Akanbi Muhammad-Saheed Alubarka

Health Informatics Professional
Ilorin, NG.

About

Highly detail-oriented Health Informatics professional with extensive experience in structured data collection, medical terminology standardization, and advanced healthcare data quality assurance. Proven ability to organize, validate, and standardize large datasets across clinical, research, and community settings, leveraging expertise in coding systems (ICD-10, SNOMED CT) and digital data capture tools. Eager to apply strong data organization and validation skills to drive AI dataset collection and quality assurance initiatives, enhancing data integrity and strategic decision-making in healthcare.

Work

Clear-Icon Medics-Diagnostics
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Diagnostic Report Typist

Ilorin, Kwara State, Nigeria

Summary

Efficiently typed and processed high volumes of ultrasound reports, ensuring accuracy, timely delivery, and patient data confidentiality.

Highlights

Typed over 500 ultrasound reports monthly with high accuracy, leveraging strong medical terminology knowledge to ensure precise documentation.

Streamlined report processing, significantly reducing turnaround time through efficient data entry and organizational procedures.

Maintained strict adherence to HIPAA regulations and organizational policies, ensuring confidentiality and data integrity for all patient information.

Reliance Health
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Tariff Standardization Officer

Lagos State, Lagos State, Nigeria

Summary

Led the standardization of medical terminologies and tariffs to ensure accurate classification and data integrity within healthcare systems.

Highlights

Annotated and standardized medical terminologies, investigations, procedures, and pharmaceuticals using SNOMED-CT for accurate classification and improved data consistency.

Maintained high data integrity by applying consistent coding practices, aligning tariff information with established healthcare standards and classification systems.

Collaborated with supervisors and internal teams to review and validate standardized medical tariffs, ensuring 100% accuracy and completeness.

University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital
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Health Information Management Intern

Ilorin, Kwara State, Nigeria

Summary

Managed health information across data banking, coding, and cancer registry units, ensuring data accuracy, compliance, and support for hospital operations and research.

Highlights

Gathered and documented aggregated patient data, hospital statistics, and relevant information from various departments, ensuring accuracy, completeness, and consistency of collected data.

Assigned standardized ICD-10 codes to diagnoses, procedures, and services for research and statistics, organizing coded data into index cards for efficient retrieval and analysis.

Conducted regular reviews to ensure coding accuracy, consistency, and compliance with regulatory standards, improving data reliability and integrity.

Gathered and recorded cancer-related data, including patient demographics, diagnosis, and treatment, ensuring secure storage and confidentiality of sensitive patient information.

Provided data, statistics, and insights to support cancer research, prevention, and control efforts, facilitating collaboration between healthcare professionals.

Kwara State Sobi Specialist Hospital
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Health Information Management Intern

Kwara State, Kwara State, Nigeria

Summary

Managed paper-based patient records, ensuring accuracy, completeness, and compliance with established healthcare protocols.

Highlights

Maintained accurate, complete, and up-to-date paper-based patient records, ensuring legibility and organization according to established protocols.

Retrieved and re-filed patient records efficiently, verifying patient information for accuracy and conducting manual data entry into paper-based registers.

Coordinated and maintained patient health information, ensuring compliance with regulations and standards to uphold data integrity and accessibility.

Kwara State Malaria Elimination Program
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Community Drug Distributor and Data Collector

Kwara State, Kwara State, Nigeria

Summary

Distributed life-saving antimalarial medication and collected vital program data, enhancing community health outcomes and awareness in rural and urban areas.

Highlights

Distributed life-saving antimalarial medication to over 200 children under five over four months, ensuring proper dosage and adherence to guidelines in rural and urban communities.

Collected vital data on program reach and medication usage using a mobile app called RedRose, ensuring accuracy and completeness of data for program evaluation.

Built trust and rapport with community members, raising awareness about malaria prevention and promoting healthy practices, contributing to public health education.

Education

University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital Postgraduate School of Health Information Management
Ilorin, Kwara State, Nigeria

Postgraduate Diploma

Health Information Management

Grade: Top 1%

University of Ilorin
Ilorin, Kwara State, Nigeria

Bachelor of Science

Anatomy

Languages

English
Yoruba

Certificates

Demographics and Health Surveys: Data Use

Issued By

USAID

Academic Writing Skills

Issued By

INASP

SNOMED CT Foundation Course

Issued By

SNOMED International

Information Governance

Issued By

Humanitarian Leadership Academy

GET PHIT Professional Development - Introduction to Public Health Informatics

Issued By

UTHealth Houston

Choosing Data Collection Methods

Issued By

Switchboard

Digital Literacy (Information & Data Literacy)

Issued By

NITDA Nigeria

Managing Change in Your Organization

Issued By

Disasterready.org

Diagnosis Coding: Using the ICD-10-CM

Issued By

Center for Medicaid and Medicare Services (CMS)

Ethical AI in practice

Issued By

Federal Ministry of Communications, Innovation & Digital Economy

Managing Successful Field Research

Issued By

The World Bank Group

Data Quality Management

Issued By

IMMAP Inc.

Understanding Research Methods

Issued By

University of London

Information Security

Issued By

Humanitarian Leadership Academy

Kobo Toolbox for Beginners

Issued By

Datafordev

Project Management Fundamentals

Issued By

IBM Skillbuild

GDPR Foundation

Issued By

Measured Collective

ICH Good Clinical Practices E6 (R2)

Issued By

The Global Health Network

Introduction to Artificial Intelligence

Issued By

IBM Skillbuild

Fundamentals of HIS interoperability

Issued By

Public Health Informatics Institute

Health Informatics for Healthcare Professionals

Issued By

Northeastern University

The Critical Role of IT Support Staff in Healthcare

Issued By

Johns Hopkins University

IT Lifecycle Fundamentals for Public Health

Issued By

Public Health Informatics Institute

Introduction to Data Management for Clinical Research Studies

Issued By

The Global Health Network

101 - Introduction to HIE: Foundations of Health Information Exchange (v2)

Issued By

OpenHIE Academy

HISP | GEN-D001-en: Introduction to DHIS2

Issued By

DHIS2 Online Academy

Monitoring and Evaluation Basics

Issued By

PEPFAR Virtual Academy

Using Clinical Health Data for Better Healthcare

Issued By

University of Sydney

Community Engagement in Research and Population Health

Issued By

University of Rochester

Introduction to Digital Health

Issued By

Imperial College London

Essential Epidemiologic Tools for Public Health Practice

Issued By

Johns Hopkins University

Skills

Health Information Systems

Electronic Health Records (EHRs), clinical workflows, documentation processes.

Health Data Standards

medical coding systems, ICD-10, SNOMED-CT, standardized health data representation.

Medical Terminology

medical and diagnostic terminology, accurate communication, documentation.

Electronic Data Capture Tools

Kobo Collect, Google Forms, Microsoft Excel, efficient data collection, management.

Microsoft Office Suite

Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Teams, Outlook, documentation, scheduling, communication, analysis, reporting.

Productivity & Collaboration Tools

Trello, Notion, task management, planning, knowledge organization.

Data Entry & Typing Speed

Fast and accurate typing, attention to detail, high volume data entry tasks.

AI & Digital Literacy

AI tools, advanced internet research techniques, documentation, learning, task automation.

Research & Statistical Concepts

research designs, methodologies, terminologies, statistical principles, concepts.