Records management in the South African Public Health Sector

The book "Records Management in the South African Public Health Sector" by Ngoako Solomon Marutha provides a comprehensive analysis of the practices, challenges, and opportunities in the field of records management within South Africa's public health sector. It outlines how effective record management is crucial for business success and contributes to accountability, planning, and decision-making. The book highlights the negative impacts of inadequate record-keeping on healthcare, including longer wait times for patients and treatment without access to medical history. Special attention is given to the need for an effective Enterprise Records Management (ERM) system that enables the capture and access of complete patient records and tracks the movement of paper documents. The discussion of the research approaches used in the social science study offers additional insights into the methodology of the investigation.