THE ROLE OF HEALTH INFORMATION OFFICERS IN THE PREVENTION AND MANAGEMENT OF HIV/AIDS IN THREE TERTIARY HEALTH INSTITUTIONS IN SOUTH WESTERN NIGERIA

Professional Health Information Managers (Health Information Officers) manage and construct health information programs to guarantee and accommodate medical, legal and ethical standards. They play a crucial role in the maintenance, collection and analyzing of data that is received by doctors, nurses, and other healthcare players. In return, these healthcare data contributors rely on the information to deliver quality health care. Health Information Officers possess competent professional authority required for search and use of health data and reports, information for case studies, research education, training, and compilation of numbers of facts to measure outcome of care, use of medical symbolisms, practical views and medical symbolisms, practical views and medical observations and accomplishments. HIV/AIDS is human Immunodeficiency virus that attacks the body's immune system with which the body fights diseases. When a patient's immune system is damaged or compromised, the body is not able to fight disease. A person has HIV upon infection. This also may be called HIV disease.