Health Records Officers’ Act and Administration of Health Information in Nigeria: Challenges and Prospects
Keywords:
Health Records Officer’s Act, Administration, Health InformationAbstract
Health Records Officers’ Act was promulgated formally by Decree No. 39 of 1989 (HROA; 1989) now CAP 166 LFN1990. The Decree establishes a Board for general administration of the profession of health records management in Nigeria. This work which is a desk top study on Health Records Officers’ Act and Administration of Health Information in Nigeria: Challenges and Prospects discovers the constitutional requirements for the health information practices and implementation strategies as stipulated by the Act. The study reveals the prospects and challenges associated with the implementation of the Act to include non compliance of members to licensure, lack enforcement process, poor cognizance of the law among many others. It is recommended among others, that the continuous education of member of the profession will enormously aid awareness creation toward compliance with the legislative provision of the members.
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