The emerging role of clinical informatics fellows in service learning during the COVID-19 pandemic.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

The study sought to describe the contributions of clinical informatics (CI) fellows to their institutions' coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) response.

Materials and methods

We designed a survey to capture key domains of health informatics and perceptions regarding fellows' application of their CI skills. We also conducted detailed interviews with select fellows and described their specific projects in a brief case series.

Results

Forty-one of the 99 CI fellows responded to our survey. Seventy-five percent agreed that they were "able to apply clinical informatics training and interest to the COVID-19 response." The most common project types were telemedicine (63%), reporting and analytics (49%), and electronic health record builds and governance (32%). Tele

SUBMITTER: Subash M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7717323 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature