Statement of Purpose
The purpose of the AMIA Health Informatics Certification Review Course (ARC) is to provide a comprehensive, structured study program that prepares health informatics professionals to sit for the AMIA Health Informatics Certification (AHIC) examination and pursue the AMIA Certified Health Informatics Professional (ACHIP) designation. Designed for the full spectrum of applied health informatics professionals, the course supports learners in strengthening their understanding of the knowledge and competencies reflected in the Health Informatics Delineation of Practice.
Through more than 40 hours of educational content, brief expert-led lectures, knowledge checks, references, and supplemental resources, the course enables participants to assess their readiness, identify areas requiring additional study, and apply health informatics knowledge to practice-based scenarios similar to those addressed on the certification examination. The course also fosters professional learning and engagement by providing opportunities for participants to interact with instructors and fellow health informatics professionals. Ultimately, ARC supports the development and recognition of highly qualified professionals who use informatics to improve healthcare delivery, organizational performance, and public health outcomes.
Learning Objectives
After participating in the AHIC Review Course, the learner should be better able to:
- Identify key health informatics concepts and skills and their relationship to health informatics practice.
- Demonstrate knowledge of the concepts and skills needed to enhance decision-making and processes within health care and public health organizations to achieve improved outcomes.
- Demonstrate knowledge of concepts and skills needed to ensure that health information systems meet the needs of health care and public health organizations, health care and public health professionals, and patients.
- Demonstrate knowledge of concepts and skills needed to ensure data quality and analyze health data to support the processes and performance of health care and public health organizations.
- Demonstrate knowledge of concepts and skills needed to lead development and implementation of health informatics plans, strategies, and policies that strengthen health care and public health organizations.
Target Audience
Practitioners in clinical fields, including, but not limited to, medicine, nursing, pharmacy, and dentistry; and public health, health informatics, scientific research, and computer science professionals.
Acknowledgement of Support
No commercial support (funding from a governmental agency, ineligible company or in-kind donation) was received for this activity.
Criteria for Successful Completion
Completion of this “Enduring Material” is demonstrated by participating in the lectures (video recordings and/or lecture scripts), engaging with practice test questions, and completion of the evaluation survey at the course’s conclusion. Credit claim and certificate download are available after submitting the evaluation. Participation in additional resources and course forum is optional.
Learners may claim credit and download a certificate upon submission of the evaluation. Participation in additional resources and the course forum is encouraged but optional.
ACCME Accreditation Statement
The American Medical Informatics Association is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
Designation Statement
The American Medical Informatics Association designates this Enduring activity for a maximum of 40 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
ANCC Accredidation Statement
The American Medical Informatics Association is accredited as a provider of nursing continuing professional development by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditation.
Nurse Planner (Content): Lynda R. Hardy, PhD, RN, FAAN
Approved Contact Hours: 40
AMIA Disclosure Policy
It is the policy of the American Medical Informatics Association (AMIA) to ensure that Continuing Medical Education (CME) activities are independent and free of commercial bias. To ensure educational content is objective, balanced, and guarantee content presented is in the best interest of its learners and the public, the AMIA requires that everyone in a position to control educational content disclose all financial relationships with ineligible companies within the prior 24 months. An ineligible company is one whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients. Examples can be found at accme.org.
In accordance with the ACCME Standards for Integrity and Independence in Accredited Continuing Education, AMIA has implemented mechanisms prior to the planning and implementation of this CME activity to identify and mitigate all relevant financial relationships for all individuals in a position to control the content of this CME activity.
Faculty and planners who refuse to disclose any financial relationships with ineligible companies will be disqualified from participating in the educational activity.
For an individual with no relevant financial relationship(s), course participants must be informed that no conflicts of interest or financial relationship(s) exist.
DISCLOSURES OF RELEVANT FINANCAL RELATIONSHIPS OF ALL PLANNERS AND PRESENTERS OF THE AMIA HIC REVIEW COURSE (ARC)
Planning Committee
The planning committee and reviewers reported that they have no relevant financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies to disclose.
The following planning committee members have relevant financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies to disclose.
- Amar Das: Employee; Merck Research Laboratories
- Susan C. Hull: Employee; CareLoop
- Harm Scherpbier: Consultant: HealthShare Exchange
- David Liebovitz: Advisor: Optima4BP, Startup founder: Bedside Intelligence
AMIA Staff
The AMIA staff have no relevant financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies to disclose.
*All of the relevant financial relationships listed for these individuals have been mitigated.