winners will be recognized and awarded with cash prize. For more details on topics, kindly contact the MEDRECON – 2026 Scientific committee.

MEDRECON - 2026 Committee encourages and welcomes poster presentation for upcoming young and dynamic students. Quiz competitions and poster presentations will be conducted under the guidance of AHIMA faculties. Valid certificates for attending the conference, winners and runners in poster and quiz competitions will be given by AHIMA certified faculties, DGHS / QCI and HERAI

A platform to challenge your knowledge, sharpen your skills, and celebrate the world of Medical Records & Health Information Management. For Students currently enrolled in Medical Records / Health Information Management programs.

Engaging rounds on:

• Medical Records Management
• Health Information Systems
• Coding & Classification
• Accreditation & Legal Aspects & General Knowledge

Winners will be recognized and awarded with cash prize.

Open to all Online Quiz Competition will be conducted throughout two days of conference for all delegates. Winners will be recognized and awarded with cash prize.

For more details, kindly contact the MEDRECON 2026 Scientific Committee .

Registration:

Two days' workshop conference deliberations and certificate of participation, special lunch and high tea. Seats are limited and priority on first come first serve basis.

♦ Dr. Arjun Rajagopalan, Former Trustee, Medical Director & HOD Surgery, Sundaram Medical Foundation, Chennai.
♦ Dr. A Savior Selva Suresh, Professor & HOD Forensic Medicine, Vels Medical College Chennai.
♦ Dr. Lallu Joseph, Asst General Superintendent, Quality Manager & Accreditation Coordinator, Christian Medical College Hospital, Vellore.
♦ Dr. Meriyala Santosh Kumar Gupta, Director, Medsun Healthcare Solutions, Hyderabad.
♦ Dr. Osama El Hassan, Specialist, Health Information And Smart Health Department, Dha - Dubai Health Authority, Dubai
♦ Mr. Rajarajan S, Group Chief Operating Officer, Alluri Sitarama Raju Academy Of Medical Sciences, Andhrapradesh

♦ Mr. Leo Malise Vincent Jayaraj, Chief Operating Officer, Dr. Kamakshi Memorial Hospital, Chennai
♦ Mr. Selvakumar Swamy, Corporate Director, Health Information Management, Dhaman Health Assurance Hospitals & Co, Kuwait
♦ Mr. T Nithiya Kirubakaran, Group HOD, Health Information Management, NMC Healthcare Hospitals, Abudhabi, UAE
♦ Mr. Deenadayalan Sekar, Group HOD – Health Information Management, Prime Group Of Hospitals, Dubai
♦ Mr. Samuel Abraham, Advocate & Medico Legal Consultant, Former Consultant Medico Legal, CMC Vellore
♦ Mr. Jameel Ahmed, Corporate Head of Health Information Management, SEHA at Abu Dhabi Health Services Company
♦ Dr. Dinesh Kumar, Consultant – Anesthesiology.