Winter 2022 Introduction

The Winter 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 healthcare fraud to telehealth documentation during COVID-19. Papers include:

• Using Telehealth to Provide Behavioral Healthcare to Young Adults and College Students
• Use of Dental Related ICD Coding to Determine Comorbidities in Mississippi
• The Use of DMAIC to Improve Quality Vaccination Recommendations in Chain Community Pharmacies
• Building Best Practices for Telehealth Record Documentation in the COVID-19 Pandemic
• Factors That Influence Clinician Experience with Electronic Health Records
• The Next-Generation Electronic Health Record in the ICU: A Focus on User-Technology Interface to Optimize Patient Safety and Quality
• Opportunities for Using Health Information Technology for Elderly Care in the Emergency Departments: A Qualitative Study
• Healthcare Fraud Data Mining Methods: A Look Back and Look Ahead
• Using Health Information Technology to Create Pathways for Hepatitis C Treatment and Cure in West Virginia
• Evaluation of Physicians’ Electronic Health Records Experience Using Actual and Perceived Measures
• Improvements for the Prior Authorization Process for Elective Surgical Procedures at an Academic Medical Center
• Barriers and Facilitators to Automated Self-Scheduling: Consensus from a Delphi Panel of Key Stakeholders
• Telehealth in Primary Health Care: A Scoping Review of the Literature
• Observing Provider Utilization of Electronic Health Records to Improve Clinical Quality Metrics

We hope you enjoy the Winter 2022 issue of PHIM. For questions or submissions, please reach out to Alexa Schlosser, Editor, at aschlosser@ahima.org.