Table 1.

Proposed AHIC education and experience eligibility requirements

Path	Primary Health Profession or Graduate Educationa	Health Informatics Education	Health Informatics Experienceb
Phase 1: Before a sufficient number of accredited health informatics programs exists
1A	Master’s or higher degree in primary health field	Master’s or higher degree from health, biomedical, or clinical informatics program that is accredited or deemed satisfactory to the AHIC certifying entity	18 months over a 3-year period; this 3-year period must have been completed within the past 5 years
1B		None	36 months over a 5-year period; this 5-year period must have been completed within the past 10 years
2	Doctoral degree in a field characterized as having its primary focus on clinical or health informatics		18 months over a 3-year period; this 3-year period must have been completed within the past 5 years
Phase 2: Once a sufficient number of accredited health informatics programs exist
1	Master’s or higher degree in primary health field	Master’s or higher degree from accredited health, biomedical, or clinical informatics program	18 months over a 3-year period; this 3-year period must have been completed within the past 5 years
2	Doctoral degree in a field characterized as having its primary focus on clinical or health informatics		18 months over a 3-year period; this 3-year period must have been completed within the past 5 years

^aHealth profession or graduate degree must be earned from a school or university in the United States that at the time of the applicant’s graduation was a nationally or regionally accredited institution, or a school deemed satisfactory to the AHIC certifying entity. Degrees that meet requirements:

Path 1: Master’s (eg, MPH, MSN, NP, PA) or higher (eg, DDS, DNP, DPH, DO, MD, PharmD). Limited exceptions (eg, BS in pharmacy prior to 2005) will be considered.

Path 2: PhD in biomedical or health informatics, or DNP with nursing informatics focus.

^bQualifying health informatics experience should have occurred in the United States or Canada and includes focused informatics activity (as demonstrated by informatics core qualifications) for a concentrated and sustained period of time.