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The Changing Landscape: The View from My Window

The Changing Landscape: The View from My Window. Charles P. Friedman, PhD Schools of Information and Public Health University of Michigan. Out the Window, I See…. A proliferation of programs Increasing confusion about what informatics (and thus informatics education) is and isn ’ t

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The Changing Landscape: The View from My Window

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  1. The Changing Landscape: The View from My Window Charles P. Friedman, PhD Schools of Information and Public Health University of Michigan

  2. Out the Window, I See… • A proliferation of programs • Increasing confusion about what informatics (and thus informatics education) is and isn’t • And thus, increasing confusion about which of these programs are and are not “informatics” • I am going to try to outline some boundaries

  3. What Informatics Is: Three Visions • Cross-training between a set of basic sciences and a domain • Pursuit of a “Fundamental Theorem” • “Tower of Achievement”

  4. Information Science Computer Science Cognitive Science Organizational Science Implementation Science etc. Health Clinical profession Biology Public Health etc. “<Domain> Informatics” Informatics Vision I: Informatics as Cross-training Basic Informational & Behavioral Sciences An Application Domain

  5. What an Informatician Knows What a Scientist Knows So an “Informatician” is Different… Basic Informational & Computational Sciences An Application Domain What a Clinician or Public Health Practitioner Knows

  6. Informatics Vision II: “The Fundamental Theorem of Biomedical Informatics”* ( + ) > The “practice” of informatics is the pursuit of information and knowledge resources that seek to make people “better” than they would be if unassisted, and also to explore if they have been successful in that pursuit. Informatics is about people, groups, organizations, cultures—as much as it is about technology. *Friedman CP. A ‘fundamental theorem’ of biomedical informatics. Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association, 16: 169-170, 2009.

  7. Study of Effects System Deployment System Development Model Formulation Informatics Vision III: The Tower of Achievement* Informatics training touches each level of the tower and the science at each level. *Friedman CP. Where’s the science in medical informatics? JAMIA 2: 65-67, 1995.

  8. Informatics Isn’t… • Scientists or clinicians tinkering with computers • Management of large datasets per se • Deploying and configuring EHRs in pursuit of Meaningful Use, or supporting deployment • The profession of health information management • Anything done using a computer

  9. The Changing Landscape… Not Informatics Informatics • HIT Workforce Programs • Certificates • Fill ~9 ONC workforce roles • Research Programs • Doctoral degrees • Teaching and research consistent with the Fundamental Theorem and the “Tower” • HIM Programs • Bachelors and masters degrees • Practice within the bounds of an established profession • Professional Programs • Masters degrees • Fill advanced informatics practice and leadership positions consistent with Fundamental Theorem and the “Tower”

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