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Medical informatics in healthcare organizations: a survey of healthcare information managers.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  11153356     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
OBJECTIVE: To assess the medical informatics needs of healthcare organizations and the work roles for informaticists in those organizations. METHODS: A 128-item survey was developed and administered as a structured interview to thirty-two information managers in eighteen organizations. The survey included items about medical informatics training, prior work experience, skills for informaticists, and programming proficiency. RESULTS: There was a strong preference for informaticists with prior clinical work experience and an understanding of healthcare. Project management and data warehousing were highly rated skills. Informaticists were expected to know about healthcare processes, clinical guidelines, and outcome management. They were not expected to be expert programmers. CONCLUSION: There is a role in healthcare organizations for interdisciplinary workers who understand clinical medicine, healthcare management, information technology, and who can communicate and work effectively across these organizational boundaries.
Authors:
J H Sable; J W Hales; K D Bopp
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article; Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.    
Journal Detail:
Title:  Proceedings / AMIA ... Annual Symposium. AMIA Symposium     Volume:  -     ISSN:  1531-605X     ISO Abbreviation:  Proc AMIA Symp     Publication Date:  2000  
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2001-01-10     Completed Date:  2001-03-08     Revised Date:  2009-11-18    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  100883449     Medline TA:  Proc AMIA Symp     Country:  United States    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  744-8     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
Department of Health Management and Informatics, University of Missouri-Columbia School of Medicine, Columbia, Missouri, USA.
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Administrative Personnel
Data Collection
Employment
Medical Informatics / education,  manpower*,  organization & administration
Programming Languages
Grant Support
ID/Acronym/Agency:
5 T15 LM07089/LM/NLM NIH HHS
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