I am a PhD candidate in the information science program at the University at Buffalo. My doctoral research examines how health data professionals’ documentation competencies and practices shape documentation quality and the veracity of health data. Grounded in a pragmatist paradigm, I employ an explanatory sequential mixed-methods approach to examine these relationships and their contextual influences. My aim is to advance theoretical, conceptual, practical and empirical understanding of health data documentation, thereby informing evidence-based strategies and policies for advancing the reliability, credibility and trustworthiness of health data.