Michael Kalochristianakis, Andreas Kontogiannis, Despoina E Flouri, Despoina Nathena, Katerina Kanaki, Elena F Kranioti
{"title":"IPPASOS: The first digital forensic information system in Greece.","authors":"Michael Kalochristianakis, Andreas Kontogiannis, Despoina E Flouri, Despoina Nathena, Katerina Kanaki, Elena F Kranioti","doi":"10.1177/18333583221144664","DOIUrl":"10.1177/18333583221144664","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>This article describes the first digital clinical information system tailored to support the operational needs of a forensic unit in Greece and to maintain its archives.</p><p><strong>Method: </strong>The development of our system was initiated towards the end of 2018, as a close collaboration between the Medical School of the University of Crete and the Forensic Medicine Unit of the University Hospital of Heraklion, Crete, where forensic pathologists assumed active roles during the specification and testing of the system.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The final prototype of the system was able to manage the life cycle of any forensic case by allowing users to create new records, assign them to forensic pathologists, upload reports, multimedia and any required files; mark the end of processing, issue certificates or appropriate legal documents, produce reports and generate statistics. For the first 4 years of digitised data (2017-2021), the system recorded 2936 forensic examinations categorised as 106 crime scene investigations, 259 external examinations, 912 autopsies, 102 post-mortem CT examinations, 804 histological examinations, 116 clinical examinations, 12 anthropological examinations and 625 embalmings.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>This research represents the first systematic effort to record forensic cases through a digital clinical information system in Greece, and to demonstrate its effectiveness, daily usability and vast potential for data extraction and for future research.</p>","PeriodicalId":73210,"journal":{"name":"Health information management : journal of the Health Information Management Association of Australia","volume":" ","pages":"137-144"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9300734","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Olivia Ryan, Jot Ghuliani, Brenda Grabsch, Kelvin Hill, Geoffrey C Cloud, Sibilah Breen, Monique F Kilkenny, Dominique A Cadilhac
{"title":"Development, implementation, and evaluation of the Australian Stroke Data Tool (AuSDaT): Comprehensive data capturing for multiple uses.","authors":"Olivia Ryan, Jot Ghuliani, Brenda Grabsch, Kelvin Hill, Geoffrey C Cloud, Sibilah Breen, Monique F Kilkenny, Dominique A Cadilhac","doi":"10.1177/18333583221117184","DOIUrl":"10.1177/18333583221117184","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Historically, national programs for collecting stroke data in Australia required the use of multiple online tools. Clinicians were required to enter overlapping variables for the same patient in the different databases. From 2013 to 2016, the Australian Stroke Data Tool (AuSDaT) was built as an integrated data management solution.</p><p><strong>Objective: </strong>In this article, we have described the development, implementation, and evaluation phases of establishing the AuSDaT.</p><p><strong>Method: </strong>In the development phase, a governance structure with representatives from different data collection programs was established. Harmonisation of data variables, drawn from six programs used in hospitals for monitoring stroke care, was facilitated through creating a National Stroke Data Dictionary. The implementation phase involved a staged deployment for two national programs over 12 months. The evaluation included an online survey of people who had used the AuSDaT between March 2018 and May 2018.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>By July 2016, data entered for an individual patient was, for the first time, shared between national programs. Overall, 119/422 users (90% female, 61% aged 30-49 years, 57% nurses) completed the online evaluation survey. The two most positive features reported about the AuSDaT were (i) accessibility of the system (including simultaneous user access), and (ii) the ability to download reports to benchmark local data against peer hospitals or national performance. More than three quarters of respondents (<i>n</i> = 92, 77%) reported overall satisfaction with the data collection tool.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>The AuSDaT reduces duplication and enables users from different national programs for stroke to enter standardised data into a single system.</p><p><strong>Implications: </strong>This example may assist others who seek to establish a harmonised data management solution for different disease areas where multiple programs of data collection exist. The importance of undertaking continuous evaluation of end-users to identify preferences and aspects of the tool that are not meeting current requirements were illustrated. We also highlighted the opportunities to increase interoperability, utility, and facilitate the exchange of accurate and meaningful data.</p>","PeriodicalId":73210,"journal":{"name":"Health information management : journal of the Health Information Management Association of Australia","volume":" ","pages":"85-93"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"40654269","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Lucia Otero Varela, Chelsea Doktorchik, Natalie Wiebe, Danielle A Southern, Søren Knudsen, Pallavi Mathur, Hude Quan, Cathy A Eastwood
