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Summary
Building effective clinical informatics teams requires time and specific skills to optimize health IT. Hospitals must foster collaboration and recognize the growing shortage of qualified informatics professionals.
Area of Science:
- Health Informatics
- Healthcare Management
- Information Technology in Healthcare
Background:
- Hospitals are rapidly forming clinical informatics teams to meet meaningful use objectives under the ARRA-HITECH Act.
- Achieving optimal clinical IT requires significant time to develop essential team synergy.
Purpose of the Study:
- To highlight the critical need for strategic team-building in clinical informatics.
- To inform healthcare leaders about the necessary skills and collaborative approaches for successful clinical informatics teams.
Main Methods:
- Interviews with clinical informaticists and Chief Information Officers (CIOs) at leading hospital organizations.
- Analysis of successful models for building clinical informatics teams.
Main Results:
- Developing synergistic clinical informatics teams takes years, not months.
- Successful teams require a diverse range of skill sets and personal characteristics.
- A significant shortage of qualified clinical informatics candidates is projected to worsen.
Conclusions:
- Healthcare organizations must prioritize long-term, collaborative strategies for building clinical informatics teams.
- Addressing the impending shortage of informatics professionals is crucial for future healthcare IT optimization.
- Investing in the development and recruitment of clinical informaticists is essential for achieving meaningful use and improving healthcare delivery.
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