Holzer Recognizes Dr. Davis for Certification

Holzer announces Dr. G. Scott Davis has received certification from the American Board of Preventive Medicine and is now a specialist in Clinical Informatics.

Clinical Informaticians transform healthcare by analyzing, designing, implementing, and evaluating information and communication systems that enhance individual and population health outcomes, improve patient care, and strengthen the provider-patient relationship. Clinical Informaticians use their knowledge of patient care with their understanding of informatics concepts, methods, and tools to:

• Assess information and knowledge needs of health care professionals and patients,
• Characterize, evaluate, and refine clinical processes,
• Develop, implement, and refine clinical decision support systems, and
• Lead or participate in the attainment, customization, development, implementation, management, evaluation, and continuou8s improvement of clinical information systems.

Physicians who are Board Certified in Clinical Informatics work with other healthcare and information technology professionals to promote patient care that is safe, efficient, effective, timely, patient-centered, and equitable.

“There are three spheres of activity associated with clinical informatics: clinical care, the health system, and information and communications technology. I hope to utilize my experience in patient care and the time I have worked with our information technology department to better serve Holzer with this certification,” stated Dr. Davis.

Dr. Davis joined Holzer in 2008 as an Internal Medicine provider at the Holzer Lawrence County location in Proctorville, Ohio. He received his medical education from West Virginia University in Morgantown, West Virginia. Dr. Davis is also Board Certified by the American Board of Internal Medicine.

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