{"title":"International Classification of Diseases clinical coding training: An international survey.","authors":"Lucia Otero Varela, Chelsea Doktorchik, Natalie Wiebe, Danielle A Southern, Søren Knudsen, Pallavi Mathur, Hude Quan, Cathy A Eastwood","doi":"10.1177/18333583221106509","DOIUrl":"10.1177/18333583221106509","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>The International Classification of Diseases (ICD) is widely used by clinical coders worldwide for clinical coding morbidity data into administrative health databases. Accordingly, hospital data quality largely depends on the coders' skills acquired during ICD training, which varies greatly across countries.</p><p><strong>Objective: </strong>To characterise the current landscape of international ICD clinical coding training.</p><p><strong>Method: </strong>An online questionnaire was created to survey the 194 World Health Organization (WHO) member countries. Questions focused on the training provided to clinical coding professionals. The survey was distributed to potential participants who met specific criteria, and to organisations specialised in the topic, such as WHO Collaborating Centres, to be forwarded to their representatives. Responses were analysed using descriptive statistics.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Data from 47 respondents from 26 countries revealed disparities in all inquired topics. However, most participants reported clinical coders as the primary person assigning ICD codes. Although training was available in all countries, some did not mandate training qualifications, and those that did differed in type and duration of training, with college or university degree being most common. Clinical coding certificates most frequently entailed passing a certification exam. Most countries offered continuing training opportunities, and provided a range of support resources for clinical coders.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Variability in clinical coder training could affect data collection worldwide, thus potentially hindering international comparability of health data.</p><p><strong>Implications: </strong>These findings could encourage countries to improve their resources and training programs available for clinical coders and will ultimately be valuable to the WHO for the standardisation of ICD training.</p>","PeriodicalId":73210,"journal":{"name":"Health information management : journal of the Health Information Management Association of Australia","volume":" ","pages":"68-75"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11067421/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"40595855","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Clinical documentation integrity: Its role in health data integrity, patient safety and quality outcomes and its impact on clinical coding and health information management.","authors":"Jenny Davis, Jennie Shepheard","doi":"10.1177/18333583231218029","DOIUrl":"10.1177/18333583231218029","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":73210,"journal":{"name":"Health information management : journal of the Health Information Management Association of Australia","volume":" ","pages":"53-60"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138814659","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Individual and contextual factors in the Swedish Nutrition Care Process Terminology implementation.","authors":"Elin Lövestam, Ylva Orrevall, Anne-Marie Boström","doi":"10.1177/18333583221133465","DOIUrl":"10.1177/18333583221133465","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Standardised terminologies and classification systems play an increasingly important role in the continuous work towards high quality patient care. Currently, a standardised terminology for nutrition care, the Nutrition Care Process (NCP) Terminology (NCPT), is being implemented across the world, with terms for four steps: Nutrition Assessment (NA), Nutrition Diagnosis (ND), Nutrition Intervention (NI) and Nutrition Monitoring and Evaluation (NME).</p><p><strong>Objective: </strong>To explore associations between individual and contextual factors and implementation of a standardised NCPT among Swedish dietitians.</p><p><strong>Method: </strong>A survey was completed by 226 dietitians, focussing on: (a) NCPT implementation level; (b) individual factors; and (c) contextual factors. Associations between these factors were explored through a two-block logistic regression analysis.