Public Biography
Dr. Del Fiol has over 20 years of experience in the design, development, evaluation and dissemination of clinical informatics and CDS interventions to improve the quality, safety, and value of health care. His research interests include the integration of biomedical evidence resources with EHR systems via “infobuttons” and clinical informatics tools leveraging health information exchange (HIE). As a co-chair of the HL7 CDS Work Group, lead author of the HL7 Infobutton Standard, and project lead of OpenInfobutton (openinfobutton.org), he is also engaged in the development and implementation of health IT standards and tools to promote dissemination of CDS across health care organizations and EHR platforms, especially to help promote health equity in medically underserved communities. He is also the Director for Research of the ReImagine EHR initiative at the University of Utah and Co-Director of the Digital Health Initiative.
Historic ACMI Biography
Dr. Del Fiol leads the development of the HL7 Infobutton Standard, which has been implemented by over 1,000 EHR products and is required for EHR Meaningful Use certification. He is also the project lead for OpenInfobutton, an open source Web service that is being used at several health care organizations.
Affiliations
The American College of Medical Informatics
ACMI is a college of elected Fellows from the U.S. and abroad who have made significant and sustained contributions to the field of medical informatics. It is the central body for a community of scholars and practitioners who are committed to advancing the informatics field.
Year Elected
2016