You will quickly notice that the Health Care Database is mainly designed to target three key entities, and thus we prefer to define it as "an online network of: Patients, Doctors and Medical facilities".

All the three key entities are involved
The Patients create their own free accounts online, then the Doctors (in different locatons) continuously update those online accounts with the latest treatment information at every visit. Mean while, the Medical facilities use the daily treatment statistics (plus accounting data) generated by the patients and the doctors (+ other medical personal) to streamline their internal operations in order to offer better health services.

Unifying of medical records
The key goal of the Health Care Database is to unify all medical records of participating medical facilities country wide in order to "accelerate the seamless exchange of health information", The unification of records ensures that there are common nationally recognized standard to facilitate secure/confidential sharing and access to medical information for both the patients and medical personal across hospitals or clinics plus all their branches, this is refered to as interoperability. Further more, unifying of records significantly helps in offering efficient health care delivery while at the same time it helps in aggregating local content for medical research.

Homogenous treatment
Each and every patient in the Health Care Database has one integrated medical file across all participating medical facilities and their branches country wide, such an arrangement helps the doctor to know the treatment protocol a patient followed in the event of a hospital transfer (or if the patient has traveled to a new location) and thus ensure homogenous treatment.

Having all patients within a centralised Health Care Database means that, a patient being moved from hospital-A will be assured of getting the same treatment (and possibly medication) in hospital-B as the database system will enable a proper cordination for this to happen, not only does this guarantee accuracy in treatment protocols but also strengthens the referal chain and facilitates health insurance coverage.

Online registration
If you have access to the internet, you can register yourself or your medical facility into the database and also create your own profile right away. Alternatively; when you visit a participating medical facility, you will be asked to provide the respective profile details so that they can be entered into the database on your behalf.

After registration you get a unique Health Care Number and a Health Care Card that you can download and print on your own. (NB: The Health Care Card and Health Care Number will be very useful in reaching out to your next of kin or to your doctor in case if an emergency.). When you are transferred to any other hospital, the unique health care number will help doctors there to recall your file without any delay, thus saving valuable time in case of an emergency.

Using the registration details, your electronic medical file (account) with a unique number is generated, every single medical record regarding you as the patient will (from that point on) be attached to the file electronically, this includes a history of medical conditions, lab reports, diagnosis, treatment protocols, dental records and any other medical history. Your medical file can be retrieved by authorised medical personal using your Health Care Number or your  NIN, alternatively your telephone number or your name can be used to search for your records depending on what is available to the doctor or what has been authorised by your next of kin. 

Whats is the future like?
In near future, if you are admitted to a participating hospital, the feedback from monitors such as ventilators, dialysis machine, cardiac monitor etc will be automatically updated within the database in real time, such that the nurses at the station can see your latest report at a glance without having to visit your bedside.

The Health Care Database does not only store patient records, its also stores a multitude of other health related data including: deseases, alergies, conditions, research papers, blogs, ebooks, drag details, health news, hospital profiles, etc.

Click any of the related pages below to read more about our data storage services to the medical practice

Lets begin with the basics. (... and then progress to the complexities)
The Health Care Database is password protected, and therefore it does not display or release any part of your medical records without a login session by an authorised person or without your explicit consent and action. The entire system is powered by state of the art security and cloud infrastructures with access controls and fraud detections.

Hosting enviroment.
The overall hosting enviroment of the database is protected by bank-grade security and encryption, which means records, notes and all data is protected to the same level used in banks with backups done on a regular basis.

Track and trace. (Audit logs)
Every detail of any individual and device that accesses the database is captured and stored in the audit logs, the logs constantly record "which user did what" in the database and when, this ensures that "a track and trace procedure can be perfomed if need arises", the details captured may include: the protocal of the device (IP), device model or brand or version (IMEI), device ID (Serial No#), service provider (ISP), location (GPS), current user ID (HCN), date and time (GMT), browser ID, etc. The database automatically scans the audit logs to detect anomalies, such as an unfamiliar user or a known user logging on at an unusual time of the day/night.

