The Anesthesiologist-Informatician: A Survey of Physicians Board-Certified in Both Anesthesiology and Clinical Informatics

All 36 physicians board-certified in both anesthesiology and clinical informatics as of January 1, 2016, were surveyed via e-mail, with 26 responding. Although most (25/26) generally expressed satisfaction with the clinical informatics boards, and view informatics expertise as important to anesthesiology, most (24/26) thought it unlikely or highly unlikely that substantial numbers of anesthesiology residents would pursue clinical informatics fellowships. Anesthesiologists wishing to qualify for the clinical informatics board examination under the practice pathway need to devote a substantive amount of worktime to informatics. There currently are options outside of formal fellowship training to acquire the knowledge to pass. Accepted for publication January 29, 2018. Funding: Departmental. The authors declare no conflicts of interest. Supplemental digital content is available for this article. Direct URL citations appear in the printed text and are provided in the HTML and PDF versions of this article on the journal's website (http://ift.tt/KegmMq). This study was presented in part at the Annual Meeting of the American Society of Anesthesiologists, Chicago, IL, October 22–26, 2016 (Abstract 16A3714ASAHQ). Reprints will not be available from the authors. Address correspondence to Richard H. Epstein, MD, Department of Anesthesiology, Pain Management and Perioperative Medicine, University of Miami, 1400 NW 12th Ave, Suite 3075, Miami, FL 33136. Address e-mail to repstein@med.Miami.edu. © 2018 International Anesthesia Research Society

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