Overview

This session provides a general introduction to the field of clinical informatics and health care innovation.

Required Pre-Work:

• Review the below three articles:

1. Gardner RM, Overhage JM, Steen EB, Munger BS, Holmes JH, Williamson JJ, et al. Core content for the subspecialty of clinical informatics. J Am Med Inform Assoc. 2009;16: 153–157. https://academic.oup.com/jamia/article/16/2/153/959363

2. Detmer DE, Shortliffe EH. Clinical informatics: prospects for a new medical subspecialty. JAMA. 2014;311: 2067–2068. https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/article-abstract/1871416

3. Gawande A. Why Doctors Hate Their Computers. The New Yorker. (https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2018/11/12/why-doctors-hate-their-computers)

Watch the vimeo video on clinical informatics is here: https://vimeo.com/206398405 (and embedded 👇)

Learning Objectives

• Define clinical informatics and its role in healthcare
• Describe the flow of information in clinical encounters
• Compare and contrast electronic health record features that provide high and low value to patients and providers
• Identify important policy regulating health information technology
• Give examples of new opportunities to incorporate digital health tools into care