Editing Health informatics (section)

==Competencies, education and certification==
In the United States, ''clinical informatics'' is a [[subspecialty]] within several [[medical specialties]]. For example, in [[pathology]], the [[American Board of Pathology]] offers clinical informatics certification for pathologists who have completed 24 months of related training,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.abpath.org/index.php/to-become-certified/requirements-for-certification?id=40|title=Clinical informatics|website=American Board of Pathology|access-date=2022-02-12|archive-date=2022-02-12|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220212151201/https://www.abpath.org/index.php/to-become-certified/requirements-for-certification?id=40|url-status=dead}}</ref> and the American Board of Preventive Medicine offers clinical informatics certification within [[preventive medicine]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theabpm.org/become-certified/subspecialties/clinical-informatics/|title=Clinical Informatics|website=American Board of Preventive Medicine|access-date=2022-02-12}}</ref>

In October 2011 [[American Board of Medical Specialties]] (ABMS), the organization overseeing the certification of specialist MDs in the United States, announced the creation of MD-only physician certification in clinical informatics. The first examination for board certification in the [[subspecialty]] of clinical informatics was offered in October 2013 by [[American Board of Preventive Medicine]] (ABPM) with 432 passing to become the 2014 inaugural class of Diplomates in clinical informatics.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.theabpm.org/public/newci.cfm |title=Clinical Informatics 2014 Diplomats |date=December 2013 |website=American Board of Preventive Medicine |access-date=7 January 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140108022944/http://www.theabpm.org/public/newci.cfm |archive-date=8 January 2014 }}</ref> Fellowship programs exist for physicians who wish to become board-certified in clinical informatics. Physicians must have graduated from a medical school in the United States or Canada, or a school located elsewhere that is approved by the ABPM. In addition, they must complete a primary residency program such as Internal Medicine (or any of the 24 subspecialties recognized by the ABMS) and be eligible to become licensed to practice medicine in the state where their fellowship program is located.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.theabpm.org/applicationci/ci_requirements.pdf |title=Clinical Informatics Board Certification |date=1 January 2013 |website=American Board of Preventive Medicine |access-date=7 January 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131229045944/http://www.theabpm.org/applicationci/ci_requirements.pdf |archive-date=29 December 2013 }}</ref> The fellowship program is 24 months in length, with fellows dividing their time between Informatics rotations, didactic method, research, and clinical work in their primary specialty.