Clinical Informatics is co-sponsored by the American Board of Pathology (ABPath) and the American Board of Preventive Medicine (ABPM). Certification in this new subspecialty will be available to diplomates of all ABMS Member Boards. If you would like to be added to our Clinical Informatics email list, please send an email to kdh@theabpm.org.
Clinical Informatics is concerned with information use in health care by clinicians. Clinical informatics includes a wide range of topics ranging from clinical decision support to visual images (e.g. radiological, pathological, dermatological, ophthalmological, etc); from clinical documentation to provider order entry systems; and from system design to system implementation and adoption issues.
Clinical informaticians use their knowledge of patient care combined with their understanding of informatics concepts, methods, and tools to:
- assess information and knowledge needs of health care professionals and patients;
- characterize, evaluate, and refine clinical processes;
- develop, implement, and refine clinical decision support systems; and
- lead or participate in the procurement, customization, development, implementation, management, evaluation, and continuous improvement of clinical information systems such as electronic health records and order-entry systems.
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