:::Health Information Management:::

The functions of the department are as follows:

· Documentation of patients, filling, retrieval and preservation of patient records.

· Maintenance of various indices that facilitate access to patient records.

· Disease coding, indexing and compilation of mortality and mobility data.

· Responsible for medico-legal aspect of health records e.g release of patient information to court of law

when required.

· Designing of health records forms.

· Arrangement of the contents of patient records in a specific order.

· Analyzing qualitatively, the discharged patient records.

· Collection, computations and presentation of health statistical data.

· Provision of necessary assistance to researchers.

· Promotion of health Information Profession, training and innovation.

· Transmitting Information of vital events and noticeable diseases to appropriate authorities.

· Training of health information personnel.

The achievements of the department include:

· Provision of 24 hours service to patients.

· Provision of job training to both old and new member of staff.

· Giving theoretical and practical training to Health Information Students from Health Information

Management across the country.

· Assisting researchers in their research works by providing necessary data required.

· Prompt computation of monthly quarterly and annual statistical returns.

· Safeguarding the medico-legal interest of the hospital in the release of health information.

· Encouraging health records keeping for continuous patients, care teaching and research work.

· E-Registration.

Dr Isiaka Sule, PhD

Head of Department

Department of Health Information Management