Name: Understand the value of becoming a Certified Professional in Healthcare Information and Management Systems – Canada (CPHIMS-CA)
Identifier: Not Applicable
Issuing Organisation: Digital Health Canada
Country: Canada
Language: English
Organization website (opens in new window): https://digitalhealthcanada.com/
Link to standard (opens in new window): https://digitalhealthcanada.com/achieving-cphims-ca/
Availability: Free to Access
Type: Certification
Issue Year:
Forward Review Date: Not known
Fields: Assistive Technologies Communication and Information Digital Health Engagement, Inclusion and Citizenship Health and Wellbeing
Intended Audiences: Older People, Third (Voluntary) Sector Bodies, Private Sector Bodies, Professional and Trade Bodies, and Governmental and Public Sector Bodies
Abstract:
Understand the value of becoming a Certified Professional in Healthcare Information and Management Systems – Canada (CPHIMS-CA)
CPHIMS-CA is provided through a partnership between Digital Health Canada and HIMSS, which issue the credential and certificate jointly to successful candidates. The Certified Professional in Healthcare Information and Management Systems–Canada (CPHIMS-CA) credential validates professional competency to respected international and Canadian criteria. CPHIMS-CA signifies that a health informatics (HI) professional has the skills, knowledge and abilities to perform safely and effectively in a broad range of practice settings.
Organizations with CPHIMS-CA certified professionals find it helps:
- Deliver healthcare innovation projects with greater impact/lower costs
- Contribute to patient safety and healthcare delivery accountability
- Demonstrate professional competency in globally respected HI criteria
- Raise the profile of HI as a profession
Recruit and retain top-quality HI staff
Relevance to Active and Healthy Ageing: Medium
Older Person Specific: No
Usage / Adoption status: Not known
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