Winter/Spring 2024 Introduction

Welcome to the Winter / Spring 2024 issue of Perspectives in Health Information Management (PHIM), the peer-reviewed journal of AHIMA. I am honored to serve as the editor for the publication. In addition, a new editorial board will be meeting soon with the goal of continuing to build this important peer-reviewed journal to increase its relevance and importance for the health information industry. More details will be forthcoming. We encourage authors to consider PHIM for their HI-related research.

In this Winter/Spring 2024 issue we are pleased to present a variety of manuscripts for you, addressing vital topics such as recording sex gender identity, ICD-11 innovation, professional ethics, patient portals, utilizing EHR data for quality improvement, the creation of a SDOH platform, and the validation of COVID-19 data in a research database. The breadth of these manuscripts highlights the diversity found in health information professional practice. We hope you enjoy them.

• A Process of User-Centered Design to Create a Social Determinants of Health Data Platform
• Availability of Sex, Gender Identity, and Sexual Orientation Data: An Electronic Medical Record Review of a Catholic Healthcare System from 2012-2023 
• The Impact of Professional Ethics Case-based Learning on the Ethical Sensitivity of Health Information Technology Students
• Leveraging an Innovation Model to Facilitate ICD-11 Implementation
• Perspectives on Big Data and Big Data Analytics in Healthcare
• Unlocking Patient Portals: Health Information Professionals Navigating Challenges and Shaping the Future
• Using Electronic Health Records Data to Identify Strong Performers in Healthcare Quality Improvement
• The Validation Of COVID-19 Information In The Pharmacoepidemiological Research Database of Spain’s Public Health System Data by Vaccination Status
   

Susan H. Fenton, PhD, RHIA, ACHIP, FAMIA
Dr. Doris L. Ross Professor
Vice Dean for Education
UT System Distinguished Teaching Professor
Editor, Perspectives in Health Information Management