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. Which is why I put together this mindmap of the topics you need to study for the clinical informatics board exam. We hope it serves as a guide for all you aspiring informaticists.

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Here’s a preview and the outline:

The Outline:

• informatics review
  • clinical
    • clinical decision support
      • decision making
        • general
        • medical
      • decision science
        • decision analysis
        • probability theory
        • unity and preference assessment
        • cost effectiveness analysis
        • test characteristics
      • CDS application
        • types of decision support
          • alerts
          • reminders
          • prompts
        • users of decision support
          • clinicians
          • patients
        • implementation, evaluation, maintenance
      • knowledge transformation
        • generation
        • acquisition
        • modeling
        • representation
        • management and maintenance
      • legal, ethical, and regulatory issues
      • quality and safety issues
      • supporting decisions for population of patients
    • evidence based patient care
      • evidence sources
      • evidence grading
      • clinical guidelines
      • implementation of guidelines as clinical algorithms
      • information retrieval
        • search skills
        • critical analysis of biomedical research
    • workflow analysis, process redesign, and quality improvement
      • methods of workflow analysis
      • principles of workflow re-engineering
      • quality improvement principles and practices
  • IT systems
    • databases
      • concepts
        • SQL
        • design
        • controls
        • standards
        • analysis
      • data sets
      • data exchange
    • computer systems
      • programming
      • data and control structures
      • software development methods
        • agile
        • waterfall
        • spiral
        • rapid prototyping
      • system integration
      • quality
      • information systems design and analysis
        • logical scheme
        • normalization/denormalization
        • process modeling
    • Architecture
      • systems
        • distributed
        • centralized
        • relational
        • object oriented
        • warehouses and data marts
      • networks
      • data and databases
    • networks
      • topologies
      • telecommunications
    • security
      • hipaa security rule
      • firewalls
      • Virtual Private Networks
      • encryption
    • data
      • integrity
      • mapping
      • manipulation
        • queries
        • SQL
        • reporting
      • representation and types
      • warehousing
      • data mining and knowledge discovery
    • data sharing approaches
      • integration vs interfacing
      • dealing with multiple identifiers
      • anonymization of data
  • Human Factors Engineering
    • Human Computer Interaction
      • models
      • theories
      • practices
    • HCI evaluation
      • usability testing
      • study design
      • study methods
    • Interface design standards and principles
    • usability engineering
  • health information systems and applications
    • system type
      • functions
      • settings
    • EHRs/EMRs
    • telemedicine
  • clinical data standards
    • standards development history and current process
    • data standards and data sharing
    • transaction standards
    • messaging standards
    • nomenclature, vocabulary, and terminology
    • ontology and taxonomy
    • interoperability standards
  • resources
  • exam details
    • topics
    • requirements for cert.
    • exam day
    • possible careers
  • information system life cycle
    • Governance (institutional)
    • analysis and system selection
      • methods to identify needs
      • assessment of clinical process changes required
      • requirements specification document
        • technical specification
        • intellectual property
        • patents
        • copyrights
        • licensing
        • contracting
        • confidentiality
        • organizational needs
          • training
          • support
      • risk analysis and mitigation
      • communication technologies
    • clinical information system implementation
      • elements of a system implementation plan
      • models of user training and support processes
      • processes and mechanisms to obtain clinician feedback
    • information system testing before during and after implementation
    • information system maintenance
      • disaster recovery
      • downtime
      • transitioning and decmommissioning
    • information system evaluation
      • relevant outcomes to goals and quality measures
      • qualitative and quantitative methods for evaluation
      • evaluation plan design
  • Leading and Managing Change
    • models, processes, and practices
      • dimensions of effective leadership
      • governance
        • processes
        • responsibility versus authority
      • negotiation
      • conflict management
      • collaboration
      • motivation
      • decision making
    • effective interdisciplinary teams
      • HR management
        • hiring
        • performance reviews
        • feedback
        • professional development
        • termination
      • team productivity and effectiveness
        • team goals
        • reuses of operation
        • individual role clarification
      • group management processes
        • nominal group
        • consensus mapping
        • Delphi method
      • managing meetings
      • managing group deliberations
    • effective communication
      • group presentations
      • one on one communication
      • effective writing
      • communications program for implementation support
    • Project management
      • basic principles
      • identifying resources
      • resource allocation
      • project management tools
      • project challenges
        • scope creep
        • managing expectations
        • balancing competing priorities
    • strategic and financial planning for clinical information systems
      • establishing mission and objectives
      • environmental scanning
      • strategy formulation
      • action planning and strategy implementation
      • capital and operation budget
      • managerial accounting principles
      • evaluations the planning process
    • change management
      • assessment of organizational culture and behavior
      • change theories
        • precede-proceed
        • social influence
        • complex adaptive systems
      • change management strategies
      • strategies for promoting adoption and effective use of clinical information systems
  • the health system
    • individual and population health
    • elements of the system
      • health care delivery
        • forces shaping HC delivery
        • health care delivery
          • private vs public
          • staff organization
          • credentialing
          • history
      • public health
      • clinical research
      • health education for professionals
      • personal health
    • data and information flow
    • economics and financing
    • healthcare quality
      • safety
      • effectiveness
      • efficiency
      • patient centered ness
      • timeliness
      • equity
  • intro to informatics
    • ethics
      • concepts and theories
      • decision making
      • bioethical
    • informatics topics
      • informatics literature
      • domains and sub specialties
      • informatics history
      • informatics definition
      • careers
        • professional organizations
  • legal
    • aca
    • meaningful use
    • hipaa
    • use of health records in the legal system
    • fraud and abuse