About 400 physicians pass clinical informatics subspecialty board exam

Laura Pedulli | | Health Exec | Informatics

Approximately 400 physicians passed the inaugural American Board of Preventive Medicine (ABPM) board certification examination for the clinical informatics specialty, which took place in October 2013.

To achieve the clinical information subspecialty board certification--in addition to passing the exam--a physician must be board certified in a clinical specialty, hold a valid state license to practice medicine and have significant health IT work experience.

The ABPM certification reflects the growing importance and demand for physicians with informatics expertise. The specialty includes expertise in areas of healthcare systems and modeling, software development, quality improvement, change management in healthcare, codified terminologies, integration and system implementation, legal, regulatory and security issues in healthcare and data structure and analysis.

The online application for 2014 will open on March 1 and must be completed by June 1 to avoid late fees.

Laura Pedulli

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