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The Journal of Athletic Training is pleased to announce a forthcoming thematic issue focused on health information technology (HIT) and health care economics (HCE) in sports medicine. The journal welcomes original research and clinical practice reports that will advance knowledge in the areas of HIT and HCE and impact clinical practice, patient care, and outcomes.
The Athletic Training Research Agenda identified HIT and HCE as areas of need for the athletic training profession. However, athletic training–related research in HIT and HCE remains extremely limited, and collecting data at the point of care is fundamental to this work. As a result, the aspirational aim of this thematic issue is to promote and encourage research using point-of-care data from and for the athletic training profession and sports medicine community. To that end, we will seek to include many facets, including but not limited to the use of HIT (eg, electronic medical/health records, mobile devices) to collect point-of-care data (eg, health care outcomes); the collection, analysis, and use of point-of-care data to improve patient care and advance professional initiatives; methodical approaches to health care or athletic training services research (eg, return on investment, cost effectiveness, revenue generation); and contributions that highlight the importance of clinician-researcher collaboration in HIT and HCE investigations.
In addition to traditional original research submissions, we highly encourage clinicians who have collected data as part of routine practice and used those data to improve clinical practice (eg, patient outcomes, implementation of preventive or patient-care interventions, improving pay, adding staff) to submit Clinical Practice Reports describing their experience.
Clinicians who have ideas for this thematic issue but are unfamiliar with the manuscript drafting process can contact one of the guest editors for guidance and assistance:
- Kenny Lam, ScD, ATC, FNATA at [email protected]
- Janet Simon, PhD, ATC at [email protected]
- Marc Norcross, PhD, ATC at [email protected]
Authors who have questions about the manuscript submission and review process should contact the journal office at [email protected].
Manuscript Preparation, Submission, and Review Process: All authors should review the Author Guidelines for instructions on preparing manuscripts. In addition, authors submitting a Clinical Practice Report should refer to the Guidelines for more specific guidance on this format.
Manuscripts should be submitted no later than October 15, 2024, using the online submission system: https://jat.msubmit.net. The cover letter should state that the manuscript is intended for the Health Information Technology special issue. Authors should answer all submission questions related to special issues and select “Health Information Technology” as the “Special Section.”
All manuscripts will undergo the normal JAT peer-review process, which will be overseen by guest editors. The Journal of Athletic Training is the final authority on the disposition of each contribution and possible inclusion in the thematic issue or a regular issue. Therefore, acceptance is not guaranteed. We look forward to your submission.
