Attitude Of Health Information Management In The Confidentiality Of Patient Information

This study was carried out on the attitude of health information management in the confidentiality of patient information using University of Uyo Teaching Hospital in Uyo Akwa Ibom State as a case study. The survey design was adopted and the simple random sampling techniques were employed in this study. The population size comprised of health information management personnel in University of Uyo Teaching Hospital in Uyo Akwa Ibom State. In determining the sample size, the researcher purposefully selected 39 respondents and 35 were validated. Self-constructed and validated questionnaire was used for data collection. The collected and validated questionnaires were analyzed using frequency tables.  

The result of the findings reveals that the health workers are aware of the importance of patent’s information confidentiality. The study also revealed that the extent to which patients health information is made confidential among health personnel is high. Furthermore, the study revealed that health personnel have a positive attitude towards the confidentiality of patient information. Therefore, there is need to provide a continuing medical ethics training package for health workers before joining the hospital and in between the working time  so as to improve health professionals' knowledge and attitude towards patient confidentiality. And health Information Officers should be made to be answerable to their employer alone by restricting facility employee cum supporting agencies interactions. To mention but a few.