TY - JOUR
T1 - Eligibility requirements for advanced health informatics certification
AU - Gadd, Cynthia S.
AU - Williamson, Jeffrey J.
AU - Steen, Elaine B.
AU - Andriole, Katherine P.
AU - Delaney, Connie
AU - Gumpper, Karl
AU - Laventure, Martin
AU - Rosendale, Doug
AU - Sittig, Dean F.
AU - Thyvalikakath, Thankam
AU - Turner, Peggy
AU - Fridsma, Douglas B.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© The Author 2016.
PY - 2016/7/1
Y1 - 2016/7/1
N2 - AMIA is leading the effort to strengthen the health informatics profession by creating an advanced health informatics certification (AHIC) for individualswhose informatics work directly impacts the practice of health care, public health, or personal health. The AMIA Board of Directors has endorseda set of proposed AHIC eligibility requirements that will be presented to the future AHIC certifying entity for adoption. These requirementsspecifically establish who will be eligible to sit for the AHIC examination and more generally signal the depth and breadth of knowledge and experienceexpected from certified individuals. They also inform the development of the accreditation process and provide guidance to graduate healthinformatics programs as well as individuals interested in pursuing AHIC. AHIC eligibility will be determined by practice focus, education in primaryfield and health informatics, and significant health informatics experience.
AB - AMIA is leading the effort to strengthen the health informatics profession by creating an advanced health informatics certification (AHIC) for individualswhose informatics work directly impacts the practice of health care, public health, or personal health. The AMIA Board of Directors has endorseda set of proposed AHIC eligibility requirements that will be presented to the future AHIC certifying entity for adoption. These requirementsspecifically establish who will be eligible to sit for the AHIC examination and more generally signal the depth and breadth of knowledge and experienceexpected from certified individuals. They also inform the development of the accreditation process and provide guidance to graduate healthinformatics programs as well as individuals interested in pursuing AHIC. AHIC eligibility will be determined by practice focus, education in primaryfield and health informatics, and significant health informatics experience.
KW - Certification
KW - Eligibility requirements
KW - Workforce development
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U2 - 10.1093/jamia/ocw090
DO - 10.1093/jamia/ocw090
M3 - Article
C2 - 27358328
AN - SCOPUS:84981272729
SN - 1067-5027
VL - 23
SP - 851
EP - 854
JO - Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association
JF - Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association
IS - 4
ER -