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09/07/2023

Confidentiality and privilege
They are important concepts in health information management.

Confidentiality : Refers to the protection of sensitive or personal information to ensure that it is only accessed by authorized individuals and used for authorized purposes. In the context of health information management, this includes the protection of patient health records and other medical information.

Privilege: Refers to the legal right to keep certain information confidential and not disclose it in a legal proceeding. Certain privileged information, such as communications between doctors and patients, may be protected from disclosure in court to encourage open and honest communication in the healthcare setting.

27/06/2023

Benefits of electronic health records in healthcare

EHRs help providers better manage care for patients and provide better health care, As they:

1) Provide accurate, up-to-date, and complete information about the patient’s health.
2) Enable quick access to patient records for more efficient and coordinated care.
3) Improve providers’ productivity and work-life balance.
4) Enable safer, more reliable prescribing.
5) Help providers diagnose patients, reduce medical errors, and provide safer care.
6) Improve patient and healthcare provider communication and interaction.
7) Provide privacy and security of patient data.
😎 Reduce costs through decreased paperwork, improved safety, reduced duplication of testing, and improved health.
The primary benefit of this structured data is that, it allows sharing of data with other healthcare providers across many healthcare organizations.

19/06/2023

WHAT IS ELECTRONIC HEALTH INFORMATION EXCHANGE (EHIE)
Electronic Health information exchange (EHIE) : is the electronic transfer of health-related information between organizations or healthcare providers (e.g., patient and medical information).
It also refers to the technologies, standards, and governance that enable the electronic exchange and transfer of clinical and administrative information between the information systems of various health care stakeholders.
BENEFITS OF HEALTH INFORMATION EXCHANGE
HIE contains several benefits, including
1) Improving care coordination and healthcare quality
2) Explicitly enhancing patient safety by reducing medication and medical errors
3) Eliminating redundant or unnecessary testing, handling, and paperwork.
4) HIE will facilitate the related work and accelerate health information integration. Similarly, interoperability is essential to patient care, as vital patient data should be available and shared with the right people at the right time and place, leading to fewer medical errors, unnecessary tests, and more efficient decision-making.

09/06/2023

WHAT IS HMO INSURANCE?
A health maintenance organization, or HMO, is a type of insurance plan that contracts physicians and healthcare groups to provide healthcare services to the subscribers of the HMO.
HOW DOES AN HMO PLAN WORK?
HMO plans operate on a network basis. The network is a group of providers who are contracted with your insurance. In most cases, HMO plans only cover care provided by these doctors, labs, and hospitals.
You’ll be required to choose a primary physician that you see for most treatment. When you need to see a specialist, you will need a referral.
BENEFITS OF AN HMO PLAN
The initial benefit of an HMO plan is the fact that it costs less than other types of health insurance, including preferred provider organizations (PPOs).
You may also enjoy improved access to healthcare, encouragement to get low- or no-cost annual physicals, and a wider network of generalist and specialist physicians.

Prescriptions also tend to cost less because of group buying power. Typically, billing is more straightforward because health insurance companies negotiate the cost of services with the healthcare provider prior to entering into a contract.
LIST OF BEST HMO IN NIGERIA
Reliance HMO
Hygeia HMO
RedCare HMO
IHMS HMO
Health Point HMO
AIICO HMO
Hallmark HMO
Metrohealth HMO
Greenbay HMO
Total Health Trust HMO
Roding HMO
Anchor HMO
Swift HMO
Lifeworth HMO
Sterling Health HMO
Novo HMO
Multiplan HMO
Princeton Health Limited HMO
Defence Health Limited HMO
Healthcare Security Limited.

08/06/2023

WhatsApp Group Invite

02/06/2023

Health information management the hub of health care

02/06/2023

CLINICAL CODING : is the process by which some clinical information about the patient are transformed into codes to enable grouping of medical activities in a limited number of categories that are easy to process, store and analyses.

INDEXING OF DISEASE AND OPERATION : is defined as a process of listing on a card of specific disease or operation entities according to a recognized classification.

Clinical coding is a composite source of group of records classified under one code number in a uniform terminology to facilitate quick and easy access to patient’s morbidity and mortality data for quality treatment, adequate statistical report, teaching and research.

coding enable uniform data collection and analysis as well as meaningful comparisons between countries. It’s strengthening the recording and reporting system which increased efficient health information management system, increased advocacy for and awareness of a uniform coding system together with adequate capacity building of physician codes and other allied health and information technology personnel would have the way valid and reliable health information management system.

