For providers Compliance

Our regulatory and security posture, plainly stated.

For institutional procurement, compliance teams and CISO review. PHB is NDPC-licensed, professionally verified, with an append-only audit trail and data sovereignty built in at the architecture level.

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Compliance areas

Five pillars, fully documented.

Data protection

Licensed by the Nigeria Data Protection Commission (NDPC) under the NDPA 2023. A registered Data Protection Officer is appointed. DPA available on request.

NDPC 2023 · DPO appointed · DPA available

Professional verification

All clinicians are verified against MDCN, pharmacies against PCN, and laboratories against MLSCN before being admitted to PHB Connect. Credentials are re-verified periodically.

MDCN · PCN · MLSCN · periodic re-check

Audit & retention

The audit log is append-only and Merkle-hashed — entries cannot be edited or deleted without detection. Retained for 7 years per NDPA requirements. Exportable on request.

Append-only · Merkle-hashed · 7-year retention

Data sovereignty

All health data is stored within Nigeria. A Sovereignty Gateway enforces this at the network layer — egress is border-locked and logged. Primary in Lagos, hot mirror in Abuja.

NG-WEST · NG-NORTH · egress border-locked

Clinical standards

Clinical coding follows ICD-11 for diagnoses, SNOMED CT for procedures and concepts, LOINC for lab observations and RxNorm for medications. Data exchange uses HL7 FHIR R4.

ICD-11 · SNOMED CT · LOINC · RxNorm · FHIR R4

Standards applied

No invented standards.

NDPA 2023Nigeria Data Protection ActData protection law

NDPCNigeria Data Protection Commission licenceRegulatory

HL7 FHIR R4Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources v4Interoperability

ICD-11International Classification of Diseases, 11th revisionClinical coding

SNOMED CTSystematized Nomenclature of Medicine Clinical TermsClinical coding

LOINCLogical Observation Identifiers Names and CodesLaboratory

RxNormNLM normalized naming for clinical drugsPharmacy

NEMLNigeria Essential Medicines ListPharmacy

MDCNMedical and Dental Council of Nigeria verificationProfessional

PCNPharmacists Council of Nigeria verificationProfessional

MLSCNMedical Laboratory Science Council of NigeriaProfessional

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For procurement and CISO review: includes NDPC licence certificate, DPA, security overview, audit log sample and professional council verification summary.

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