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. 2021 Jul 21;8:23821205211028347. doi: 10.1177/23821205211028347

Table 2.

Selection of further frameworks.

Framework AMIA and AHIMA20,21
Level Postgraduates
Domains 1) Health information literacy and skills
2) Health informatics skills using the EHR
3) Privacy and confidentiality of health information
4) Health information/data technical security
5) Basic computer literacy skills
Framework “eHealth competency catalog”—Academy of Medical Royal Colleges and the Scottish Government 22
Level Postgraduates
Domains 1) Clinical leadership and management
2) IT healthcare projects
3) Working with information
4) Clinical care records
5) Clinical IT systems and technologies
6) Knowledge management
7) Clinical and health IT standards
Framework “Learning to manage health information”—National Health Service Connecting for Health (United Kingdom) 23
Level Undergraduates and postgraduates
Domains 1) Protection of individuals and organizations
2) Data, information, and knowledge
3) Communications and information transfer
4) Health and care records
5) The language of health: clinical coding and terminology
6) Clinical systems and applications
7) eHealth: the future direction of clinical care
Framework National working group (United Kingdom) 24
Level Undergraduates
Domains 1) Digital health: work as a practitioner in the digital healthcare environment
2) Accessing data: access and interpret patient data to inform clinical decision-making
3) Communication: communicate effectively with healthcare professionals and patients in the digital environment
4) Generating data: generate data for and about patients within the electronic patient records
5) Multidisciplinary working: work with healthcare professionals with and alongside electronic patient records
6) Monitoring and audit: monitor and improve the quality and safety of healthcare
Framework eHealth capabilities framework (mixed-methods study, Australia) 25
Level Undergraduates and postgraduates
Domains 1) Digital technologies, systems, and policies
2) Clinical practice and applications
3) Data analysis and knowledge creation
4) System and technology implementation

Abbreviations: AHIMA: American Health Information Management Association; AMIA: American Medical Informatics Association.