Domains, tasks, and knowledge for health informatics practice: results of a practice analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To develop a comprehensive and current description of what health informatics (HI) professionals do and what they need to know.

Materials and methods

Six independent subject-matter expert panels drawn from and representative of HI professionals contributed to the development of a draft HI delineation of practice (DoP). An online survey was distributed to HI professionals to validate the draft DoP. A total of 1011 HI practitioners completed the survey. Survey respondents provided domain, task, knowledge and skill (KS) ratings, qualitative feedback on the completeness of the DoP, and detailed professional background and demographic information.

Results

This practice analysis resulted in a validated, comprehensive, and contemporary DoP comprising 5 domains, 74

SUBMITTER: Gadd CS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7647284 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature