In the previous practice question of the week, we discussed theories in Human Computer Interaction. This week, we’ll be moving back to clinical decision making by reviewing quality indicators. Where Does this Fit Within the Core Content? Quality Indicators fall under clinical decision making and care process improvement – particularly under CDS and “Quality and Safety […]

We took a break from our practice question of the week last week to work on putting together our clinical informatics study package. But we’re back this week and we’re talking about some of the theories in Human-Computer Interaction. You could spend an entire research career on just one of these topics within HCI, but […]

Welcome to this week’s clinical informatics exam practice question of the week. In last week’s post, we talked about nomenclatures, terminologies, and vocabularies. In this week’s post we’ll get a little less technical and a little more managerial. In particular, we’ll be discussing project management documents. Get excited for charters, scope statements, WBSs, and project management […]

Last week’s question covered Metcalfe’s law and the value of a telecommunications network. In this week’s practice question, we’ll be discussing clinical data standards. In particular – standards involving nomenclatures, vocabularies, and terminologies – and even more specifically, Systematized Nomenclature of Medicine Clinical Terms (SNOMED-CT). Where does this fit within the core content? Clinical data […]

In last week’s question, we chatted about clinical guidelines and algorithms. In this week’s question, we’ll be heading in a completely different direction – telecommunication and Metcalfe’s Law. Telecommunication is communication across a distance using technology – usually via electrical signals or electromagnetic waves. Telecommunications allows us to participate in our favorite lazy leisure activities such […]

In last week’s practice question, we covered the Process of Knowledge Transformation and how we take Evidence Based Medicine (EBM) and transform it into something clinical decision support systems can use. In this week’s post we’ll be applying last week’s focus on EBM to the point of care – in the form of clinical guidelines and algorithms. In the larger […]

This week’s practice question covers the topic of cost effectiveness in healthcare. Why cover cost effectiveness? Well first, cost effectiveness fits into clinical informatics as a form of clinical decision support. More specifically, it falls under the category of “decision science” in the clinical informatics core content and is therefore on the exam—-so you should know […]