Acredited medical facilities.
Your current doctor can only access your personal information if he/she has been authorised by an acredited medical facility, or you can use your own credetials to give temporary access to a doctor who is not part of the Health Care Database at the time when that doctor is attending to you. Further more, all log-ins (and viewed data) are recorded and reviewed by a participating medical facility in order to minimise the occurrence of unauthorised access.

Access by registred accounts.
Access to detailed records is only through a registred account, which may be authorized to access records for multiple individuals, e.g., so that a parent may manage records for their children, or a child may have Parental Guided (PG) access to their parent's records to help the parent deal with a cronic medical condition.

Role-based access.
The Health Care Database allows practices to configure their accounts to limit different levels of system access to employees who need to use a specific portion of the database and view the associated data. For example, a receptionist may only need to use the scheduling (queue) page; role-based access would not let that person access any clinical data which is reserved for medical personel or financial data which is reserved for accounting personal. This approach helps protect privacy and prevent the use of the database to commit fraud. In addition, if a user’s password is stolen and that person has only partial access to the database, it limits how much access any intruder can have. 

Masking Information.
The health care database protects privileged information with encryption, a method that masks or scrambles information so only authorized personnel can view the information in a patient record. In order to make the information “readable,” viewers must access the file with a personal encryption key or password.

Uptime Guarantee.
The database is currently accessible using two domains seated on two differrent servers that are both up and runing at the same time, if you fail to access through one of the domains then you can switch to the other domain or to the IP address of each domain, this four pronged access strategy is intended to guarantee 99.9% up time.

Nameless records
The most important security is to have namless records ...

Based on all the points above, its clear that the Health Care Database was designed with confidentiality and security in mind.

Data quality and completeness are critical to the success of any health information system, we therefore strive to ensure that members of the Health Care Database update their profiles at least once every year to cater for changes in data such as contacts or physical address information.

We are aware that most of the data integrity problems occur at the point of entry/upload, we are therefore making use of auto populating fields and drop down menus to reduce the probablilty of duplicate records and other data entry related issues.

We also use data validation rules to ensure data integrity by controlling and restricting the values that users can enter into the system. By protecting information from accidental alteration, these validation rules provide additional security and data quality assurance.

Its important that staff members with access to the Healh Care Database are properly trained on data entry and upload protocols. There are several steps we consider when training:

• We make training an active, evolving process in response to operational needs.
• We ensure that an easy-to-understand document with procedures should be readily available for reference.
• All system administrators and users are assigned correct levels of access based on their training and role.
• Auditing processes are put into place so that individuals can be held accountable for any inaccurate data entered into the Health Care Database.

Audit trails are also an important part of our data integrity checks, an audit trail is an inerasable record of all data in a system, including any changes that have been made to a database or file. The audit trail help us to answer: Who? What? When? And Why?

If you get a medical problem right now, the only local online database through which an emergency responder can (use your Health Care Card to) access the contacts of your doctor or the contacts for your next of kin is the Health Care Database.

The Health Care Database is also the only unified source of records that a doctor can directly access using his mobile device or a computer (regardles of your location at the scene of an emergency) to quickly know the history of your problem or your current medication so that he can save time and treat you faster by focusing on your life threatening problem rather than its cause.

Clinicians can also access previous records of a patient, and use the available reports to warn of potential problems such as incompatible drugs. Physicians or nurses can check on the outcomes of individuals or groups of patients and perform research studies.

Laboratory data can also be entered or accessed from distant sites, assisting prompt and effective patient management. Further more, the database can be used to remotly track patient outcomes, compliance with therapy and to record surgical procedures that are done outside the hospital.

The Health Care Database is responsive, which mean it is accessible using any device including smart mobile phones plus any other device that can be able to connect to the internet especially via a browser, Its also important to note that penetration of internet services has drastically increased over the last several years, such factors therefore provide increased access to the database from some of the remote locations country wide.  This database thus has the ability to transform personal devices, like smartphones, into meaningful wellness tools, thus empowering healthier lives every day.

