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Clinical Coding And Indexing As Indispensable Tool In Health Care, Teaching And Research: A Case Study Of Obafemi Awolowo Teaching Hospital Complex (Oauthc) Ile-Ife, Osun State, Tajudeen Temitayo Adebayo Dr, Sadiq Anifat Afolabi Mrs, Soladayo Olabisi Fajuyigbe Mrs, Olayiwola Kayode Adepoju Dr, Michael Segun Omole Dr

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Clinical coding and indexing is the process by which medical procedure and diagnoses are represented and displayed by universal code number. It is a system that plays a key role in modern healthcare and also allow statistical analyses of diseases and treatment, diagnoses related group, reimbursement, easier observance and tracking of epidemic and production events. The study therefore aimed at examining coding and indexing as indispensable tool in healthcare, teaching and research; a case study of OAUTHC Ile-Ife, Osun State.

The target population was 152 health records officer in OAUTHC, Ile-Ife. A cross-sectional research method was adopted. Data was collected …

Health Information Management Practice In Health Care Delivery System: A Case Study Of University Of Medical Sciences Teaching Hospital Complex, Ondo, Ondo State, Nigeria, Tajudeen Temitayo Adebayo Dr, Sunday Ayo Gbabe Mr

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The aim of this research work is to ascertain the relevance of health information management practice in health care delivery system. This research reviewed past and presents literature that of relevance to this research topic. Descriptive survey research design was adopted. Questionnaire was used to collect necessary information through probability sampling method and specifically the simple random sampling. Fifty (50) questionnaires were distributed to Health Information Practitioners at University of Medical Sciences Teaching Hospital Complex, Ondo and all the fifty questionnaires were retrieved for data analysis. It has been proved that HIM practice plays a very vital role in effective …

Bibliometric Analysis Of Bioscience Trends Journal (2007-2017): Knowledge Dynamics And Visualization, Anis Fuad, Yuan-Chii Gladys Lee, Chien-Yeh Hsu

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BioScience Trends (BST) is a peer-reviewed journal belongs to the International Research and Cooperation Association for Bio & Socio-Sciences Advancement (IRCA-BSSA) Group of Japan. Despite a decade of existence, no study was performed to measure the bibliometric profile of the journal. The objective of this study was to investigate the bibliometric characteristic of BST. A bibliometric analysis will specifically measure: 1) growth rate of the scientific publications, 2) dynamics of authorship and collaboration pattern; 3) core research themes of articles that have been published, and 4) citation pattern of BST. Bibliographical archives of BST were obtained from the Core Collection …

An Exploration Of The Effect Of Nosology On Clinical Coding In Nigeria, Tajudeen Temitayo Adebayo, Michael Segun Omole Dr.

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The article aimed at exploring how Nosology bridges different aspects of Clinical Coding in Nigeria; through objective identification of the basic concept of Nosology, its place in the Clinical Coding and assessment of the effect of Nosology on Clinical Coding. The presentation started with introduction, followed by discussion on Importance of Clinical Coding and the Challenges of Clinical Coding. The Concept of Nosology, the Roles of Nosology in Clinical Coding was extensively discussed. Also, relationship between Nosology and Clinical Coding was established and this was followed by summary, conclusion and recommendations. The method used for this study is literature review …

Health Information Management- A Tool For Effective Health Care Delivery In Nigeria; Mother And Child Hospital, Akure, Ondo State Experience, Tajudeen Temitayo Adebayo Dr., Ebenezer Seun Orimoloye Mr

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The study investigates Health Information: A Tool for effective Health Care Delivery in Nigeria (Mother and Child Hospital, Akure Experience.). The descriptive survey design approach was employed and questionnaire was the research instruments. The patients, medical and paramedical staff (Doctors, HROs, Nurses, MLS and others) of the Mother and Child Hospital, Akure were used as the respondents; convenience sampling technique was adopted to get the samples involved. Two hundred questionnaires were administered and all were retrieved by the researcher and was used for this study. Data presentation and analysis were done using frequencies, simple percentages and chi-square statistics. The result …

Influence Of National Health Management Information System, On The Planning Of Health Care Services In Nigeria, Michael Segun Omole Dr., Tajudeen Temitayo Adebayo Dr., Rasaq Adetona Adio, Faruk Abubakar Umar, Michael Babatunde Adeojo, Aliyu Wada

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This paper reported on the Influence of National Health Management Information System on the planning of health care services in Nigeria. The article, aimed at combining insights of how National Health Management Information System implementation, bridges different aspects of Health Care Service planning in Nigeria; through objective identification of the basic philosophy of NHMIS, its place in the National Health Policy, the concept of NHMIS and assessment of the effect of NHMIS on the planning of Health Care Services

The method used for this study is literature review and theoretical analysis. Inferences drawn from existing literatures and postulated theories indicated …

Health Information Needs For The Aged In The Society, Tajudeen Temitayo Adebayo Phd, Michael Segun Omole Phd

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

The Aged are prone to a lot of challenges as they assume the latent phase of their life. These challenges include loneliness, incapacitates, and degenerative diseases among others. To adequately coop with this problems, information becomes an essential ingredients. This work reports on the importance of identify the types of information needed by the aged, sources and channels of information available to them and how the information may help in modifying their life. The general inputs expected from Librarian were also discussed.

Information Accessibility And Risk Practices Of People Living With Hiv/Aids In South-West, Nigeria., Tajudeen Temitayo Adebayo, Michael Segun Omole Dr., Muyiwa Adekunle Amin, Adebayo Olawepo Ogunniran

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People living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHA) access information from different sources. They are being warned regularly on the need to stay away from all forms of risk practices which may cause further spread of the dreaded diseases. The study endeavour to investigate the level of information access opened to PLWHA and tried to find the relationship between information accessibility and risk practices.

The study adopted survey research design of correlational type. The target population was 8,135PLWHA in the selected three health institutions. Pooled standard error of proportion was used to determine 339 PLWHA and critical incident technique was used to …

A Thematic Study Of Islamic Perspectives In Scopus Indexed Articles. Implications On Medical Imaging., Zainul Ibrahim Zainuddin

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Discussions pertaining to the various Islamic dimensions are actively being undertaken in the media. Within the academic circle, journal articles are accepted as an effective media in the dissemination of knowledge. Articles with Islamic perspectives can be found in disciplines that include Medicine, Banking, Economics and Finance. However, there is little to suggest of the types and frequencies of Islamic perspectives in Medical Imaging. This paper attempts to fill the gap. The methodology involves the use of Scopus database and its interactive search facility. The justification of using Scopus is the user-friendliness of its search interface and the ability to …