Physician subspecialty certification approved by American Board of Medical Specialties in 2011 (Detmer & Shortliffe, 2014), based on core curriculum (Gardner et al., 2009) and training requirements (Safran et al., 2009)
- Subspecialty of all medical specialties
- “Grandfathering” of training requirements initially, to be followed by formal fellowships after 2022 (originally 2017; extended in 2016)
- Certification first offered in October, 2013 – now over 1300 passed
Clinical Informatics Medical Sub-specialty
ABPM Clinical Informatics
Needed or desired for others? AMIA Health Informatics Certification (AHIC) Task Force has developed plans for certification of other health professionals in informatics (Gadd, Williamson, Steen, & Fridsma, 2016)