AHIC Exam Information and Outline
Health Informatics Certification (AHIC) Exam
Syllabus Update Checked on: November 9, 2026
AHIC Exam Syllabus & Study Guide
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The information below reflects the 2026 syllabus defined by
AMIA.
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- Exam Format
- 150 multiple-choice items (three answer options each), all scored
- Duration: 4 hours; scaled scoring with domain-level performance feedback
- Health
- Health systems, care delivery, public and population health
- Clinical and biomedical knowledge relevant to informatics
- Information Science and Technology
- Data structures, databases and information systems
- Programming, networking and computational concepts
- Social and Behavioral Science
- Behavioral, organizational and social science foundations
- Health Information Science and Technology
- Electronic health records and clinical information systems
- Clinical decision support
- Health data standards and interoperability (HL7, FHIR, SNOMED CT, LOINC, ICD)
- Data analytics, AI and knowledge representation
- Human Factors and Socio-Technical Systems
- Usability, workflow analysis and system design
- Implementation and evaluation of health IT
- Social, Behavioral and Information Science Applied to Health
- Consumer health informatics and patient engagement
- Telehealth and mobile health
- Professionalism
- Ethics, privacy, security and regulatory compliance (HIPAA)
- Interprofessional Collaborative Practice
- Leadership and Change Management
- Project management, governance and organizational change