Knowledge and perception of health information management professionals on electronic coding for quality clinical data in University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital, Ilorin, Kwara state Department: Health Information Management By: iamjahmeyou Project ID: 4875 Rating: (3.0) votes: 3Rate this project12345 Price:₦3000 Get the Complete MaterialAbstractQuality data plays an important role and is a cornerstone of performance improvement and management. It is very obvious that no organization can operate to its full potential without data. The hospital is part of the health care industry which provides health care service to patients through accident and emergency, day-case procedures, inpatients stay and outpatients visit on a daily basis. Patients’ information collected at every point of care is recorded for different purposes the information is then processed into structured data through clinical coding and classification. The main purpose of coding is to provide information for research, epidemiology and also for the teaching of medical and paramedical students. This presents a study to seeks and evaluate the“knowledge and perception of Health Information Management professionals on e-coding for quality clinical data in University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital, Ilorin Kwara State. Questionnaire was used as the research instrument to elicit information from the respondents. Eighty-seven (87) respondents participated in the study which comprises of twenty-eight (28) male and fifty-nine (59) female Health Information Managers. Data collected were analyzed using a frequency distribution table. Results of the study show that the e-coding system of clinical data has not been effectively adopted by the hospital as a viable coding system for quality clinical data. Also, findings from the research revealed that there are certain factors responsible for not adopting electronic coding in UITH one of the factors is the inadequate power supply in the hospital. A completes introduction and widespread adoption of the electronic coding system for quality clinical data by the University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital, will provide more standard and structured patients information that required for clinical coding, also training of Health Information Managers should not be about step to coding but also learn medical terminologies....Preview Download Preview +Other Health Information Management project topics and materials you might be interested in»Analysis of filing system and consequences of misfiling»Evaluation of the problems and constraints facing health record keeping and professionals»Impact of health information management in healthcare delivery»Assessment of challenges of health information management practice in General Hospital Ilorin, Kwara State»Analysis of filing system and consequences of misfiling patients health records in University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital, Kwara state»A study into causes of misfiling among health information management professionals in health records department - case study of University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital, Kwara state»Evaluation of confidentiality of patient health records among hospital staff»Factors militating against effective documentation in health care delivery system in University of Benin Teaching Hospital Benin City, Edo state»Effect of lack of health information computerization in the primary health care system»Evaluation of patient appointment system - a case study of university of Ilorin teaching hospital»Causes and consequences of breach of confidentiality of patient health information in Lagos University Teaching Hospital, Lagos state»Impact of health statistics in the health care delivery system at University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital, Ilorin, Kwara State»Impact of electronic medical records on patients waiting time in health care delivery system in Federal Medical Center, Asaba, Delta state»Evaluation of the importance of health information management in primary health care»Knowledge and perception of health information management professionals on electronic coding for quality clinical data in University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital, Ilorin, Kwara state