With a clear flow of information across many medical subsystems, the adoption and utility of electronic health record systems (EHRs) improve the healthcare system going forward. The study is about the availability and utilization of health informatics systems among health Workers in Niger State, Nigeria. In this study, the channel model was used to describe how the information is flow in the health sectors. The study adopts quantitative approaches to investigate the availability and utility of health informatics among health workers in Niger state, Nigeria. The population of the study comprised all the health workers working in public health hospitals and clinics in Niger State totalling about 3,599 health workers out of which 400 were sampled using appropriate sample size determination. The returned rate of 320 instruments was used for the analysis. The study revealed that the health informatics system was not available and as such the utilisation was relatively very low in Niger state. The study recommends among others that there is a need for the Nigerian government and health managers to make use of health informatics to improve the delivery of the healthcare system.
Availability, Utilization, Health informatics, Health workers, Niger state
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