Certificate in Medical Record and Health informatics

The Certificate and Diploma in Medical records and Health Informatics  is designed to provide students with relevant knowledge and skills that will enable them to prepare and manage medical records and improve health service delivery.

What to know about this program?

A healthy nation is a wealthy nation. But for the nation to be healthy, a functional health service delivery system and well-trained health service workers are a prerequisite. In Uganda, both elements require urgent attention. In particular, there is a severe shortage of professionals in the critical area of health records and information management, yet this function helps with collection and management of accurate and up-to-date health data that informs policy formulation, planning and delivery of health service. Moreover, the recent population census indicates that the majority of Ugandans are young meaning that health services are a growing industry and the need for the services of professional medical workers can only keep growing to keep pace with the health needs of the growing and expanding population. It goes without saying that job opportunities do exist in the health service sector—for example in clinics, drug shops, dispensaries, pharmacies, hospitals, health-oriented NGOs, civil society organizations, government ministries and agencies as well as research and consulting firms and agencies.  While job opportunities abound, the number of qualified people serving in the sector is not growing at the same pace. This programme is formulated to respond to this crisis. Students will be trained and provided with relevant knowledge and skills to manage medical records and health information departments, grow the pool of medical health personnel and contribute to the improvement of policy formulation, planning and delivery of health services in Uganda

Programme Objectives

The objectives of the programme:

i) To empower students with skills to collect, store, retrieve, maintain, synthesize and analyze (process) health data for policy formulation, planning and effective delivery of health services

ii) To train students to interpret and apply current laws, regulations, policies and healthcare ethics as they relate to decision-making in healthcare delivery and systems

iii) To provide students with practical skills to effectively manage health records and information and the systems used for that purpose.

iv) To enable students take up records and health information management roles in medical clinics, pharmacies, dispensaries, hospitals, government, NGOs and civil society advocacy groups

v) To enable students acquire the knowledge and skills that will enable them to contribute positively in primary healthcare programmes and activities at community levels.

vi) To enable students master the science of disease classification and medical coding.

vii) Relate bio-statistics with medical records and health management information systems (HMIS) in all aspects of healthcare delivery.

viii) Evaluate health management information system performance at all levels of healthcare delivery.