HonorHealth Program

The Clinical Informatics Fellowship at HonorHealth is meticulously crafted to equip fellows with a comprehensive understanding of the multifaceted realm of clinical informatics. The program emphasizes collaborative engagements with diverse healthcare professionals, IT specialists, and leadership roles to enhance clinical support systems and elevate patient safety and healthcare quality across varied contexts.

A key learning aspect of the fellowship includes understanding social determinants of health, care transitions, and specific healthcare challenges such as addressing the opioid crisis. HonorHealth aspires to empower fellows through experiential learning, allowing them to contribute meaningfully to scholarly work aligned with the organization’s vision of transforming healthcare within the community 1.

Curriculum and Training Structure

The Clinical Informatics Fellowship Program is structured to provide a multidisciplinary educational environment, involving both HonorHealth faculty and professors from Arizona State University's (ASU) Biomedical Informatics Program. This collaboration fosters a diverse learning experience, with fellows working alongside a range of healthcare professionals, including IT analysts, medical practitioners, and case managers, thereby enhancing their practical and theoretical knowledge in technology integration within healthcare.

Throughout the fellowship, participants will engage in numerous rotations across various healthcare settings such as hospitals, outpatient care centers, and data warehouses. This hands-on training allows fellows to hone their informatics skills, aimed at improving disease detection and patient care quality while also minimizing unnecessary hospital visits 1.

Scholarly and Research Opportunities

The fellowship distinctly highlights the importance of evidence-based practice and encourages fellows to partake in research that can significantly impact clinical processes. Combined with obtaining a Masters of Advanced Study in Health Informatics from ASU, fellows are expected to produce scholarly work that can contribute to advancements in clinical informatics and patient care management.

Training Sites

Fellows' primary clinical training site will align with their chosen specialty within the interdisciplinary approach. Key participating 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 exclusively utilizes the J-1 Visa, which is sponsored by the Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates (ECFMG). It is important to note that HonorHealth does not provide sponsorship for H1-B visas for international medical school graduates; hence, prospective candidates are required to have their J-1 visas organized before commencing the fellowship 1.

Application Requirements

Applicants for the fellowship are encouraged to demonstrate a strong commitment to the field of clinical informatics and an existing engagement in clinical practice. Among typical requirements, applicants should hold a current enrollment in a medical school or a residency program or have been actively engaged in clinical practice within the last year. The program is highly competitive, emphasizing the value of previous direct patient care experience 1.

Unique Aspects of the Program

This fellowship program is distinctive not only for its structure and collaboration with ASU but also for the focus on addressing real healthcare challenges within the community. This not only helps in the practical understanding of informatics but reinforces the commitment to healthcare equity, positioning fellows to make significant contributions to the field of healthcare technology and patient care systems 1.