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Contextual factors such as intention from management to implement the NCPT (OR (odds ratio) ND 15.0, 95% Confidence Interval (CI) 3.9-57.4, NME 3.7, 95% CI 1.1-13.0) and electronic health record (EHR) headings from the NCPT (OR NI 3.6, 95% CI 1.4-10.7, NME 3.8, 95% CI 1.1-11.5) were associated with higher implementation. A positive attitude towards the NCPT (model 1 OR ND 3.8, 95% CI 1.5-9.8, model 2 OR ND 5.0, 95% CI 1.4-17.8) was also associated with higher implementation, while other individual factors showed less association.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Contextual factors such as intention from management, EHR structure, and pre-defined terms and headings are key to implementation of a standardised terminology for nutrition and dietetic care.</p><p><strong>Implications for practice: </strong>Clinical leadership and technological solutions should be considered key areas in future NCPT implementation strategies.</p>","PeriodicalId":73210,"journal":{"name":"Health information management : journal of the Health Information Management Association of Australia","volume":" ","pages":"94-103"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11067422/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"40338329","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Evaluation of Medical Certification of Cause of Death in Tertiary Cancer Hospitals in Northern India.","authors":"Akash Anand, Divya Khanna, Payal Singh, Anuj Singh, Abhishek Pandey, Atul Budukh, Satyajit Pradhan","doi":"10.1177/18333583221144665","DOIUrl":"10.1177/18333583221144665","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Medical certification of cause of death (MCCD) provides valuable data regarding disease burden in a community and for formulating health policy. Inaccurate MCCDs can significantly impair the precision of national health information.</p><p><strong>Objective: </strong>To evaluate the accuracy of cause of death certificates prepared at two tertiary cancer care hospitals in Northern India during the study period (May 2018 to December 2020).</p><p><strong>Method: </strong>A retrospective observational study at two tertiary cancer care hospitals in Varanasi, India, over a period of two and a half years. Medical records and cause of death certificates of all decedents were examined. Demographic characteristics, administrative details and cause of death data were collected using the WHO recommended death certificates. Accuracy of death certification was validated by electronic medical records and errors were graded.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>A total of 778 deaths occurred in the two centres during the study period. Of these, only 30 (3.9%) certificates were error-free; 591 (75.9%) certificates had an inappropriate immediate cause of death; 231 (29.7%) certificates had incorrectly labelled modes of death as the immediate cause of death; and 585 (75.2%) certificates had an incorrect underlying cause of death. The majority of certificates were prepared by junior doctors and were significantly associated with higher certification errors.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>A high rate of errors was identified in death certification at the cancer care hospitals during the study period. Inaccurate MCCDs related to cancers can potentially influence cancer statistics and thereby affect policy making for cancer control.</p><p><strong>Implications: </strong>This study has identified the pressing need for appropriate interventions to improve quality of certification through training of doctors.</p>","PeriodicalId":73210,"journal":{"name":"Health information management : journal of the Health Information Management Association of Australia","volume":" ","pages":"121-128"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9103816","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Monique F Kilkenny, Lachlan L Dalli, Ailie Sanders, Muideen T Olaiya, Joosup Kim, David Ung, Nadine E Andrew
{"title":"Comparison of comorbidities of stroke collected in administrative data, surveys, clinical trials and cohort studies.","authors":"Monique F Kilkenny, Lachlan L Dalli, Ailie Sanders, Muideen T Olaiya, Joosup Kim, David Ung, Nadine E Andrew","doi":"10.1177/18333583221124371","DOIUrl":"10.1177/18333583221124371","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Administrative data are used extensively for research purposes, but there remains limited information on the quality of these data for identifying comorbidities related to stroke.</p><p><strong>Objective: </strong>To compare the prevalence of comorbidities of stroke identified using International Classification Diseases, Australian Modification (ICD-10-AM) or Anatomical Therapeutic Chemical codes, with those from (i) self-reported data and (ii) published studies.