We use QR codes on all our Health Care Cards, by doing so, we have made the process of accessing your medical information much faster and easier during an emergency and when visiting the doctor. QR codes are often used in hospitals on patient wristbands, medication bottles and supplies. As a result, medical personnel are familiar with QR barcodes and know how to scan them using mobile phones.

All the above points clearly show that the Health Care Database provides univeral accessibility of vital health care infomation for doctors and medical facilities when it's needed in order to improve patient safety, quality of care and also to save life.

A very important point to note though is that the database is online, and so its access is restricted to internet connectivity, however internet connectivity is now available in 70% of the whole country, therefore most of the urbarn medical facilities should be able to easily access, while rural medical facilities can opt to use satellite based access.

NB: Doctors should not spend lots of critical time on trying to figure out what is wrong with you when such data is already accessible in your online profile, they must be able to examine your data directly from the Health Care Database and then quickly make informed decisions.

Data stored within the Health Care Database is owned by two parties, ie the Medical facility that entered the data and also the patient whose data is all attached to his or her respective account.

Any of those two parties (for whatever reason) can request to have all their data exported and handed to them in Excel (CSV) formart for further processing or in tabular (html) format suitable for printing.

Therefore, the Health Care Database is simply a data store or a digital warehouse used to collect, collate, store, and disseminate data securely, its also acts as a data processing application which helps the two parties in retreaving and interpereting their row data, further more, the database helps the two partis to access thier data from anywhere when needed.

Its a fact that patients (before they fall sick) can create their own accounts online (or else they may need to consent to the creation of an account when they visit a medical facility), at that point, the initial bio data in the patient's account belongs to the patient.

However, medical facilities also enter prescriptions/diagnosis and accounting data against each patient at each visit, they also enter human resource data regarding the employees and medical personal who are handling the patients, at that point, such data also belongs to the medical facility which is generating it.

Its clear therfore, that the two parties jointly generate and thus own the data for which they can request a copy in the specified format. An important point to note though is that; several medical facilities can contriute data to the same patient's account as he or she roams around the numerous doctors and medical facilities, in that case the medical facility only owns a specific potion of the data that they contributed.

But, such a portion of fragmented data will not make much sense unless its attached (or related) to the patient's original bio details, thats why a request for a specific portion of data would also include the patients bio details which were not nessesarily entered by the requesting medical facility.

If you do not have a secure way to store or safe guard your own data then we advise that you do not make a request to extract it since its already secure and safer where it is. 

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You can register yourself, you can also register a medical facility or even invite a friend to register.

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If you are the "next of kin" for some one who is a member of the Health Care Database, then you will be the first to know when your loved one is in an immergency situation.

The doctors or emergency responders will use the Health Care Card or the next of kin records within the Health Care Database to contact you as soon as your loved one is in danger.

Many family members spend their daytime hours away from home, most of such family members are out to work or in school. Emergencies occurring during hours of operation require that you get to know about them in good time so that you can take control of the situation before its too late.

You and your whole family should register with the Health Care Database so that everyone gets a Health Care Card, the card ensures that you are the first to get notified as soon as any of your family members is in a dangerous life threatening situation.

After registration you get a Health Care Number, you also get an online profile that is directly accessible from anywhere in the world using a mobile phone/computer or any web enabled device. 

Whoever joins the database has to be an ordinary member first before they can be assigned extra rights, ie. you need to have your own account that captures your personal details before you can access any records as a patient or as a doctor or as a medical person, once you have your own account then you can be assigned extra rights (as a doctor, clinician or lab technician) by an acredited medical facility that uses the database.

The emergency health card that you get will help you to receive fast and accurate medical attention. In case of an emergency, the person attending to your situation will use your emergency health card to check the contact details of your doctor or your next of kin, and the doctor will use it to check your health profile.

Information accessible using the Health Care Card/Number may contain data about: Allergies, Medications, Medical conditions, Emergency contacts, Insurance information, Organ donation status, etc, its therefore important that you always move with your health care card.

You will get more out of doctor visits if he/she can use your card to get extra information such as: up-to-date medication and allergy lists, recent home health readings (such as blood pressure, blood glucose, and weight), and your health history.

