Electronic migration, quackery denunciation and professional regulations: the roles of health records professionals in rebuilding confidence in the Nigerian healthcare system

Abstract

As the pioneer Editor-in-Chief of this new journal – the International Journal of Health Records & Information Management (IJHRIM), the first scholarly platform for dissemination of knowledge in health records and information management in Nigeria, I welcome readers and contributors to the world of IJHRIM. Accepting this onerous task in 2015 from the regulatory agency of the Federal Government - Health Records Officers’ Registration Board of Nigeria (HRORBN) and in 2017, from the professional body- Association of Health Records Practitioners of Nigeria (AHRPN), I was quite aware that the task is highly demanding. Nothing could I have done other than beseeching for guidance and supports. Divine intervention, then, support of all stakeholders and contributors, I sincerely sought.