Health Information Management Journal – Volume 54, Number 1 (January 2025)

The January 2025 issue of #HIMJ is now available at https://journals.sagepub.com/home/him. This issue includes a Guest Editorial in which the authors, representing the World Health Organization, introduce what’s new with ICD-11, for both the classification itself, the training process and options available, and why these changes have occurred.

Also presented are eight research articles on a variety of topics relevant to areas of health information management: Data/coding accuracy using ICD-10 compared to ICD-11NOMED CT; clinical coding education programs for Stroke; HIM Workforce and Career development; electronic medical record use among allied health professionals and in community pharmacies; Core dataset for upper limb lymphoedema for a clinical support system; availability of documentation for data sharing and reuse in Victorian Government health information asset websites. Also included is a Professional Practice article on clinical registries as effective tool for addressing unwarranted clinical variation.

Guest Editorial

Rethinking ICD-11 training: Why and how

Islam Ibrahim, Nenad Kostanjsek and Robert Jakob

Research Articles

Comparison of the accuracy of inpatient morbidity coding with ICD-11 and ICD-10

Javad Zarei, Reza Golpira, Nasim Hashemi, Zahra Azadmanjir, Zahra Meidani, Akram Vahedi, Hooman Bakhshandeh, Esmaeil Fakharian, and Abbas Sheikhtaheri

Stroke clinical coding education program in Australia and New Zealand

Monique F Kilkenny, Ailie Sanders, Catherine Burns, Lauren M Sanders, Olivia Ryan, Carla Read, Miriam Lum On, Anna Ranta, Tara Purvis, Carys Inman, Dominique A Cadilhac, Helen Carter, Stella Rowlands, Lee Nedkoff, and Muideen T Olaiya

Defining career success: A cross-sectional analysis of health information managers’ perceptions

Abbey Nexhip, Merilyn Riley, and Kerin Robinson

Workforce survey of Australian health information management graduates, 2017–2021: A 5-year follow-on study

Stephanie Gjorgioski, Merilyn Riley, Jenn Lee, Natasha Prasad, Melanie Tassos, Abbey Nexhip, Sally Richardson, and Kerin Robinson

Adoption of electronic patient medication records in community pharmacies in the United Arab Emirates: A cross-sectional survey

Ahmad Z Al Meslamani, Anan S. Jarab, Derar H Abdel-Qader, Osama Mohamed Ibrahim, and Nadia Al Mazrouei

Attaining consensus on a core dataset for upper limb lymphoedema using the Delphi method: A foundational step in creating a clinical support system

Robyn Sierla, Elizabeth Dylke, Simon Poon, Tim Shaw and Sharon Kilbreath

Exploring maturity of electronic medical record use among allied health professionals

Maria Schwarz, Elizabeth C Ward, Anne Coccetti, Joshua Simmons, Sara Burrett, Philip Juffs, and Kristy Perkins

A documentary analysis of Victorian Government health information assets’ websites to identify availability of documentation for data sharing and reuse in Australia

Merilyn Riley, Monique F. Kilkenny, Kerin Robinson, and Sandra G. Leggat

Professional Practice & Innovation Article

Are clinical registries an effective tool for hospital health services to address unwarranted clinical variation?

Taryn Bessen and Gerry O’Callaghan