Informatics

Walter Reed Chief Medical Informatics Officer – JUNE 2023

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CHIEF MEDICAL INFORMATICS OFFICER – Director WRNMMC requests qualified
candidates for the CMIO position.  WRNMMC CMIO is a physician leader who is
an asset to the Medical Staff, to the ISC, and to the MTF Director. As the
voice of the medical staff to Informatics, and as the voice of Informatics
to the Medical Staff, you provide a critical service in understanding,
adoption, and optimization of HIT solutions including MHS GENESIS.  The CMIO
works with other Clinical Informatics leads on command informatics
initiatives.

Candidates must maintain (or obtain) education and certification in Clinical
Informatics, serve as voting member of WRNMMC Informatics Steering Committee
(ISC), be an expert in MHS GENESIS Issue Resolution Process, and track
issues and tickets that are pertinent to or prioritized by the Medical
Staff, actively participate in conversations and questions regarding tickets
and ISC priority projects, representing the medical staff perspective.  In
this aspect, makes recommendations on dispositioning appropriate Global
Service Center (GSC) tickets, participate as voting member of the Executive
Committee of the Medical Staff (ECOMS), and update ECOMS regularly regarding
upcoming MHS GENESIS/HIT changes and ongoing issues, collaborate closely
with other Clinical Informatics leads and other stakeholders on priority
projects and issues, validate and communicate risks and issues from Peer
Expert community to ISC Chair, become intimately familiar with Informatics
assets at WRNMMC and assist members of medical community to utilize these
resources to adopt and optimize use of MHS GENESIS and HIT in general.

**Applicants MUST currently reside in or have orders to National Capital
Region**.  Ideal candidate is an active-duty physician (senior O4 to O6),
with leadership skills and a passion for advancing quality and safety in
healthcare. Candidate should be prepared to commit 0.6 FTE non-clinical time
for a term no less than 2 years.  Interviews will be held 12-23 June, with
selection by 30 June.

Nomination Package Requirements: CV, Letter of Intent, Letter of endorsement
from Chain of Command and two most recent FITREPS/OPR/OER.  For questions,
contact current CMIO:  LCDR Isaac E. Schwartz, MD, FACS

Fully completed nomination packages will be emailed to LCDR Andrew S. Benson,
Deputy Director for Administration NLT 1600 EST Friday, 09 June 2023.

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New Expert Clinical Informatics AQD

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The details of how to qualify are in the file below, but like most AQDs you contact your Detailer to get them added to your record:

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Guest Post – The Clinical Informatics AQD and an AMIA 10×10 Primer

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By LT David Frey

Note: The views expressed in this blog are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of the Department of the Navy, Department of Defense or the United States Government.

The Clinical Informatics AQD (68L) is open to all designators in Navy Medicine.  Per NOOCS Volume I, there are three ways to obtain this AQD:

(1) Complete the corps appropriate certification exam or fellowship, or

(2) Complete a certificate program or graduate degree in Informatics, or the AMIA 10X10, or

(3) Work >50% of your time in informatics for at least 12 months.

            The 10×10 course is the most efficient path for those unable to spend a great deal of time working with, or as, a CMIO/CNIO.  The 10×10 program utilizes curricular content from certified informatics training programs and other AMIA educational initiatives… These courses are ideal for those looking to advance their health care profession with informatics training.

            The 10×10 courses are taught entirely online, and most run 16 weeks long. In addition, a few different universities (and the VA) conduct their own version of 10×10 (some focus on a broad overview of Clinical Informatics, others on clinical decision support or tailor informatics to a subspecialty such as Emergency Medicine).

            There is a registration fee associated with the course and having an AMIA membership may knock the price down a bit.  To my knowledge, the course is not funded by local commands or BUMED (Editor – if there is CME granted you could always ask), although I have been told the VA occasionally has seats for active duty (rare), and some prerequisites may need to be met.  Using your GI Bill may also be an option.

            My experience with the Oregon Health & Science University-delivered course was relatively painless.  Each week consisted of about 4-8 hours of effort.

* Voice-over PowerPoint videos to watch

* 1-2 discussion board questions to answer

* Weekly self-assessment quizzes.  About ten questions each quiz, and the answers are contained within the course material; also, not graded, so no pressure.

* A capstone project that describes how you could use what you have learned to solve an actual or potential problem in your workplace. Essentially, this was a 2-3 page paper.

* All required course material was through the site, no books.

* Course completion is based entirely on participation and completing the capstone paper. Course participants typically include physicians, nurses, healthcare administrators, IT specialists, and any other specialties interested in healthcare informatics.

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