Applied Clinical Informatics
Our Applied Clinical Informatics (ACI) Fellowship represents a national first—the only ambulatory-based ACI fellowship in a community health center, with a specific emphasis on impacting social determinants of health and care delivery to the underserved.
Our Passion is to leverage medical knowledge to optimize clinical care, use technology as a tool to improve clinician presence with patients, enhance care for the vulnerable, and improve the overall health and well-being of communities.
Structure
- Two-year, ACGME-approved fellowship
- Emphasis on graduates of primary care residencies—family medicine, internal medicine, and pediatrics
- Competitive PGY-4–5 salary and benefits
Education
- Didactics—Certificate in Informatics from UTHealth Houston (online; option to obtain MS)
- CI research, national meeting attendance
- CI projects
- Organizational leadership
- Assist with clinical system maintenance
- Assist with clinical research development
- EPIC certifications
Collaborations
- Baylor University: Computer Science Dept. (basic science experience, lectures)
- UTHealth Houston, School of Biomedical Informatics, Houston, TX (didactic sessions, certification)
- Baylor Scott and White Clinical Informatics Fellowship (fellow rotations)
- Christus Health (ambulatory and inpatient training and go-live experiences)
Faculty & Educators
Kelly Nieves, MD
Chief Medical Informatics OfficerFellowship Program Director
Board Certified CI
Janet Webb, MD
Associate CMIOFellowship Faculty
Board Eligible CI
John Gill, MD
Fellowship FacultyBoard Certified CI
Tim Barker, MD
Christus System Ambulatory CMIOBoard Certified, CI