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Forces in nature. Electrostatics; electric charge and its properties, methods of charging. Coulomb’s law and superposition. electric field and potential. Gauss’s law. Capacitance. Electric dipoles. Energy in electric fields. Conductors and insulators, current, voltage and resistance. Ohm’s law and analysis of DC circuits. Magnetic fields. Lorentz force. Biot-Savart and Ampère’s laws. magnetic dipoles. Dielectrics. Energy in magnetic fields. Electromotive force. Electromagnetic induction. Self and mutual inductances. Faraday and Lenz’s laws. Step up and step-down transformers: Maxwell's equations. Electromagnetic oscillations and waves. AC voltages and currents applied to inductors, capacitors, resistance, and combinations.

These introductory courses emphasise quantitative measurements. the treatment of measurement errors. and graphical analysis. A variety of experimental techniques should be employed. The experiments include studies of meters. the oscilloscope. mechanical systems. electrical and mechanical resonant systems. Light, Heat, viscosity and many others. covered in PHY 101 and PHY 102. However. emphasis should be placed on the basic physical techniques for observation. measurements. data collection. analysis and deduction.

This practical course is a continuation of PHY 107 and is intended to be taught during the second semester of the 100 level to cover the practical aspect of the theoretical courses that have been covered with emphasis on quantitative measurements. The treatment of measurement errors, and graphical analysis. However, emphasis should be placed on the basic physical techniques for observation, measurements, data collection, analysis and deduction.

Definition of health care, meaning of finance, sources and management of health care finance, define health insurance, purpose of health insurance scheme. Assumption of private health insurance. Comparison of private and government-sponsored health insurance. Analysis of diversity of voluntary medical care insurance plans under different sponsorships, scope of coverage and benefits of national health insurance scheme, analysis and critique of National Health Insurance scheme, examination of decree establishing the National Health Insurance Scheme.

Theoretical and practical examination of information system analysis and design process. Explores techniques for assessing the need for technology, defining specifications, and involving users in the design process. Design methods include social impact statements, future scenarios, mock- ups, rapid prototyping, and field- testing. Analysis of standard designs; complete and incomplete block designs, Latin square nested, and other crossed classification design. Design efficiency, factorial experiments, confounding and fractional replication, response surface designs and evolutionary operation in medicine, information management, applications.

Numbering system in health records, methods of numbering system, types and methods of assigning numbers. Types of equipment used and control of numbering system conversion from one system to another and relationship of numbering to filing. Define filing system and state its objectives, types and methods of filing system. Filing control in relation to: requisition and charged-out system, colour coding of records folders, access incomplete records, checking location, physical facilities in the file area, safety, organisational patterns, other file rules and procedures. Conversion from one filling system to another, Transportation of records, equipment and supplies and factors affecting choice. Definition of master patient index in the unit system, master patient index: purpose and content, filling methods, filling equipment, alphabetical index guides, automation of patient index, control of patient index and arrangement of master file. Record retention, factor influencing retention and disposition of health records, health records retention policies, methods of destruction of health records. Microfilming of health records: definition of microfilm, objectives of records microfilming, uses of microfilm in the hospital records keeping, microfilm processing, steps in designing microfilm system, selecting microfilm for use in hospital records, process of preparing records for microfilming and filling the records including advantages and disadvantages in health records.

Definition of health records management, forms of Health Records, forms management, files management, directives management, reports management, micrographics management and reprographics management, personnel management in health records office and medical archives, costing in health records management, purpose and effects of health insurance scheme on health records practice. Patient’s records as a legal document such as property rights and ownership, custodian of the record, authorisations, signatories, and many others filing system, file design and organisation, file content (data element) and file review procedures, role of storage, media in file organisation. Principles of file organisation, methods of file organisation and hierarchies of information structure such as logical and physical, structural principles and elements, budgeting for health records management.

Models of health records management, life cycle and continuum models, Health records classification and filling systems, records retention and disposition schedule, records centre management, records protection and security, records mapping, health records quality, Disposition of health records, reprographics and image management technology, and litigation support. Long term management of digital information, information communications in health records office electronic records keeping, enterprise and risk management, system analysis and design, metadata development, data preservation, and technology standards and policy development. Definition of planning and information system, purpose of health information system, planning process and planning problems of information system. Critical health information system issues, basic conceptual framework of health information system planning (Nolan’s stage hypothesis). Identifying key participants in planning health information system, developing a mission statement, setting goals an objective, management by objectives, policy making, decision making process, conflict negotiation, and crisis management setting priorities, developing strategies for change, risk analysis, trade-off analysis, feasibility studies, methods of financial health information system, investment analysis of health information system, manpower planning in health information system. Elements of development of a health information system.

Hospital-contextual and policy issues, internal organisation and operation. Sources and management of hospital finances, effective information systems, human and logistic resources management in the hospital. Assessing and improving hospital performance, managing the quality of hospital services, labour laws including trade union legislation, conflict resolution and the promotion of industrial harmony in the hospital setting. Meaning of interdepartmental structure and intradepartmental structure. intradepartmental/interdepartmental structure in Primary health care, secondary care facilities and tertiary/specialist hospitals, how to Improve Interdepartmental Relations, conflict, importance of communication, misunderstanding, miscommunication. Meetings and Law of meetings. Hospital organogram: Definition, Components of Board of Management, their appointment, period of service, Directorates, Power and functions of Top Management, Chief/Medical Director, Director of Administration, Chairman, Medical Advisory committee/ Head of Clinical Services, Power and functions of HOD/HOU, Standing committees, ad hoc committees. Activities and Functions of Administrative and Clinical Directorates.

Definition of hospital statistics, history of hospital statistics and components of hospital statistics. Types of hospital admission process of obtaining hospital statistics data. Basic terminologies for reporting hospital activities such as bed complement, occupied bed days, vacant bed days, through put, turnover interval and average length of stay. Computation of percentages and rates: define rates, types of rates- fertility, morbidity, mortality and many others uses of rate. Definition and uses of percentage occupancy. Explanation and uses of ratios, proportions, average and many others. definition and types of events such as treatment, counselling, advises, operation, ancillary cure and many others. episode of care and type of transfers. Reporting requirements for obstetrics and pre-natal care, uses of obstetrics and pre-natal data. Discharge analysis of hospital services. Definition and essentials of hospital data process of hospital data presentation and methods of hospital data presentation. Report generation and methods of hospital data presentation. Report generation on hospital official statistics in health. Problems in collection, analysis, dissemination and use of official statistics in health. Statistical organisations: national and international.