Choosing Cleveland Clinic for the Medical Informatics Fellowship

Cleveland Clinic Medical Informatics fellowship is one of the very few programs in US which are specifically tailored for  physicians planning to sub specialize in medical informatics:

1.  The  curriculum is focused  on clinical application and research rather than basic informatics. 

2.  The fellowship is fully funded and provides a hands-on experience  at an enterprise level in one of the largest integrated delivery networks in the region.

3. The program is designed  to provide maximum flexibility ( see Courses). Once the fellow  chooses a research project ,  rest of the program is tailored to his/ her research interests ( Electronic Health Records, clinical data mining, online education, operational/management etc.)

4. Time is reserved for fellow to continue his/her clinical experience through inpatient or outpatient experiences at Cleveland Clinic.

A glance at some of the initiatives written below, may   provide  an overview of what the Cleveland Clinic has to offer.

e-Cleveland Clinic is a web-based extension of the Clinic’s 80-year role as one of America's most respected referral institutions,  providing specialist consultations and second opinions using the Internet for patients with life-threatening and life-altering diagnoses. 

COMET ( Center for Online Medical Education and Training)  This is link is available only on through the CCF Intranet. COMET  responsible for the strategic development of web based training to supplement medical education of physicians, house staff, medical students and nursing personnel, as well as training of employees on compliance related issues.

COMET recently completed a successful Online Interactive HIPAA training at Cleveland Clinic from conception to completion within three Months. The project was conceived in November 2002 and completed in January 2003. This included building the  learning Management System (LMS), identifying trainees and assigning roles, identifying the content and converting it for online delivery and getting the system tested and the content reviewed. This project highlights what can be achieved by close cooperation of online learning experts, content experts, compliance teams, and information technology personnel.

COMET is presently also involved in designing the distance learning curriculum for Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine. Click  to see  Online Training - Virtual Tour of Classroom

The Cleveland Clinic Disease Management Project is  comprehensive source for practical treatment strategies developed by physicians from one of the country's most respected medical centers.

• It is authored entirely by physicians from The Cleveland Clinic, recognized by U.S. News & World Report as one of the top hospitals in the United States.
• Treatment recommendations are tied to national practice guidelines, wherever possible
• It is 100% free. There is no cost to view the material and there are no barriers to accessing the content.
• A similar project focused on collaborative learning led by informatics faculty is GI Wiki.

Ambulatory Electronic Medical Records Quality Initiatives Projects: The Cleveland Clinic started rolling epic electronic medical records  in 2000. Now most of the Cleveland Clinic's main campus and the satellite centers have reached the consolidation phase. This has provided us with a unique opportunity to map this  huge ambulatory patient database with known health-care quality indicators and develop quality initiatives.