The American Medical Informatics Association has published the results of a task force report on the chief clinical informatics officer position in the Journal of Applied Clinical Informatics.
Here are three things to know about the AMIA's framework for CCIO education, training and selection report.
1. The report was developed by the AMIA Task Force on CCIO Knowledge, Education and Skillset Requirements.
2. The report's findings will be presented at the AMIA iHealth 2016 Clinical Informatics Conference to be held May 4 to May 6 in Minneapolis.
3. "In the past 10 years the chief clinical informatics officer position has flourished in the healthcare landscape, albeit without many guidelines for expected skill and education or the operational scope of the role. AMIA is offering these guidelines to help advise C-suite executives on potential staff selection criteria for CCIOs, as well as inform informatics professionals broadly on the state of the field," said Joseph Kannry, MD, task force chair and lead technical informaticist of EMR project at Mount Sinai Medical Center in New York.