Accelerating the Global Workforce Demand for Nurse Informaticians: Advanced Health Informatics Certification (AHIC)
Gadd, C.; Delaney, C.W.; de Fátima Marin, H.; Greenwood, K.; Williamson, J.J.
Studies in Health Technology and Informatics 225: 697-699
2016
ISSN/ISBN: 0926-9630 PMID: 27332309 Document Number: 687726
Advances in professional recognition of nursing informatics vary by country but examples exist of training programs moving from curriculum-based education to competency based frameworks to produce highly skilled nursing informaticians. This panel will discuss a significant credentialing project in the United States that should further enhance professional recognition of highly skilled nurses matriculating from NI programs as well as nurses functioning in positions where informatics-induced transformation is occurring. The panel will discuss the professionalization of health informatics by describing core content, training requirements, education needs, and administrative framework applicable for the creation of an Advanced Health Informatics Certification (AHIC).