Within the core content of clinical informatics, there’s a whole section under “clinical decision making and care process improvement” dedicated to “knowledge transformation”. We have to admit, when we first read through this section, we were thinking – what the heck is knowledge transformation? Do we need to read “lying with statistics” again? After some […]
Practice Question of the Week: Cost Effectiveness
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 […]
ACGME Requirements for Clinical Informatics In a Nutshell: Curriculum
Thinking of applying for or starting an ACGME Certified Fellowship in Clinical Informatics? Understanding the requirements and expectations can be a bit overwhelming at first, so we’ve decided to break it down for you in a easier to understand format. In this article, we’ll cover: How ACGME defines clinical informatics The basic (mostly administrative) requirements […]
Practice Question of the Week: Medical Decision Making
In this week’s practice question, we cover decision making – or more specifically the nature and cognitive aspects of human decision making. Yes – this is a real section in the core content under “Clinical Decision Making and Care Process Improvement” and you will be tested on it. So what exactly is the nature of […]
Clinical Informatics Practice Questions Now Available
We’re pleased to announce that our first round of practice questions for the clinical informatics subspecialty board exam is now available. Each of the 50 new questions reviews your knowledge of a specific clinical informatics topic and offers an explanation of the concept and/or answer. Questions are presented in a multiple choice format – similar to what you’ll find […]
Practice Question of the Week: IOM Quality Aims
This week’s question deals with the Institute of Medicine’s Quality Aims from “Crossing the Quality Chasm.” The IOM’s quality aims serve as a base for many topics in clinical informatics. You’ll find they influence topics including metrics for quality reporting and improvement, regulations like ACA, patient satisfaction rates, and others. And of course, since they’re […]
The 4 Types of CMIOs
The Chief Medical Information Officer (CMIO) is a dynamic position that almost every type of health IT company needs. Whether it’s a fledgling startup or a multi-national billion dollar corporation, CMIOs bridge the gap between the clinical and non-clinical. What kind of organization they work for can determine a lot about their expectations, working conditions, and how […]
Practice Question of the Week: The Regulatory Framework
In health IT, the legal and regulatory framework often affects our ability to implement clinical information systems in an optimal way. Sometimes we feel a step behind with compliance to ICD-10, meaningful use stages, ACA, PQRS, HIPAA, HITECH, and others. Understandably. Rushed schedules, constant meetings, and other activities that use up all of our thinking power […]
Practice Question of the Week: Clinical Research
A couple of weeks ago in our practice question of the week, we discussed Evidence Based Medicine (EBM). In this week’s post we’ll be discussing a question along the same lines as EBM– clinical research. In particular we’ll be reviewing the phases of clinical research. To review, Clinical Research determines the safety and effectiveness of pharmaceuticals, medical […]
Practice Question of the Week: Economics of Health Care Delivery
The health system is a significant part of the exam. It covers everything from public health and clinical research, policy and HIPAA, healthcare quality and data flows, and health economics and financing. In this week’s question of the week, we’ll discuss the economics of health care delivery and how it effects the cost of health […]
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