The bigest advantage of using the Health Care Database (as a medical practicioner) is that you can easily and quickly access or share information with patients and other medical personal accross all your branches and hospitals from anywhere, the database therefore helps to "accelerates the seamless exchange of health information"

The Health Care Database is on the right path to solve the current lag in health information technology that undermines the quality of our care, It helps you to avoid redundant testing and flawed diagnoses made on the basis of incomplete information.

We therefore recommend that all medical personal (in: clinics, practices, hospitals and testing sites) should use the Health Care Database to provide patients a standardized format of infomation at each visit in order to facilitate transfers and exchanges of vital information.

Ie the health Care Database is here to solve the problem of interoperability between medical personal and accross medical facilities.

Some hospitals and clinics have Electronic Medical Record systems, but that doesn't mean every hospital (or branchs of the same hospital) can exchange patient medical records with every other branch or healthcare provider.

The absence of information exchange between branches of hospitals and clinics also means that a new (duplicate) record of personal information is entered when a patient visits a branch or a franchise of the same hospital, that duplication is exactly what the Heath Care Database is designed to eliminate.

If you plan to have more then one branch for your hospital or clinic then the Health Care Database is the best option for you to manage and monitor all the branches and medical personel plus finances and operations in one place online. 

The superadmin accounts

Owners of medical organizations that wish to participate in the Health Care Database network will first need to aquire personal accounts before they can register all their medical facilities and all their respective branches.

The superadmin account is used to controls access to the online administration of your whole organization's account and related top level privilages, this superadmin account also ensures that only legitimate representatives of an organization may act on its behalf since such accounts are the only ones allowed to do highlevel configurations and setting.​

To register a medical facility, you should complete the online regi​stration form by giving some basic details about the entire practice, The registration form asks for details of the Authorised Person and the Main Administrator for the entire account.

Interoperability

One of the key reasons to start using the Health Care Database in your hospital (and all its branches) is to "ensure that you have a system which is interoperable", meaning that the same system can be operated at different hospitals/clinics and their branches simultaneously, which eliminates duplication of patients data and thus decreases the waiting times at hospitals and clinics.

NB: A patients complete medical records, including recent test results, will be accessible electronically at every doctor's office and hospital country wide, eliminating the need to complete a set of forms every time the same patient walks into a new practice or a branch of the same practice.

Medical history

The Health Care Database makes patient's medical history available directly to your doctors from any branch or any other medical facility whenever such information is needed, this helps to improve patient treatment, safety, quality of care and to streamline internal healthcare proccesses accross all branches and affiliates like external laboratories or radiology centers.

Membership cards

If your hospital or clinic is interested in offering membership cards then the health care database will enable you to automatically generate and print your own custom plastic cards with your logo and QR codes for all your employees and patients. The card which is scanned on every visit will ensure quick access to patients/staff information and speed up waiting times at the medical facility.

Platform for local and overseas patients

Further more, the Health Care Database is the fastest growing online portal for patients. It therefore provides a platform for local and overseas patients to find the best hospitals for their treatment, so if you offer specialised treatment then the health care database  is the ideal Electronic Medical System for your hospital.

Information dissemination

A hospital can publish their CME’s, patient’s education programs, free checkups and other health and educational events directly on the Health Care Database website, the same information can also be displayed with in the respective patient accounts or it can be sent by email/sms to those who most need it.

Standardizing medical records and info

We are moving quickly to a world in health care where practitioners should have consistent information regardless of where the patient goes, In order for us to get there, we have to standardize the information so we can easily share and send that information to other practitioners as soon as they need it. To date, the Health Care Database has created a uniform format of online records that will standardize information as it is shared from one medical facility to the next.

Cut out all the unnecessary costs

Another reason to use the Health Care Database in your hospital right away is that it cuts out all the costs plus time and effort needed to set up your own (offline) system, you will need real money if you are to acquire and later maintain a good health records system from within your own hospital, this is because money has to be injected into infrastructure development and acquisition of modern equipment plus backup systems that would facilitate and sustain the system accross all branches, and yet the Health Care Database offers the same product/service at a fraction of the cost.

