CEU – Clinical Informatics & Outcomes

While “big data” and “ubiquitous information” are an integral part of most industries today, data and information systems to support functional outcomes in healthcare is not well developed.   Rehabilitation professionals are well positioned to measure and enhance functional outcomes of our own care, and also consult other healthcare professionals in the optimal approach to measure outcomes that are patient-centric and cost effective.   This is why the Commission on Accreditation for Physical Therapy Education (CAPTE) requires that informatics content be included in all DPT programs.  In the clinic, translation of evidence into practice is not achieved through in-services alone, but rather through a formal quality improvement process hinged upon the ability to collect, interpret, and communicate key data.   Leverage of the EHR is the main source of secondary clinical data.  However, often functional patient reported outcomes are not included in the EHR “base model” and therefore require thoughtful and skilled partnership with EHR builders.  Rehabilitation data must be built in a way that is feasible, efficient and of high utility for clinicians and also discretely available in the database for aggregated reporting.   This course provides the foundational language and concepts of clinical informatics to support physical therapists as active stakeholders and leaders in overcoming many of the barriers experienced in the rehabilitation field with outcomes collection and utilization.

This course includes a 20 question post-course competency examination.  The participant is provided 3 minutes per question, or a total of 60  minutes to complete the examination.  Participants are required to achieve an 80% in order to pass, and they are allowed a total of 2 attempts.  A certificate of Achievement is provided to Participants achieving a passing grade.