Prospects and possible challenges of health information management practice in Nigeria

Abstract

Health Information Management, previouslyknown as Health Records in Nigeria, is a reveredhealth profession, that is central to patients’healthcare; as well as public health policy formulation. This profession, which is referred to asHealth Informatics in some climes is truly theintersection between information science and healthcare. It deals with devices, resources and processes required to optimize the deliberate acquisition, storage, retrieval and use of individualand community health information; in strict adherence to ethical provisions.