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Excerpts from the IFHRO Handbook on Health Record Education

In 1980, under the guidance of Sjaak Velthoven of the Netherlands, the International Federation of Health Records Organizations (IFHRO) prepared a Handbook on Health Record Education. The original Handbook (Watson (Ed), 1980) reproduced 11 papers on the education of Health Record personnel presented at the 8th International Congress on Health Records, outlining the educational programs for medical/health record personnel offered in member nations and other countries. Participants in the session represented Australia, Canada, India, Israel, Korea, New Zealand, Nigeria, the Netherlands, (West) Germany, the UK and the USA. Over the past 22 years new programs have been established and long-standing ones have changed their focus. Current developments in education have been brought about by the recognition of a changing health care environment; the need to place greater emphasis on health promotion and disease prevention; increased use of computer technology; and the need for better and faster methods of information processing. Many countries offer advanced or higher degrees in health information management. These are also not detailed in the text, as the aim of the Handbook is to record programs offered for beginning practitioners in the field of health record/information management in member nations of IFHRO. As the world moves rapidly into the 21st century patients are becoming more aware of their health care and the need for accurate documentation of that care. Professional health record/information organisations are continually faced with the need to ensure that the education of health record personnel not only meets the needs of the patient, but also the documentation needs of the health care practitioner caring for them. But documentation is only a part of the equation; if the information stored is not readily accessible and retrievable it is useless. To prevent this situation from occurring, facilities need competent health record/information managers with the necessary knowledge and skills to ensure that the information, for which they are responsible, is processed accurately and efficiently and is readily available when needed. Formal education for health record personnel is therefore not only needed, but also essential. As they recognise this need, some governments have become more involved in assisting with the development of the health record services and the education of competent personnel to maintain them. In other countries, however, there is still a need for active promotion of the health record profession within the ministries of health and educational institutions. Education Committee of IFHRO