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Spring 2022 Introduction The Spring 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 rural access and usage of patient portals to human factors in EHR cybersecurity...
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Changes in Patient Characteristics and Practice Outcomes of a Tele-Urgent Care Clinic Pre- and Post-COVID-19 Telehealth Policy Expansions

By Saif Khairat, PhD, MPH; Yuxiao Yao, MSIS; Cameron Coleman, MD, MPS; Philip McDaniel, MA; Barbara Edson, RN, MBA; and Christopher M. Shea, PhD, MPA

The coronavirus 2019 pandemic (COVID-19) has resulted in major changes in lifestyle practices and healthcare delivery. The goal of this study was to examine changes in practice and service outcomes in a telehealth program before and after the federal and private telehealth policy expansion...
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Rural Access and Usage of Patient Portals: A 2019 Health Information National Trends Survey Analysis

By Grishma P. Bhavsar, PhD, MPH; Ashley S. Robertson, PhD, JD; and Dalton Pena, MSHA

To examine differences in rural and urban respondents’ use of and access to patient portals in the United States, this study used the 2019 National Cancer Institute’s Health Information National Trends Survey (HINTS) 5, Cycle 3. A cross-sectional secondary data analysis utilizing...
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Human Factors in Electronic Health Records Cybersecurity Breach: An Exploratory Analysis

By Liu Hua Yeo, MS, and James Banfield, PhD

The healthcare sector continues to be the industry suffering one of the highest costs of a data security breach. Healthcare lags behind other industries in cybersecurity preparedness despite advances in cybersecurity technologies. Technical safeguards to protect electronic health records must be...
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Understanding the Current Landscape of Health Literacy Interventions within Health Systems

By Michael Truong and Susan H. Fenton, PhD, RHIA, FAHIMA, FAMIA

Individuals engage with health systems to determine their health status and how to manage their health outcomes. On the personal level, health literacy is the degree to which individuals can find, understand, and use information and services to inform health-related decisions and actions for...
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A Local Perspective into Electronic Health Record Design, Integration, and Implementation of Screening and Referral for Social Determinants of Health

By Christopher K. Rogers, PhD, MPH; Manisha Parulekar, MD, FACP, AGSF, CMD; Fareeha Malik, MPH; and Ciara A Torres, PhD

The use of the electronic health record (EHR) system to identify and address social determinants of health (SDOH) in vulnerable patients is still lacking, and examples for customizing the EHR to meet the workflows of clinical and administrative professionals are missing. We custom designed and...
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