Start immedietly (no setup fees, no installation fees)

The Health Care Database is already (up and running) online, so there is no need to set-up or to install anything in your hospital or clinic, all you need to do is to create an account for your hospital and then start using the system to handle patients accross all your branches immedietly at a very small cost, all the infrastracture needed for the database to function is already in place, so; the difficulties and costs of setting up your own system or securing it from harzards like theft and fire have already been solved for you.

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It provides access to life saving information.

If you were in an emergency situation and found unconscious, your Health Care Card will provide access to life-saving information to first responders, such as paramedics, firefighters, and police officers, as well as hospital personnel.

To implement the correct care, doctors must know exactly what condition they are dealing with. If a patient has a Health Care Card, doctors can quickly use the card to check the online profile in order to deliver the care required. The card will enable access to all important health related information, including recent surgeries or other medical interventions, medical implants and previous hospitalizations.

Parents will get notified

For parents (or next of kin), the Health Care Card is a very useful tool to ensure that they are contacted right away if something happens to one of their children. therefore all your children or family members and other people you care about should carry a Health Care Card to ensure that you are the first persson to know when anything happens.

Quick diagnosis

If you have a severe or life-threatening allergy, the Health Care Card increases the chances that your condition will be diagnosed and treated quickly. Equally important is that a list of your current medicines will be accessible, this helps to avoid a situation where current medication could possibly interact adversely with other medications that an emergency physician might use to treat you.

Drug compatibility

Doctors need to know precisely what treatments are compatible with the patient’s pre-existing conditions, whether the drugs they need to administer will interfere with the patient's current medication, and what preparations they must make before the patient can be treated. Maybe the patient has a rare blood type, in which case the doctor must quickly ascertain which blood type is required for a successful transfusion. Or maybe the patient suffers from a condition that makes some drugs ineffectual or even dangerous. Doctors and healthcare professionals need to know this information, and delivering the information using a Health Care Card could save the patient’s life.

Interoperability

Your Profile will be securely stored online and thus it can be updated or managed from any medical facility in any location, you will be assigned a Health Care Number that you can give to a Doctor, Hospital, Ophthalmologist, Dentist, or Medical Professional for access anywhere in the world. Paramedics and doctors are trained to look for medical IDs. The symbol found on every Health Care Card is the universal medical identification symbol. The QR code or the instructions printed on each card lets emergency responders know how to access your information.

You should be prepared

Always having your Health Care Card with you is an excellent way to expedite treatment and avoid misdiagnosis during an emergency. Always carry your Health Care Card. Unforeseen problems befall us all at some time in life and you should be prepared for it, "Have your vital information with you at ALL TIMES".

You can download and print your own card from within your online account

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Those routine reports that you and your team have to generate for staff meetings will go much more smoothly as you use the Health Care Database within your hospital or clinic.

Whether you are tracking patient outcomes, checking how many no-shows you got in a particular week or month, or are interested in seeing which patients are slower to pay than others.

You can quickly select any of the reports in the related pages below (You will need to be signed-in as a medical personel to access any of the reports).

Call ambulance

Next of kin is a term used to describe a  persons closest living relative or gardian. In the event of an emergency, the next of kin may be used to provide access or to provide vital information about a person who is injured or in danger.

So, in case of an emergency you need to check if the person has a health care card, the card will have contact details for the next of kin or the personal doctor. The card will also have a health care number that you can use to check for more details in the health care database online.

When a person is checked into a hospital, the heathcare database will automaticaly send a notification to the next of kin, telling him of her about the situation.

Whether the person is sick, injured, or deceased, it is the additional responsibility of the hospital officials and local law enforcement officials to physicaly notify the persons next of kin. 

NB: When talking to the next of kin, its only doctors or medical examiners (coroners) that can declare an a person deceased, and only occupational medical staffs are authorized to discuss the medical condition of a peron in hospital if and when they have first hand knowledge of the same.