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Ugwu Tochi Peace, founder of HIMForward Academy

UGWU TOCHI PEACE

Ugwu Tochi Peace, Founder

Welcome to HIMForward. I’m Ugwu Tochi Peace. This academy is free, practical training in health information, digital health, analytics, and monitoring and evaluation.

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Career and skills map

Education, skills, and possible directions. This map does not promise employment or a licence. Where a title is regulated, the regulator — not this course — decides who may use it.

Layer 1 · Core HIM

Information roles built directly on records, documentation, coding, and confidentiality.

Layer 2 · HIM + Digital Skills

The same information discipline practised inside electronic systems and data-quality work.

Layer 3 · HIM-Adjacent

Roles that depend on health information but are not automatically HIM posts.

Layer 4 · Advanced / Specialized

Further study and supervised practice. Not a licence and not a job offer.

ROLE

Health Information Officer

Skills. Record lifecycle, Master patient index, Confidentiality, Facility reporting

Tools. Registers, EHR, Filing or tracking systems

HIM foundation. Modules 1, 2, and 6 — identity, the clinical journey, and stewardship.

Possible learning path. Core HIM study, then supervised records practice in a facility.

Where a country registers health records or HIM practitioners, registration is a separate legal step. This course does not confer it.

Six flagship pathways