AHIN

AHIN is the national platform for all health informatics activities in Nigeria. Our membership is drawn from corporate bodies, professionals and researchers involved in Health and Medical Informatics in Nigeria from within and outside the country. The organization is a member of the International Medical Informatics Asociation (IMIA) and the African Medical Informatics Association (AMIA). The objectives of the association are working towards,
– Promoting interest in Medical and Health informatics in Nigeria
– Professionalism in the practice of health informatics in the healthcare institutions, academia and industry.
– Productivity, by generating research and development initiatives and innovation through the utilization of multidisciplinary effort thus creating sustainable models to advance healthcare.
– Policy design and development, and international cooperation to create an effective framework for the implementation and growth of quality healthcare delivery and scientific advancement.
 These goals are achieved under the coordination of a National Board of Trustees and a National Executive Committee. All members are expected to take part in the seminars, meetings, and various working groups. The working groups are,
1. Web Development group, to develop a virile web-based platform for our activities
2. Strategic Directions and Policy group, to drive the organisation’s objectives
3. OpenEHR group, see www.openehr.org for more about OpenEHR
4. Academic group, to coordinate all our research and continuing education programs.
5. AHIN.net, this is the Networking and Collaboration group
 All enquiries should be directed to the General Secretary, Dr Ime Asangansi (ahinboard@googlegroups.com). Let us all join and develop healthcare in Nigeria using technology as a tool. You can also check us out on Facebook. Thank you very much.