Preservation and Conservation of Health Records

At of the course, the students should be able to: 1. expound preservation and conservation of health record; 2. describe the structure of paper-based records in health records department; 3. explain the de-acidification of paper-based health records; 4. expound electronic health records; 5. discuss security management in conservation of health records; 6. express restoration of health records, medical archives, and archives management; 7. identify the constraints to preservation and conservation of health records in Africa; 8. debate the principles of medical archives management; 9. describe the arrangement of records in medical archives; 10. comprehend disaster management, causes of disaster, benefits, objectives, and guideline for developing a response to disaster; 11. develop a disaster plan, prevent disaster in health record office; 12. identify the roles of insurance company in disaster management; and 13. discuss the role of communication and personnel training.

Definition of preservation and conservation of health records, the structure of paper and paper making, paper based records in health records department. The de-acidification of paper-based health records, non-aqueous record de-acidification of paper-based Health records. Permanence of material in making medical archive information materials. Deterioration of electronic health records, management of pests and microorganism in health records office. Security management of health records conservation of health records, restoration of health records and medical archives. Constraints to preservation and conservation of health records in Africa. Definition of medical archives and medical archives management, principles of medical achieves management: provenance and original order, users of medical archives, the role of medical archives manager/medical archivist, developing medical archives policy, plans and procedures, medical archives management facilities, space planning in medical archives, medical archives architectural design, acquisition of ,medical records, appraisal of health records, description of ,medical archives , accessioning and de-accessioning of health records, arrangement of records in the medical achieves, functions of medical reference archivist, significance of national Archives decree 30, 1992 to medical archives management an health records management, strategies for meeting demands for medical archives management, budgeting techniques and budgetary control for medical archives management. Staffing and career path development in medical archives management. Definition of disaster and disaster management. State causes of disaster. Development of a disaster plan, benefits disaster plan, objectives of disaster plan, general guideline for developing a response to disasters, developing a disaster plan. Prevention of disasters in a health record office; disaster prevention activities, response to disaster, reaction to disaster, recovery from disasters, salvaging techniques if damaged materials in Health Records Office, role of insurance company in disasters management, role of communication and personnel training.