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Fall 2022 Introduction Vol. 19, Issue 4

The Fall 2022 issue of AHIMA’s peer-reviewed research journal, Perspectives in Health Information Management, is now available. This issue’s topics explore a range of issues, from the history of CDI programs to healthcare breaches during COVID-19 to the readability and suitability of information presented on a university health center website.

Resident and Family Physician Perspectives on Billing: An Exploratory Study

By Serena Chin, MBA, MD; Anthony Li, BSc; Maximilien Boulet, MD; Kelly Howse, MD; and Akshay Rajaram, MMI, MD

Within revenue cycle management, billing is an important activity for physicians with financial implications across remuneration models. We assessed the self-reported billing confidence of residents and attending physicians practicing at an academic family health team in a single payer...
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Readability and Suitability of Information Presented on a University Health Center Website

By Alice M. Noblin, PhD, RHIA, CCS, PMP; Richard I. Zraick, Ph.D., CCC-SLP, F-ASHA, CHSE; Ann Neville Miller, PhD; Mary Schmidt-Owens, PhD; Michael Deichen, MD, MPH; Kelly Tran; and Raj Patel

This study evaluated the readability and suitability of a university health center public website. Readability formulas estimated the reading grade and age required for comprehension of health information. The Suitability Assessment of Materials (SAM) instrument determined adequacy of the...
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Supporting HIM Professional Practice Experience Through Interprofessional Collaboration on Preceptor Orientation and Training

By Darla Branda, EdD, RHIA; Elizabeth Christman, DNP, RN, CNE; Kimberly Cuetara Gibbons, DNP, CNM, RN, CNL, CNE; Lyndsay Goss, DNP, RN, CNE, NPD-BC; and Hanna Royce, JD

The health information technology program at Southern New Hampshire University prepares students at the baccalaureate level for a career in health information management (HIM). The program is accredited by the Commission on Accreditation for Health Informatics and Information Management...
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The Natural History of CDI Programs: A Metric-Based Model

By Howard Rodenberg, MD, MPH, and James D. Campbell, MD

The success or failure of a clinical documentation integrity (CDI) program is often evaluated using a designated set of metrics. However, these metrics change over time, and an understanding of these changes is critical to properly judge the efficacy of the CDI effort. The authors propose a...
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Healthcare Breaches During COVID-19: The Effect of the Healthcare Entity Type on the Number of Impacted Individuals

By Martin Ignatovski, PhD

The COVID-19 pandemic led to an increase in cybersecurity attacks on organizations operating in the healthcare industry. Health information professionals and health executives are unable to limit the impact of data breaches on records their organizations handle. While current research...
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Determinants Affecting the Health Information Sharing Management and Practice for Patient Referral in Thailand: The Perceptions of Patients and Healthcare Professionals

By Veerawan Aumpanseang, Kamonchanok Suthiwartnarueput, and Pongsa Pornchaiwiseskul

Despite the cooperative sharing of health information exchange (HIE), various distinct limitations and barriers are found (i.e., substantial time and resources are being used to achieve health information). This paper investigates the limits of healthcare information sharing policy...
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