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A board-certified pathologist with more than two decades of professional experience, Dr. Sophia Kotliar serves as the laboratory medical director at Ocean Medical Center in Brick Township, New Jersey. Over the course of her career, Dr. Sophia Kotliar has developed an in-depth knowledge in various areas of health care, including clinical informatics.
An evolving subspecialty in the medical field, clinical informatics (CI) refers to the study of information technology and how it can be applied in a healthcare setting. CI professionals take on a variety of roles to ensure that collected data is organized, processed, stored, analyzed, and applied in a way that has the largest possible positive effect on patient health.
While CI has been a part of the healthcare industry for several decades, it has increased in importance alongside the growing use of electronic health records and the increasing reliance on data and technology to deliver patient care. The growth of CI is creating enormous employment opportunities for those with a knowledge of patient care and an understanding of information science, information systems, and other informatics concepts.
CI professionals have a presence in practically every facet of health care and various settings, including hospitals, physicians' practices, dental offices, and pharmacies. Those who work in this subspecialty typically come from a healthcare background.