</p><p><strong>Method: </strong>The cohort included patients with stroke or transient ischaemic attack admitted to hospitals (2012-2016; Victoria and Queensland) in the Australian Stroke Clinical Registry <i>(N</i> = 26,111). Data were linked with hospital and pharmaceutical datasets to ascertain comorbidities using published algorithms. The sensitivity, specificity, and positive predictive value of these comorbidities were compared with survey responses from 623 patients (reference standard). An indirect comparison was also performed with clinical data from published stroke studies.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The sensitivity of hospital ICD-10-AM data was poor for most comorbidities, except for diabetes (93.0%). Specificity was excellent for all comorbidities (87-96%), except for hypertension (70.5%). Compared to published stroke studies (3 clinical trials and 1 incidence study), the prevalence of diabetes and atrial fibrillation in our cohort was similar using ICD-10-AM codes, but lower for dyslipidaemia and anxiety/depression. Whereas in the pharmaceutical dispensing data, the sensitivity was excellent for dyslipidaemia (94%) and modest for anxiety/depression (77%). In the pharmaceutical data, specificity was modest for hypertension (78%) and anxiety or depression (76%), but specificity was poor for dyslipidaemia (19%) and heart disease (46%).</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Variation was observed in the reporting of comorbidities of stroke in administrative data, and consideration of multiple sources of data may be necessary for research. Further work is needed to improve coding and clinical documentation for reporting of comorbidities in administrative data.</p>","PeriodicalId":73210,"journal":{"name":"Health information management : journal of the Health Information Management Association of Australia","volume":" ","pages":"104-111"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"40686311","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Monica Perkins, Heather Cleland, Belinda J Gabbe, Lincoln M Tracy
{"title":"Concordance between coding sources of burn size and depth across Australian and New Zealand specialist burn services.","authors":"Monica Perkins, Heather Cleland, Belinda J Gabbe, Lincoln M Tracy","doi":"10.1177/18333583221135710","DOIUrl":"10.1177/18333583221135710","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>The percentage of total body surface area (%TBSA) burned and burn depth provide valuable information on burn injury severity.</p><p><strong>Objective: </strong>This study investigated the concordance between The International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems, Tenth Revision, Australian Modification (ICD-10-AM) codes and expert burn clinicians in assessing burn injury severity.</p><p><strong>Method: </strong>We conducted a retrospective population-based review of all patients who sustained a burn injury between July 1, 2009, and June 30, 2019, requiring admission into a specialist burn service across Australia and New Zealand. The %TBSA burned (including the percentage of full thickness burns) recorded by expert burn clinicians within the Burns Registry of Australia and New Zealand (BRANZ) were compared to ICD-10-AM coding.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>20,642 cases (71.5%) with ICD-10-AM code data were recorded. Overall, kappa scores (95% confidence interval [CI]) for burn size ranged from 0.64 (95% CI 0.63-0.66) to 0.86 (95% CI 0.78-0.94) indicating substantial to almost perfect agreement across all %TBSA groups. When stratified by depth, the lowest agreement was observed for < 10% TBSA and < 10% full thickness (kappa 0.03; 95% CI 0.02-0.04) and the highest agreement was observed for burns of ≥ 90% TBSA and ≥ 90% full thickness (kappa 0.72; 95% CI 0.58-0.85).</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Overall, there was substantial agreement between the BRANZ and ICD-10-AM coded data for %TBSA classification. When %TBSA classification was stratified by burn depth, greater agreement was observed for larger and deeper burns compared with smaller and superficial burns.</p><p><strong>Implications: </strong>Greater consistency in the classification of burns is needed.</p>","PeriodicalId":73210,"journal":{"name":"Health information management : journal of the Health Information Management Association of Australia","volume":" ","pages":"129-136"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"40702721","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Professional identity and workplace motivation: A case study of health information managers.","authors":"Abbey Nexhip, Merilyn Riley, Kerin Robinson","doi":"10.1177/18333583221115898","DOIUrl":"10.1177/18333583221115898","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>The professional identity and motivation of qualified health information managers (HIMs) is largely unexplored.