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Spring 2019 Introduction
The Spring 2019 issue of Perspectives in Health Information Management features a study evaluating the use of ICD codes for health services research involving patients with a diagnosis of soft-tissue sarcoma. Authors of the study, “Challenge of Using ICD-9-CM and ICD-10-CM Codes in Soft Tissue Sarcoma Databases for Health Services Research,” found that a lack of consistency in ICD coding for the diagnosis and treatment of soft-tissue sarcoma was a limiting factor in the ability to conduct real-world observational research.
Spring 2019 Issue
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Use of Health Information Technology among Patient Navigators in Community Health Interventions
Health information technology (health IT) can support timely communication and information sharing for patient navigators and the providers with whom they interact to better coordinate care. We explored the health IT that patient navigators used, how they used it, and their health IT needs in community-based interventions.
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Challenges of Using ICD-9-CM and ICD-10-CM Codes for Soft-Tissue Sarcoma in Databases for Health Services Research
Soft-tissue sarcoma (STS) is a heterogeneous group of rare solid tumors that arise from various soft tissues in the body, such as muscle, fat, nerves, and blood vessels. Current International Classification of Diseases (ICD) coding systems include a set of nonspecific codes for malignancies of connective and soft tissue (ICD-9-CM code 171 and ICD-10-CM code C49). The goal of this study was to evaluate the use of these codes for health services research involving patients with a diagnosis of this rare malignancy.
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Analyzing the ICD-10-CM Transition and Post-implementation Stages: A Public Health Institution Case Study
On October 1, 2015, the International Classification of Diseases, Tenth Revision, Clinical Modification (ICD-10-CM) was incorporated into the US public health system. Because of significant opposition and reservations expressed by stakeholders, while the proposed rule for ICD-10-CM adoption was issued in 2009, the transition did not occur until October 2015. The purpose of this study was to identify conversion initiatives used by a public health institution during the initial and subsequent stages of ICD-10-CM implementation, to help similar institutions address future unfunded healthcare data infrastructure mandates.
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A Survey-based Study of Pharmacist Acceptance and Resistance to Health Information Technology
Because user acceptance and resistance to the use of health information technology (HIT) affects system utilization and previous studies in this area have typically excluded pharmacists, this study specifically addresses the response of institutional pharmacists to HIT.
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Genetic Variations and Precision Medicine
The time and costs associated with the sequencing of a human genome have decreased significantly in recent years. Many people have chosen to have their genomes sequenced to receive genomics-based personalized healthcare services. To reach the goal of genomics-based precision medicine, health information management (HIM) professionals need to manage and analyze patients’ genomic data.
