Hey guys, welcome to this week’s clinical informatics question of the week. This week’s topic – clinical research. Clinical research is scientific research involving humans with the goal to determine the safety and effectiveness of pharmaceuticals, medical devices, treatments, and diagnostic products intended for human use. Data and evidence found from clinical research trials and experiments is […]

Welcome to this week’s clinical informatics practice question of the week. Many of you have already taken this year’s test (we’re sure you did amazing) and some of you are taking it in the next few days (don’t worry you’ll do great). We wish everyone the best of luck on the exam! This week, we’ll […]

Hey guys, so sorry we’ve been MIA for the last few weeks. I’m busy studying for my PMP certification and Rocky’s been working on writing a few proposals for work. So this week’s question will be quick. Since I’ve been doing a bunch of Project Management studying, it seems fitting to ask a question about […]

In last week’s practice questions, we discussed the information system lifecycle. This week’s practice question deals with workflows and workflow diagramming. Most of you have seen workflow diagrams so this should be a pretty easy one for you, but it’s always helpful to jog the memory if you haven’t built a workflow in a while. […]

We’ve been slacking lately with putting out the practice question of the week, so in this week’s post, we’re adding not one question, not two questions, but three practice questions! Awesome! And they all have to do with the information system lifecycle. A lot of our recent time has been devoted to developing material that […]

Welcome to this week’s clinical informatics practice question of the week. Every Thursday, we aim to introduce a new topic to help you learn a little more to successfully pass the clinical informatics subspecialty board examination. Last week we discussed the five rights of clinical decision support. In this week’s topic, we’ll be reviewing the […]

In last week’s clinical informatics practice question, we discussed sensitivity and specificity. This week we’ll be sticking with the clinical decision making and care process improvement theme but move on to how we can improve healthcare outcomes within Clinical Decision Support Systems (CDSS) using the five rights of CDS. Where Does this Fit Within the […]

Last week’s clinical informatics practice question of the week reviewed the AHRQ’s Quality Indicators. This week we’ll be moving on from the qualitative and getting into the quantitative. Yippee! Specifically, we’ll be discussing sensitivity and specificity. Where Does this Fit Within the Core Content? This week, we’ll be staying in the CDS and Care Process […]