title: Eligibility requirements for advanced health informatics certification.
abstract: AMIA is leading the effort to strengthen the health informatics profession by creating an advanced health informatics certification (AHIC) for individuals whose informatics work directly impacts the practice of health care, public health, or personal health. The AMIA Board of Directors has endorsed a set of proposed AHIC eligibility requirements that will be presented to the future AHIC certifying entity for adoption. These requirements specifically establish who will be eligible to sit for the AHIC examination and more generally signal the depth and breadth of knowledge and experience expected from certified individuals. They also inform the development of the accreditation process and provide guidance to graduate health informatics programs as well as individuals interested in pursuing AHIC. AHIC eligibility will be determined by practice focus, education in primary field and health informatics, and significant health informatics experience.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biomedical Informatics, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee cindy.gadd@vanderbilt.edu.
authors.forename: Cynthia S
authors.initials: CS
authors.lastname: Gadd
authors.affiliation: American Medical Informatics Association, Bethesda, Maryland.
authors.forename: Jeffrey J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Williamson
authors.affiliation: American Medical Informatics Association, Bethesda, Maryland.
authors.forename: Elaine B
authors.initials: EB
authors.lastname: Steen
authors.affiliation: Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts.
authors.forename: Katherine P
authors.initials: KP
authors.lastname: Andriole
authors.affiliation: University of Minnesota School of Nursing, Minneapolis, Minnesota.
authors.forename: Connie
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Delaney
authors.affiliation: Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts.
authors.forename: Karl
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Gumpper
authors.affiliation: Minnesota Department of Health, Saint Paul, Minnesota.
authors.forename: Martin
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: LaVenture
authors.affiliation: American Osteopathic Association of Medical Informatics, Chicago, Illinois.
authors.forename: Doug
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Rosendale
authors.affiliation: School of Biomedical Informatics, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, Texas.
authors.forename: Dean F
authors.initials: DF
authors.lastname: Sittig
authors.affiliation: Indiana University School of Dentistry, Regenstrief Institute, Indianapolis, Indiana.
authors.forename: Thankam
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Thyvalikakath
authors.affiliation: College of Allied Health, Department of Nutritional Sciences, University of Oklahoma Health Science Center, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.
authors.forename: Peggy
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Turner
authors.affiliation: American Medical Informatics Association, Bethesda, Maryland.
authors.forename: Douglas B
authors.initials: DB
authors.lastname: Fridsma
mesh_terms: D002568:Certification; D008490:Medical Informatics / Q000193:education / Q000592:standards*; D012955:Societies, Medical; D014481:United States
keywords: certification; eligibility requirements; workforce development