Contact:

Paige Roth
Paige.Roth@lvhn.org

NOTE: Any interested student must meet with Drs. Levick or Peifer to discuss goals of the elective and determine if appropriate, and the expected length of the elective. This must occur at least 3 months prior to start of elective.

This elective will be an introduction to Clinical Informatics. The elective will include a combination of didactic lectures (both real-time and on-line) covering basics of Clinical Informatics, shadowing experiences with appropriate clinical technical staff (based on the students’ rotation goals), and individualized project work. Examples of projects may include: participating in ongoing research projects for potential publication/presentation; work on data warehouse projects and business intelligence tools (dashboards, etc.); development of EHR templates/workflows; participation in development/rollout of clinical information systems (including HIE and Epic systems); evaluation of new clinical information devices and technologies. The student activities will be coordinated through the CMIO (or his/her designee).

Objectives

State and understand how the discipline of clinical informatics intersects with and influences the three domains of clinical care, local and national healthcare systems, and information and communications technologies
Describe the various roles of a clinical informatician in the healthcare setting
Recognize the specific tasks involved in the design, implementation and support of clinical information systems
Assess the clinical content of CIS and apply change management techniques to develop evidence based improvements
Participate in simple projects with faculty mentors in health informatics, optimization of electronic health record systems, using data analysis techniques for research/quality improvement.
Recognize database structures and translate data into useful business intelligence tools.

Evaluation

Evaluation will consist of ongoing appraisal of the student’s ability to assimilate the knowledge presented (both through didactic and practical channels) and apply it to the projects and tasks as assigned. Specific project related deliverables will be determined at the beginning of the rotation; and assessment of those deliverables will be used in the evaluation.

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