</p><p><strong>Objectives: </strong>A larger study has investigated the motivators of HIMs in the construction of their professional identity and associated relationships to job satisfaction and engagement with their profession. The aims of this component of the study were to: (i) identify and analyse the characteristics of members of the profession who have different motivation profiles; (ii) obtain HIMs' perspectives on their professional identity; and (iii) measure correlation between HIMs' professional identity and different motivating factors. <b>Method:</b> A cross-sectional study design, with a convergent mixed-methods approach to data collection was employed. An online survey was administered to the 1985, 1995, 2005 and 2015 Australian health information management and medical record administration graduate cohorts from one university in Victoria.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Response rate: 72.7% (<i>n</i> = <i>72</i>). There were no statistically significant correlations between the HIMs' motivation profile and professional identity. The HIMs were largely motivated by a need for achievement (striving for excellence) and continuous improvement; maintained high standards of work quality (95.8%); valued their work (94.4%) and work collaborations (84.7%); satisfactorily applied skills-knowledge (94%); demonstrated a very strong professional association (92% were proud to belong to the profession). Key factors in motivation that were consistently reported by members of all cohorts in the open-ended questions were as follows: intrinsic motivation; colleagues and teamwork; the variety of work performed; and contribution to the bigger picture. Overall, and notwithstanding between-cohort differences: 65.3% confidently directed others, 45.8% aspired to leadership and 38% actively networked. They related difficulty in explaining the profession to outsiders.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>There was no correlation between motivation profile and professional identity. Significantly, the HIMs demonstrated exceptionally strong positive professional identity, reflected particularly in pride in membership of the profession and their belief in the importance of their professional work.</p>","PeriodicalId":73210,"journal":{"name":"Health information management : journal of the Health Information Management Association of Australia","volume":" ","pages":"76-84"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"40617150","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Abbas Sheikhtaheri, Seyed Mohammad Tabatabaee Jabali, Ehsan Bitaraf, Alireza TehraniYazdi, Ali Kabir
{"title":"A near real-time electronic health record-based COVID-19 surveillance system: An experience from a developing country.","authors":"Abbas Sheikhtaheri, Seyed Mohammad Tabatabaee Jabali, Ehsan Bitaraf, Alireza TehraniYazdi, Ali Kabir","doi":"10.1177/18333583221104213","DOIUrl":"10.1177/18333583221104213","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Context: </strong>Access to real-time data that provide accurate and timely information about the status and extent of disease spread could assist management of the COVID-19 pandemic and inform decision-making.</p><p><strong>Aim: </strong>To demonstrate our experience with regard to implementation of technical and architectural infrastructure for a near real-time electronic health record-based surveillance system for COVID-19 in Iran.</p><p><strong>Method: </strong>This COVID-19 surveillance system was developed from hospital information and electronic health record (EHR) systems available in the study hospitals in conjunction with a set of open-source solutions; and designed to integrate data from multiple resources to provide near real-time access to COVID-19 patients' data, as well as a pool of health data for analytical and decision-making purposes.</p><p><strong>Outcomes: </strong>Using this surveillance system, we were able to monitor confirmed and suspected cases of COVID-19 in our population and to automatically notify stakeholders. Based on aggregated data collected, this surveillance system was able to facilitate many activities, such as resource allocation for hospitals, including managing bed allocations, providing and distributing equipment and funding, and setting up isolation centres.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Electronic health record systems and an integrated data analytics infrastructure are effective tools to enable policymakers to make better decisions, and for epidemiologists to conduct improved analyses regarding COVID-19.</p><p><strong>Implications: </strong>Improved quality of clinical coding for better case finding, improved quality of health information in data sources, data-sharing agreements, and increased EHR coverage in the population can empower EHR-based COVID-19 surveillance systems.</p>","PeriodicalId":73210,"journal":{"name":"Health information management : journal of the Health Information Management Association of Australia","volume":" ","pages":"145-154"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9289498/pdf/10.1177_18333583221104213.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"40605964","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}