EFFECT OF QUALI TY CONTROL OF HEALTH RECORDS ON PATI ENT CARE SERVI CES AT UNI VERSI TY OF I LORI N TEACHI NG HOSPI TAL, KWARA STATE

he st udy ar ea (Univer sit y of I l or in Teaching Hospit al , Kwar a St at e ) has since f ew y ear s back put ef f or t in qual it y cont r ol of heal t h r ecor ds t hr ough adopt ion of t he use of comput er s in pat ient r egist r at ion, document at ion and back up of pat ient inf or mat ion, t er minal achiving of inact ive r ecor ds, and cent r al izat ion of pat ient r ecor ds st or age et c. it is in t his l ight t hat t his r esear ch wor k det er mines t he Ef f ect of Qual it y Cont r ol of Heal t h Recor ds on Pat ient Car e Ser vices At Univer sit y of I l or in Teaching Hospit al , Kwar a St at e. However t his r esear ch wor k det er mine t he St andar d of pat ient car e ser vices, assess t he Qual it y cont r ol measur e of Heal t h Recor ds, det er mine t he r el at ionship bet ween Heal t h Recor ds and pat ient car e ser vices, assess t he ef f ect of Qual it y cont r ol of Heal t h Recor ds on pat ient car e Ser vices and ident if y t he chal l enges invol ved on t he Qual it y cont r ol of Heal t h Recor ds at Univer sit y of I l or in Teaching Hospit al , Kwar a St at e. For t he pur pose of t his r esear ch t he descr ipt ive (sur vey ) r esear ch design was empl oy ed. The t ar get ed popul at ion of t his st udy ar e al l Heal t h pr of essional st af f of Univer sit y of I l or in Teaching Hospit al , Kwar a St at e. A t ot al of 20 0 pr of essional st af f was used as sampl e f or t he st udy . Dat a wer e col l ect ed f r om 150 r espondent s t hr ough quest ionnair e sur vey . Base on t he Findings and concl usion of t his St udy t he f ol l owing Recommendat ions wer e made: t he Gover nment or Hospit al Management Boar d shoul d pr ovide a mor e conducive wor king envir onment f or bet t er per f or mance of t he heal t h wor ker s, t he Gover nment or Hospit al Management Boar d shoul d r ecr uit mor e qual ifi ed st af f f or ef fi cient per f or mance of t heir dut ies, t he Hospit al Management Boar d shoul d or ganize seminar s and ot her educat ive pr ogr ams t o cr eat e mor e awar eness on t he impact of Qual it y cont r ol of Heal t h Recor ds and t he need of t he st af f invol ved t o be dedicat ed in per f or mance of t heir dut ies, t he Gover nment shoul d pr ovide enough f unding f or equipping of al l unit s and depar t ment s in t he st udy ar ea f or bet t er job per f or mance and f or t he wel f ar e of t he st af f and Ot her f or ms of wel f ar ism and good publ ic r el at ions shoul d be made avail abl e by Gover nment or Hospit al Management Boar d The r esear ch is not geogr aphical l y spr ead acr oss al l Heal t h I nst it ut ions. I t is l imit ed t o Univer sit y of I l or in Teaching Hospit al , I l or in Kwar a St at e. The major l imit at ion encount er ed dur ing t his r esear ch wor k was t he shor t dur at ion of t ime avail abl e f or t his st udy . Despit e t he l imit at ions encount er ed dur ing t he cour se of t his st udy t he shor t comings did not af f ect t he out come of t he st udy .