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This article will help you see how the collection of personal health information is necessary, in order to develop longitudinal medical records and to monitor and evaluate the use, cost, outcome, and impact of health services at facility, sub-national, and national levels. It stresses that if health information is not held confidentially and securely, there are serious consequences.