title: Accelerating the Global Workforce Demand for Nurse Informaticians: Advanced Health Informatics Certification (AHIC).
abstract: Advances in professional recognition of nursing informatics vary by country but examples exist of training programs moving from curriculum-based education to competency based frameworks to produce highly skilled nursing informaticians. This panel will discuss a significant credentialing project in the United States that should further enhance professional recognition of highly skilled nurses matriculating from NI programs as well as nurses functioning in positions where informatics-induced transformation is occurring. The panel will discuss the professionalization of health informatics by describing core content, training requirements, education needs, and administrative framework applicable for the creation of an Advanced Health Informatics Certification (AHIC).
authors.affiliation: Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, USA.
authors.forename: Cynthia
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Gadd
authors.affiliation: University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA.
authors.forename: Connie W
authors.initials: CW
authors.lastname: Delaney
authors.affiliation: Universidade Federal de São Paulo (UNIFESP), São Paulo, Brazil.
authors.forename: Heimar
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: de Fátima Marin
authors.affiliation: American Medical Informatics Association (AMIA), Bethesda, MD, USA.
authors.forename: Karen
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Greenwood
authors.affiliation: American Medical Informatics Association (AMIA), Bethesda, MD, USA.
authors.forename: Jeffrey J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Williamson
mesh_terms: D002568:Certification / Q000592:standards*; D004506:Education, Nursing / Q000592:standards*; D006301:Health Services Needs and Demand / Q000592:standards; D006280:Health Workforce / Q000592:standards*; D009726:Nurses / Q000592:standards*; D048108:Nursing Informatics / Q000592:standards*; D011361:Professional Competence / Q000592:standards; D014481:United States