Author: Frank Dartey

What to Know About a Job in Health Information Management

Health information is the data related to a person’s medical history, including symptoms, diagnoses, procedures, and outcomes. Health information records include patient histories, lab results, x-rays, clinical information, and notes. A patient’s health information can be viewed individually, to see how a patient’s…Read More »

Adult Chickenpox – What to Do

Adult chickenpox affects less than 5% of the population. For some reason this small percentage of them don’t get the virus as a child. It is a rare phenomenon as children they go to school with get it as do their siblings.…Read More »

First Aid: Blisters

If a blister isn’t too painful, try to keep it intact. Unbroken skin over a blister may provide a natural barrier to bacteria and decreases the risk of infection. Cover it with an adhesive bandage. If you’re allergic to the adhesive used…Read More »

Thoughts of a Ghanaian Doctor

It was a few years ago at the then Central Regional (now Cape Coast Teaching) Hospital. We were grossly understaffed those years. There was no opening or closing time. You worked as long as there were cases, day or night. I remember…Read More »