Impact of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) on Management, Storage and Retrieval of Patient Records in Federal Medical Centers (FMCs) in Nigeria
Authors: Babangida Umar Babayi, Muhammad Abba Jalo & Dr. Amina Ibrahim Makintami
Abstract – The study investigates the impact of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) on management, storage and retrieval of patients records in Federal Medical Centers (FMC) in Nigeria. Four research questions guided the study. Descriptive survey research design was used for this study. The population of the study consists of 73 personnel’s. There was no sample, the whole population was used. The instrument used for data collection was structured questionnaire. Standard deviation was used as statistical method in analyzing the data. The study revealed among other that majority of respondents indicated that Personal Health Record (PHR) software are the ICT facilities used in management of information resources in the hospitals , it was also revealed that majority of the respondents strongly agreed that ICT facilities such as CD ROMs are adequate and effective for management of records in the hospitals. The study concluded that the whole personnel agreed to has acquired level of skills/competencies towards the use of ICT facilities for management of record in the hospital. Finally, the study recommended among others that the management of the hospitals should provide and deploy more ICT facilities to facilitate large storage and management of patient’ records; this will in turn reduce manual handling of huge records and files. Also, the management of the hospital should provide power plants and solar panels as backup to curtail the shortage of power supply.
Keywords – ICT, Management, Storage, Retrieval and Patient Records.
DOI URL – https://doi.org/10.26761/ijrls.7.3.2021.1442
Cite This Article As –Babayi, B.U., Jalo, M.A. & Makintami, A.I. (2021). Impact of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) on Management, Storage and Retrieval of Patient Records in Federal Medical Centers (FMCs) in Nigeria. International Journal of Research in Library Science (IJRLS), 7(3) 200-212. www.ijrls.in
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Paper ID: IJRLS-1442 Page: 200-212 Publication Date: 29 September 2021