[sbis_l] ENC: Important message from AMIA President & CEO

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De: Ted Shortliffe [mailto:shortliffe@amia.org]
Enviada em: segunda-feira, 26 de setembro de 2011 14:59
Para: hfmarin@unifesp.br
Assunto: Important message from AMIA President & CEO

 

Dear AMIA Member,


You may have already heard last week's exciting news.  If not, allow me make you aware of an important milestone:  approval of clinical informatics as a medical subspecialty by the American Board of Medical Specialties (ABMS).  This development validates our profession in a highly visible way and is very exciting.  As many of you know, AMIA has been working with the American Board of Preventive Medicine (ABPM), one of the specialty boards within ABMS, to propose subspecialty board exams and certification for physicians who meet eligibility criteria.  We have a new webpage devoted to the CI subspecialty with more information on clinical informatics certification: www.amia.org/clinical-informatics-medical-subspecialty

My next President's column on the subject will appear in the November-December issue of JAMIA (you can check for it soon in JAMIA's "Online First" section).

A press release on the subject was distributed last week (see "AMIA in the News" on AMIA.org) and the feedback and interest have been remarkably positive.  Meanwhile, recognizing that many individuals who wish to obtain clinical informatics certification will not be eligible for the ABMS examination, AMIA's Academic Forum is working with the association's leadership to develop additional certification options.  A special task force is considering various ways in which AMIA can work to assure that clinical informatics certification is available to everyone, regardless of whether the person is a board-certified physician.

AMIA has also started development of board review courses that will assist members and other physicians who wish to take the ABMS/ABPM exam.  The boards will not be offered until at least the autumn of 2012, but there is much to do in the meantime to develop the review courses while the ABPM is developing the examination itself.

Best regards,

Ted Shortliffe
AMIA President and CEO