Latest from HIM-J

Since last ‘HIMAA Matters’, HIMJ has published five OnlineFirst articles. A brief summary is provided below.

New Articles

Research article: An investigation of the status and maturity of hospitals’ health information governance in Victoria, Australia

Helen Kwan, Merilyn Riley, Natasha Prasad, Kerin Robinson

July 14, 2020 | OnlineFirst

Health Information governance practices in Victorian hospitals are explored in this work, which reports on the information governance status and maturity of these facilities, and identifies drivers and barriers affecting information governance adoption.

Research article: A false promise of COVID-19 ‘big’ health data? Health data integrity and the ethics and realities of Australia’s health information management practice

Kerin Robinson

July 17, 2020 | OnlineFirst

The recent retraction of two studies from prestigious international journals resulted from questions about the provenance of patient data. This article identifies pitfalls that confront researchers undertaking multicountry studies and concludes that the inclusion of a qualified, senior HIM in research teams and on institutional Human Research Ethics Committees would help to prevent potential problems.

Review article: The attributes of hospital-based coronary artery diseases registries with a focus on key registry processes: A systematic review

Ali Garavand, Reza Rabiei, Hassan Emami, Mehdi Pishgahi, Mojtaba Vahidi-Asl July 17, 2020 | OnlineFirst

Despite the increased use of hospital-based registries for managing data related to patients with CAD and the diverse experiences of different countries, no study has yet addressed the attributes of CAD registries. This review aimed to identify the attributes of hospitalbased CAD registries with a focus on key registry processes.

Research article: Utility of SNOMED CT in automated expansion of clinical terms in discharge summaries: Testing issues of coverage

Aleksandar Zivaljevic, Koray Atalag, James Warren July 21, 2020 | OnlineFirst

This study investigates the suitability of SNOMED CT for use in expansion of clinical concepts in terms of its coverage, when applied to a test sample of discharge summaries.

Research article: A learning agenda to build the evidence base for strengthening global health information systems

Heidi W Reynolds, Shannon Salentine, Eva Silvestre, Elizabeth Millar, Ashley Strahley, Abby C Cannon, Emily A Bobrow July 23, 2020 | OnlineFirst

This article describes the approach, methods, lessons learned and recommendations from a 5-year application of a learning agenda to strengthen the evidence base for effective Health Information System interventions. The inputs, processes and lessons learned will be of interest to others for designing a successful learning agenda.