School Of Health Information Management, Uniuyo

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School of Health Information Management, UNIUYO, is one of the schools of the University of Uyo Teaching Hospital.

In any health institution, Health Information is used for planning, monitoring and evaluation of Health care delivery services.

It was on this note that the Management of University of Uyo Teaching Hospital deemed it necessary to establish the School of Health Information Management.  It took off on August 1, 2005.  The School was established, to train Information Managers.  On the 13th December, 2005 the Board accreditation team (Health Records Officers Registration Board of Nigeria) visited the school and accreditation was given for the take-off of an OND Programme and Mr. S. B. Affiah, ADHIMS (retired) became the pioneer Head of School.  Since then, the academic activities of the School have been going on smoothly.

The School runs a two year National Diploma programme (4 Semesters) i.e 2 semester per year for freshers and one year programme for direct candidates i.e students who have done two years already in School of Health Technology.  The School admits candidate between June and September every year.

School of Health Information Management has recorded high level of performance since its inception (both in internal and external Examination).  The first batch of students that were presented for the National Diploma Board Examination recorded the highest score in their result.  The Subsequent batches are equally doing well.  Due to this high level of performance, the school was presented with an award of Excellence by the Management of University of Uyo Teaching Hospital as the best in University of Uyo Teaching Hospital on 25th January, 2008.

Also the School was assessed, screened, and selected by the Health Records Officers registration Board of Nigeria as an Examination Centre for the Board Regular Examination for July, 2009.  This has been maintained by the Health Records Officers Registration Board of Nigeria.