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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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The Evolution and Typology of Learning Health System Hospitals and other Health Information Interested Hospitals in the US

Ibukun E Fowe MBChB, MSGH, PhD; Neal T. Wallace, BA, MPP, PhD; and Jill Jamison Rissi, PhD, MPA, RN

This study identifies the type, distribution, and interactions of US hospitals that identify as electronic-data-driven, patient-centric, and learning-focused. Such facilities, termed Health Information Interested (HII) hospitals in this study, meet the defining criteria for one or more of the...
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Precepting HIM Students: A Multi-Case Study Exploring the Challenges of HIM Hospital-Based Professional Practice Experience

Darla Branda, EdD, RHIA

This study explored the challenges and barriers of professional practice experience for placing local and online baccalaureate students in hospital-based HIM departments from the preceptors’ viewpoint. This study focused on the hospital setting for several reasons: gaining site approval is...
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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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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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Economical Utilization of Health Information with Learning Healthcare System Data Commons

By Thomas O’Hara, PhD; Anil Saldanha, MS; Matthew Trunnell, MSc; Robert L. Grossman, PhD; Bala Hota, MD; and Casey Frankenberger, PhD

The ability to inventory institutional data assets, design research studies, and to share and analyze data has proven challenging for healthcare systems that are focused on delivery of care. Here, the use of data commons is described as a low-cost and low-staff approach to data utilization to...
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