HL7 International is an ANSI accredited standards development organization focused on electronic health information. However, you’ll often hear people referring to HL7 not as the organization itself, but as the standards it produces. Here, we’ll refer to HL7 as the outputs and standards produced by the Health Level Seven International organization, rather than the organization […]
Testing: What you Need to Know Before Your Next CIS Implementation
Ah, testing. It’s something you know you have to do, but not something you know a whole lot about, besides that it fixes things and prevents bad things from happening. We want to give you a little more information on testing so the next time you head into an IT meeting, you can understand some […]
Today’s Quick Refresher: Ethical Concepts and Theories in Health Informatics
One topic covered in the informatics subspecialty exam is the area of ethical concepts and theories. Considering we haven’t really read up on theories and concepts like these since undergrad, we decided to do a short little refresher with some terms as well as clinical applications. Enjoy! Ethical Concepts Ethical concepts are abstract thoughts and ideas […]
A List of Fellowships in Clinical Informatics
In 2018, a fellowship in an ACGME accredited program in clinical informatics will be required to sit for the certification exam. As of now, you may know that you can be “grandfathered” in to the speciality through documented experience, but this change will creep up on us sooner than we expect. So, how do you qualify […]
The Reference Materials You Need for the Informatics Board Exam
Chances are if you’re studying for the Clinical Informatics Sub-specialty Board Exam, you’ve come across the study guide from The American Board of Preventative Medicine that outlines the topics covered and the recommended references. We got curious in our studying and made an interwebz friendly list of the resources and where you can find them […]
Clinical Informatics Study Guide Sessions: A Visual Guide to the Clinical Informatics Board Exam
There’s a lot that is covered by the informatics board exam. Did I say a lot? Yeah, it’s a lot. I’m sure some of you have seen the outlines of what’s on the exam, but like you, I’m a visual learner and after a while of staring at words, I need something a little prettier. […]
Cartoon: Which Balls Get Dropped When We Juggle Too Much?
Today’s thought of the day…. What happens when we try to juggle too much? Which balls get dropped? Which of these activities are key to long-term sustainability? What is the strategic plan to build a better system to hold all the balls?
Let’s Talk Salary. How Much do Analysts in Healthcare Informatics Really Make?
Well, since you’re going for an analytics analyst position, we figure that you would like some data on your possible future salary. DATAAAAAA w00t! We put together a brief synopsis of the current salary environment for healthcare analytics specialists. Note that this does not cover every single possible healthcare analyst position, but is meant to […]
ELI5 Series: Clinical Decision Support Systems
So you’re telling me now that we have an EHR we need a CDS too? Wtf is a CDS? What is Clinical Decision Support (CDS)? CDS Roadmap Definition of CDS: Clinical decision support (CDS) is an expert system that provides “clinicians, patients, or individuals with knowledge and person-specific or population information, intelligently filtered or present at appropriate […]
ELI5: Meaningful Use
If you work in healthcare, you’ve probably heard this phrase thrown around a bit before. You know meaningful use is something that your organization must comply with to receive $$, but what is it really? Simply put, providers and hospitals must show that they are using their Electronic Health Records (EHRs) in a “meaningful” way […]
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