Main description:

This completely updated study guide textbook is written to support the formal training required to become certified in clinical informatics. The content has been extensively overhauled to introduce and define key concepts using examples drawn from real-world experiences in order to impress upon the reader the core content from the field of clinical informatics.
The book groups chapters based on the major foci of the core content: health care delivery and policy; clinical decision-making; information science and systems; data management and analytics; leadership and managing teams; and professionalism. The chapters do not need to be read or taught in order, although the suggested order is consistent with how the editors have structured their curricula over the years.
Clinical Informatics Study Guide: Text and Review serves as a reference for those seeking to study for a certifying examination independently or periodically reference while in practice. This includes physicians studying for board examination in clinical informatics as well as the American Medical Informatics Association (AMIA) health informatics certification. This new edition further refines its place as a roadmap for faculty who wish to go deeper in courses designed for physician fellows or graduate students in a variety of clinically oriented informatics disciplines, such as nursing, dentistry, pharmacy, radiology, health administration and public health.

Contents:

Preface.- Foreword.- Section: Fundamentals.- Fundamentals of Clinical Informatics.- Computer and Information Science.- Clinical Informatics Policy and Regulations.- The U.S. Health System.- Section: Clinical Decision Making and Care Process Improvement.- Evidence-Based Health Care.- Clinical Decision-Making.- Clinical Decision Support.- Clinical Workflow Analysis, Process Redesign, and Quality Improvement.- Human Factors Engineering and Human-Computer Interaction: Supporting User Performance and Experience.- Section: Health Information Systems.- Data, Information & Architecture.- Health Information Systems and Applications.- Information Systems Lifecycles.- Healthcare Data and Exchange Standards.- Health Information Exchange and Interoperability.- Data Information and Governance.- Analytics.- Cybersecurity.- Section: Leading and Managing Change.- Leadership Models, Processes, and Practices.- Effective Interdisciplinary Teams.- Strategic and Financial Planning for Clinical Information Systems.- Change Management for the Successful Adoption of Clinical Information Systems.- Project Management.- Section: Beyond Clinical Informatics.- Consumer Health Informatics: Engaging and Empowering Patients and Families.- Public Health Informatics.- Precision Health.