The Applied Clinical Informatics (ACI) Journal is now an official journal of AMIA, the American Medical Informatics Association. The ACI Journal is published and owned by Schattauer Publishers for Medicine and Natural Sciences. AMIA gains three seats on the ACI Journal editorial board and peer-reviewed publishing rights for AMIA policy papers and statements of interest to the broader ACI community, as well as promotional opportunities for AMIA meetings, educational products and services.
The agreement also offers ACI subscriptions as part of the AMIA membership benefit package for members, including students.
The addition of the ACI Journal to AMIA's stable of educational products and services is part of the organization’s ongoing professional leadership in and for the support of the applied clinical informatics community. AMIA led the charge to professionalise the domain with the development of the medical subspecialty for Clinical Informatics (CI) serving physicians through the American Board of Preventive Medicine and the American Board of Pathology since 2013. Currently, there are 787 physicians board certified Diplomates in clinical informatics with the third cohort set to sit for the exam in October.
ACI editor Lehmann also serves as the chair of the CI subspecialty examination committee. AMIA prepares candidates for the exam through its CIBRC Live and online. AMIA's education programs provide clinical informatics-focused Maintenance of Certification (MOC) offerings for the CI Diplomates.
AMIA's continuing professional development reach extends beyond the medical subspecialty with clinical informatics education offered through AMIA, presented by 14 university partners. AMIA also is creating an Applied Interprofessional Informatics Certification program (AIIC) for healthcare-focused informaticians including the clinical professions of nursing, pharmacy, dentistry, imaging, nutrition, clinical informatics education and beyond.
Dr. Blackford Middleton, AMIA Board Chair, expressed confidence that the new relationship would positively impact the field.
The announcement coincides with the confirmation of AMIA's 3rd Annual iHealth Clinical Informatics Conference, May 5-6, 2016 in Minneapolis, Minn. The iHealth meeting brings together an interprofessional group of clinicians, healthcare executives and informatics experts for evidence-based learning on real-world implementation and adoption of informatics based solutions. Topics include next-generation technologies and management strategies addressing interoperability, meaningful use and patient engagement.
ACI Journal will remain an official journal of the International Medical Informatics Association (IMIA).
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