2021 & 2020 were unique years for the digitization of healthcare. Telehealth was rapidly adopted and with healthcare workers being worked to the bone, relying on digital tools to help reduce their burden was at the front-mind of health informatic professionals. In this blog post, I am going to dive Read more…
I have received this question from listeners of the Health Analytic Insights podcast, “What type of person do you think is a good fit for informatics?”. I think everyone has the ability to succeed in the field but I definitely notice some common similarities between my colleagues and others in Read more…
According to the Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association, prior to the pandemic, clinician burnout was considered a global crisis. Clinician burnout has been highly documented when it comes to dealing with alert fatigue and the use of the EMR/EHR within healthcare organizations. In this blog post, I am Read more…
On the Health Analytic Insights podcast, the two biggest themes which I often discuss with guests, regardless of the initial topic, are the importance of open and transparent communication with end-users and the importance of privacy and security when dealing with healthcare data. Therefore, in this blog post, I am Read more…
I started the Health Analytic Insights podcast during the pandemic for two reasons. Firstly, I started working in a field I was passionate about and I wanted to find a community of like-minded individuals to geek out with 😀 and secondly, I realized how difficult it was to break into Read more…
Sometimes we are looking for a mid-career shift or we feel burnt out at our current role and we are looking for a pivot. If you have clinical experience and are looking to be involved more heavily in the technology aspect of running a healthcare organization, a health informatics role Read more…
Here is the video version, if you prefer watching: Before even starting to write your statement of purpose (SOP) self-reflection is key, to help reduce the burden of writing, some questions you might ask yourself include: Including this reasoning in your SOP is key because the admission panel will want Read more…
Looking for a career change as a clinician? I often see this question, how do I transition into an IT role from my clinical role (e.g. nurse, pharmacy technician)? In this blog post, I am going to go over tips to transition from a clinical role to a health informatics Read more…
I polled a group of health informatic professionals to learn what tools they use daily in their jobs. The results were surprisingly common across the board! The common tools used by health informatic professionals are: For acquiring data and writing queries🏆 WINNER: SQL SQL is a structured query language which Read more…
I recently received an insightful question from a listener of the Health Analytic Insight Podcast who asked me: “What do I think will be potential future careers in Health Informatics?” Although no one can predict the future, in my opinion, as standards such as FHIR (Fast Health Interoperability Resources) improve Read more…