September issue of HIMJ is here!

The September 2024 issue of #HIMJ is here! https://journals.sagepub.com/home/him.

This issue includes research articles on a range of HIM-related topics examining: SNOMED CT concept specificity in healthcare analytics; patient online access to their general practice medical records; unsupervised algorithms to identify potential under-coding of secondary diagnoses; the impact of clinical note format on diagnostic accuracy; clinician perspectives on the usability of hospital electronic medical records; cybersecurity and breach types and locations in healthcare organisations; gaps in Australia’s mental health services activity and capacity data collections; a state-wide paediatric population-level learning health system; facilitators and barriers of electronic health records usage; medical coders’ perceptions about the transition to ICD-10-CM/PCS; and data professionals in digital health care.

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Research Articles

The importance of SNOMED CT concept specificity in healthcare analytics

Luke Roberts, Sadie Lanes, Oliver Peatman, and Phil Assheton

Patient online access to general practice medical records: A qualitative study on patients’ needs and expectations

Rosa RLC Thielmann, Ciska Hoving, Esther Schutgens-Kok, Jochen WL Cals, and Rik Crutzen

Unsupervised algorithms to identify potential under-coding of secondary diagnoses in hospitalisations databases in Portugal

Diana Portela, Rita Amaral, Pedro P Rodrigues, Alberto Freitas, Elisio Costa, Joao A Fonseca, and Bernando Sousa-Pinto

Impact of clinical note format on diagnostic accuracy and efficiency

Evita M Payton, Mark L Graber, Vasil Bachiashvili, Tapan Mehta, P Irushi Dissanayake, and Eta S Berner

Medical and nursing clinician perspectives on the usability of the hospital electronic medical record: A qualitative analysis

Sheree Lloyd, Karrie Long, Yasmine Probst, Josie Di Donato, Abraham Oshni Alvandi, Jeremy Roach, and Christopher Bain

For-profit versus non-profit cybersecurity posture: breach types and locations in healthcare organisations

Martin Ignatovski

Analysis of data items and gaps in Australia’s national mental health services activity and capacity data collections for integrated regional service planning

Claudia Pagliaro, Arabella Mundie, Harvey Whiteford, and Sandra Diminic

Alpha NSW: What would it take to create a state-wide paediatric population-level learning health system?

Michael Hodgins, Nora Samir, Susan Woolfenden, Nan Hu, Francisco Schneuer, Natassha Nassar, and Raghu Lingam

A holistic view of facilitators and barriers of electronic health records usage from different perspectives: A qualitative content analysis approach

Anna Griesser, and Sonja Bidmon

Perceptions of Portuguese medical coders on the transition to ICD-10-CM/PCS: A national survey

Filipa Santos Martins, Fernando Lopes, Julio Souza, Alberto Freitas, and Joao Vasco Santos

Digital health care and data work: Who are the data professionals?

Claus Bossen, and Pernille Scholdan Bertelsen