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Preparing for Informatics Careers and Trends in the Age of
Meaningful Use
Nawanan Theera-Ampornpunt, MD, PhDKai Zheng, PhDYang Gong, MD, PhDJennifer Boehne, PharmD, MHI, MPHDavid C. Kaelber, MD, PhD, MPH
Student Working Group Career Panel
• Annual tradition organized by Student WG• Born: AMIA 2002 Annual Symposium
• Present viewpoints on informatics career opportunities and professional development advices to students and early-career professionals
• Have become one of the hallmarks of the Symposium for student attendees over the years
This Year’s Career Panel
• “Meaningful Use” creates a boost for career opportunities
• Featuring panelists with experience from academia & industry
• Panelists also from different professional backgrounds (technical vs. clinical/health), recognizing different career trajectories
• Panelists asked to discuss HIT trends & implications for students
Some Questions to be Answered
• How was your experience from when you first entered the field until now?
• What factors or experience played a key role in your informatics career?
• Given your background and work setting, what do you think are the upcoming trends in HIT and informatics?
• What implications do these trends have for current informatics students and trainees?
• In this age of Meaningful Use, how should these students prepare and ready themselves for the coming career opportunities and trends?
Panel Format
• First round (60 minutes)▫ Each panelist allotted 15 minutes
• Open questions from audience (15-20 minutes)
• Second round (10 minutes)▫ Each panelist offers brief closing comments
PanelistsAcademia, Health Background• Yang Gong, MD, PhD• Associate Professor• School of Biomedical Informatics
The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
Yang GongUTHealth
[email protected], December 05, 2013International Ballroom West
Washington Hilton, AMIA 2013
Learning along evolution of informatics definitions
in healthcare medical informatics, health informatics, clinical
informatics, consumer informatics, public health informatics, etc.
Experiencing through professional conferences: AMIA, MEDINFO, HIMSS, AHIMA, etc. Meeting peers (students and professionals) Exchanging views and opinions
Experience since entered the field
Human factors Human-computer interaction in health information
systemsClinical decision support Case-based reasoning Health data display
Patient safety Reporting errors Learning from errors
Clinical Informatics
Collaboration Health informatics is a team work by nature Large scale research project Regional, national, or international effect
Coordination Research Teaching Academic services
Key factors in informatics career?
Interprofessional education (IPE) in healthcare A continuous interaction and knowledge sharing
between interdisciplinary team, including health informatics to explore and solve education and care issues while optimizing patient participation.
Patient safety and healthcare quality Reducing medical errors Improving quality and effectiveness
Trends in HIT and informatics?
Get an early exposure to health informaticsApply health informatics to HIT practiceDemonstrate quality improvement and value of
meaningful useDisseminate outcomes of clinical effectiveness
Implications of trend for current informatics students and trainees
Be active in health informatics community Student WG Newsletter
Student competitions Mentorship program
Student volunteership at professional conferences Get experience and defray cost conference registration Accommodation and flights
Suggestions for preparing career opportunities and trends?
PanelistsIndustry, Health IT Vendor• Jennifer Boehne, PharmD, MHI, MPH• Medication Safety Officer/Manager• University of Louisville
(KentuckyOne Health)• Formerly worked for Epic Systems
Corporation
Jennifer BoehneRPh, PharmD, MHI, MPH
Doctorate in Pharmacy – University of MNPharmacy Residency
Masters In Health Informatics – University of MNPharmacy Informatics FellowshipMasters in Public Health – Harvard
My Experiences
• Joint Programs – JD, MBA, MHI, MPH• Residency Programs – PGY1 & PGY2• Fellowships• Work
“Life is short ‐ Do Something you enjoy!”
Upcoming Trends in HIT & Implications
• Collaboration – Patients, Providers, Portals, PHRs
• Personalized CDS• Drug monitoring – Home, POS & PDMP• Home monitoring – Vitals• Pharmacogenomics
Be prepared!
• Get involved in professional organizations– AMIA: Student WG+– Healthcare, IT, etc.
• Experiment & Experience in uncertain economy– Volunteer– Shadow– Internships– Residencies– Fellowship
• Data Dissemination Planning
PanelistsIndustry, Healthcare Organization• David C. Kaelber, MD, PhD, MPH• Chief Medical Informatics Officer
The MetroHealth System• Center for Clinical Informatics
Research and EducationThe MetroHealth System
• Case Western Reserve University
MetroHealth and Case Western Reserve University, affiliated since 1914, partners in advancing patient care through research and teaching.
Preparing for Informatics Careers and Trends in the Age of Meaningful Use
David Kaelber MD, PhD, MPH, FAAP, FACP
Associate Professor of Internal Medicine, Pediatrics, Epidemiology and BiostatisticsCase Western Reserve University
Chief Medical Informatics Officer and Director of the Center for Clinical Informatics Research and Education
The MetroHealth System
MetroHealth and Case Western Reserve University, affiliated since 1914, partners in advancing patient care through research and teaching.
Perspective on Informatics• Rapidly growing in size
• Rapidly growing in expectations
• “Digit revolution in healthcare”
• What is/are the “killer applications”
• Where is the real value
MetroHealth and Case Western Reserve University, affiliated since 1914, partners in advancing patient care through research and teaching.
Key Career Factors• Volunteering
• Networking
• Talking to lots of people
• Reputation
• “Right place, right time”
• “Trailbraizer”
MetroHealth and Case Western Reserve University, affiliated since 1914, partners in advancing patient care through research and teaching.
Trends• Informatics credentials
• Informatics definition/role consolidation/clarification
• Increasing reliance on health IT
“Its just a tool”
MetroHealth and Case Western Reserve University, affiliated since 1914, partners in advancing patient care through research and teaching.
Implications• Think about credentials (AMIA 10X10, informatics
degree, informatics board certification, ???)
• Obtain training/experience in multiple areas:– clinical care– evaluation/statistics– leadership– operations/business– technology
• Participate in “practical” projects
MetroHealth and Case Western Reserve University, affiliated since 1914, partners in advancing patient care through research and teaching.
Words of Wisdom• Find your passion
• Find mentors
• Network
• Volunteer (gain experience)
• Develop a plan (early) (know it will change)
David Kaelber([email protected])
PanelistsAcademia, Technical Background• Kai Zheng, PhD• Associate Professor of Health
Management and Policy, School of Public Health
• Associate Professor of Information, School of Information
• University of Michigan
Preparing for Informatics Careers and Trends in the Age of Meaningful Use !kai zheng, associate professor school of public health, school of information
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Interdisciplinary Publishing (presentation, presentation, presentation!)
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Community & Identity (where your roots are)
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Distinct Promotion Expectations (be careful when selecting external reviewers)
Interdisciplinary Challenges
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Physics, Aerodynamics, Material science !
Mechanical engineering, Electrical/Electronic engineering !
Ergonomics, Cognitive ergonomics, Industrial design !
Industrial engineering, Operation management !
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Sciences behind
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Without the underlying sciences
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Without health informatics
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Interdisciplinary Publishing (presentation, presentation, presentation!)
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Community & Identity (where your roots are)
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Distinct Promotion Expectations (be careful when selecting external reviewers)
Interdisciplinary Challenges
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Questions?
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Acknowledgments
• Rui Zhang, MS, ST-WG Chair-Elect (2013)• Sashank Kaushik, MD, Member-at-Large
(Resident-Fellow)• Ryan Shaw, PhD, RN, Member-at-Large
(Doctoral - PhD)• Tiffany Kelley, PhD, MBA, RN, Immediate
Past Chair• Saif Khairat, PhD• ST-WG Executive Committee