HonorHealth Program

The Clinical Informatics Fellowship at HonorHealth ismeticulously crafted to equip fellows with a comprehensiveunderstanding of the multifaceted realm of clinical informatics.The program emphasizes collaborative engagements with diversehealthcare professionals, IT specialists, and leadership roles toenhance clinical support systems and elevate patient safety andhealthcare quality across varied contexts.

A key learning aspect of the fellowship includes understandingsocial determinants of health, care transitions, and specifichealthcare challenges such as addressing the opioid crisis.HonorHealth aspires to empower fellows through experientiallearning, allowing them to contribute meaningfully to scholarlywork aligned with the organization’s vision of transforminghealthcare within the community 1.

Curriculum and Training Structure

The Clinical Informatics Fellowship Program is structured toprovide a multidisciplinary educational environment, involving bothHonorHealth faculty and professors from Arizona State University's(ASU) Biomedical Informatics Program. This collaboration fosters adiverse learning experience, with fellows working alongside a rangeof healthcare professionals, including IT analysts, medicalpractitioners, and case managers, thereby enhancing their practicaland theoretical knowledge in technology integration withinhealthcare.

Throughout the fellowship, participants will engage in numerousrotations across various healthcare settings such as hospitals,outpatient care centers, and data warehouses. This hands-ontraining allows fellows to hone their informatics skills, aimed atimproving disease detection and patient care quality while alsominimizing unnecessary hospital visits 1.

Scholarly and Research Opportunities

The fellowship distinctly highlights the importance ofevidence-based practice and encourages fellows to partake inresearch that can significantly impact clinical processes. Combinedwith obtaining a Masters of Advanced Study in Health Informaticsfrom ASU, fellows are expected to produce scholarly work that cancontribute to advancements in clinical informatics and patient caremanagement.

Training Sites

Fellows' primary clinical training site will align with theirchosen specialty within the interdisciplinary approach. Keyparticipating training sites include:

• HonorHealth Medical Group – Jomax
• HonorHealth Research Institute
• ASU's College of Health Solutions
• Mercy Care
• Innovation Care Partners
• Valleywise Health
• Phoenix VA Health Care System
• Neighborhood Outreach Access to Health (NOAH)

Visa Support and Requirements

HonorHealth’s Clinical Informatics Fellowship exclusivelyutilizes the J-1 Visa, which is sponsored by the EducationalCommission for Foreign Medical Graduates (ECFMG). It is importantto note that HonorHealth does not provide sponsorship for H1-Bvisas for international medical school graduates; hence,prospective candidates are required to have their J-1 visasorganized before commencing the fellowship 1.

Application Requirements

Applicants for the fellowship are encouraged to demonstrate astrong commitment to the field of clinical informatics and anexisting engagement in clinical practice. Among typicalrequirements, applicants should hold a current enrollment in amedical school or a residency program or have been actively engagedin clinical practice within the last year. The program is highlycompetitive, emphasizing the value of previous direct patient careexperience 1.

Unique Aspects of the Program

This fellowship program is distinctive not only for itsstructure and collaboration with ASU but also for the focus onaddressing real healthcare challenges within the community. Thisnot only helps in the practical understanding of informatics butreinforces the commitment to healthcare equity, positioning fellowsto make significant contributions to the field of healthcaretechnology and patient care systems 1.