GHIMA sounds alarm over unlicensed practitioners handling health data, warns of threat to patient safety

The Association is urging heads of healthcare facilities and other stakeholders to assign health information management responsibilities to qualified and licensed professionals and support continuous professional development to maintain professional standards.

The Ghana Health Information Management Association (GHIMA) has warned against the use of unqualified and unlicensed personnel in managing health information in healthcare facilities.

The Association says strengthening the profession is critical to generating credible and timely health data to evaluate government policies and guide evidence-based decisions, including the implementation of the Free Primary Healthcare initiative.