The essential element in making a correct clinical coding and indexing is the allocation of each diagnosis or procedure in the group category to which it belongs and under pinning the general concept for the quality in clinical coding.

Modernization of health care involves the continuous guidance towards quality standard of both medical acts itself and adjacent activities coding and indexing is one of the key component of the coordination process for all stakeholders and has a major impact on health care service monitoring but also on morbidity assessment and estimate regarding their continued orientation towards quality standard of the medical arts. It is one of the key component of the process for coordination of all health system actors that are involved in providing or financing health services, it has a major effect on health care and provide monitoring activities.

To achieve a high level of date quality that represent a solid support for decision making teaching, research at the hospital, the coding process must be of standard.
Clinical coding is the translation of clinical statements into alphanumeric codes, typically four characters in length.

PURPOSE OF CODING:
Is to standardize the recording of clinical information to enable datasets to be analogous. International Classification of Disease and Related Health Problems (ICD).
According to World Health Organisation (WHO, 2012), clinical coding is defined as the translation of diagnosis of disease, health related problems and procedural concept from text to alphabetical numeric codes for easy storage retrieval and uniformity of comparison and analyses. It also group aspect of patient information and characteristics into categories based on established critic’s logic and convention. These categories used for range activities that underpin the delivery of health services. These activities include but not limited to: Health service planning, Patient quality and safety monitoring, Development and ongoing maintenance/execution of funding models and Research and epidemiology.

USES OF CLINICAL CODING:
Clinical coding and classifications are used in the following service categories: admitted care, sub-acute and non- acute care, non-admitted care, and mental health and emergency care.

15/12/2022

IMPORTANCE OF APPOINTMENT SYSTEM IN THE HOSPITAL
The following includes the importance of appointment system in a health facility;

1. Safer patient journeys

Given the current situation with the COVID-19 pandemic, an appointment system allows to spread out patient visits throughout the day to maintain social distancing and avoid crowding.

2. Reduced wait time

When many patients arrive at the same time, for a drop-in consultation, there is a risk of crowding, which contributes to long wait times.

With an appointment system, the non-urgent patients can schedule their consultation in advance. As this eliminates wait times upon arrival, it has a significant impact on the patient experience.

3. Happier working environment

Limited resources and requirements to meet efficiency targets result in a stressful work environment. Avoiding stress and balancing the workload among staff members is a challenge for many hospitals.

With an appointment system, the hospital can control and steer the flow of patients away from peak hours to less busy parts of the day. By distributing the workload, you can reduce anxiety among staff and create opportunities to serve more patients per day.

4. Reduce outpatient cancellations

With manual booking routines, many hospitals have a problem with patients not showing up for an appointment.

With an appointment system, the hospital can automatically send confirmations and reminders to patients, which makes them more likely to show up.

5. Reduce the time needed for administrative tasks

A manual appointment routine is a very time-consuming task for hospitals.

With an appointment system, hospitals can offer patients the ability to book online or in an app. Most of the appointment handling is automated, which reduces time from the staff, allowing them to work on other tasks within the clinic.

18/10/2022

WHAT IS APPOINTMENT SYSTEM IN HEALTH INFORMATION MANAGEMENT
appointment system is the pre-timing of a patients visit to the hospital for consultation with a doctor. Appointment system is very important in the health settings.
THE AIM OF APPOINTMENT SYSTEM
The aim of this is to minimize the waiting period of patients attending outpatient clinic. Therefore, it is an essential feature of an efficiently organized outpatient department.
The satisfaction of this system lies in the benefit achieved by both the patient and the hospital staff concerned. The effectiveness depends upon continuous cooperation between the medical, paramedical, nursing, health records and administrative staff.
Organization of appointment system

There are two methods of appointment namely:

1) Centralized
2)Decentralized

Centralized booking of appointment

Under this method all patients seeking for appointment go to the appointment section of the health records department to be booked by the appointment clerk.

Decentralized booking of appointment

Under this method the appointment clerk has to move to the various clinics to book the patients for appointment. Also, the clerk has to go along with either a card or bounded register of each consultant to give appointment to the patients.

07/10/2022

Health information management professional see that health records and other source documents are readily available to meet the requirements for the production of useful statistics.

07/10/2022