ROLE OF HEALTH I NFORMATI ON PROFESSI ONAL I N SECURI NG PATI ENT HEALTH RECORDS

Heal th I nf or mation secur ity is f aced with chal l enges of l ack of enough standar d stor age equipment and f acil ities, enough qual ifi ed pr of essional s to oper ate and uphol d heal th I nf or mation secur ity and other cy ber thr eats. I t is in this l ight that this r esear ch wor k studies the “Rol e of Heal th I nf or mation Pr of essional in Secur ing Patient Heal th Recor ds at Univer sity of I l or in Teaching Hospital , I l or in Kwar a State . The specifi c objectives of this study ar e to; assessing the standar d of Patient Heal th Recor ds Management Pr actice, ex amining the methods and l evel of heal th I nf or mation secur ity , deter mining the ser vice ef f ectiveness and ef fi ciency of Heal th I nf or mation Pr of essional s , r ol e of Heal th I nf or mation Pr of essional s in Secur ing Patient Heal th Recor ds and identif y ing the chal l enges of Heal th I nf or mation Pr of essional s in Secur ing Patient Heal th Recor ds at Univer sity of I l or in Teaching Hospital , I l or in Kwar a State. For the pur pose of this r esear ch the descr iptive (sur vey ) r esear ch design was empl oy ed. The popul ation of this study compr ises of al l the entir e one hundr ed and fi ve (10 5) Heal th Recor ds Management Pr actitioner s in Univer sity of I l or in Teaching Hospital I l or in k war a state. Total Enumer ation Technique was used to cover al l the entir e one hundr ed 5 and fi ve (10 5) Heal th Recor ds Management Pr actitioner s in Univer sity of I l or in Teaching Hospital I l or in k war a state due to the manageabl e size of the tar get popul ation. Data wer e col l ected thr ough str uctur ed Questionnair e that wer e distr ibuted, fi l l ed, col l ected back and anal y zed by means of per centage tabul ation and this was used f or pr esentation of data and tabl es. Base on the Findings and concl usion of this Study the f ol l owing Recommendations wer e made: Gover nment shoul d pr ovide enough f und necessar y f or secur ing patient heal th r ecor ds, Gover nment shoul d r ecr uit enough pr of essional s to bal ance up with the avail abl e wor k l oad of secur ing patient heal th r ecor ds, Gover nment shoul d pr ovide stabl e power suppl y and networ k necessar y f or secur ing patient heal th r ecor ds and pol icies and str ong secur ity measur es shoul d be adopted to pr event data br eaches, sy stem vul ner abil ity and thr eats to databases and other stor age f acil ities.