Academic & Professional Education Working Group

This group will:

• Assess best practices for academic, professional development, and vocational education in standards-based health information technology (HIT) including the use of BPM+ standards
• Develop curriculum and content for educational modules on computable clinical pathways development and adoption
• Develop tutorials and materials for educational webinars, presentations, and online training
• “Train the trainers” to use and deliver these materials in academic courses, vocational training, and conferences

With the goal of building a workforce to participate in:

• Developing standards-based computable pathways at healthcare organizations
• Building standards for computable clinical pathways at SDOs
• Implementing standardized, computable clinical pathways in HIT products

Work Products

• Strategy and charter document for the Academic & Professional Education Working Group
• Student Capstone Project with Duke University School of Nursing - Identification and Care Coordination of Child Sex Trafficking Victims in the Emergency Department - Using BPM+ to Translate Knowledge into Clinical Decision Support (poster)
• Presentation at AHIMA 2020 conference - Teaching CDI Through Interoperable Clinical Pathways Standards and Modeling Tools