Health IT Workforce Development Program
Health IT Workforce Development Program
Health IT Workforce Development Program
Authors: Chitra Mohla, Michelle Murray, Alicia Morton, David Muntz Slides
May 16, 2012
Primary care Solo and small group practices Community & rural health centers Public & critical access hospitals Other settings predominately serving uninsured, underinsured or medically underserved patients
Health IT Workforce Roles Addressing the six workforce roles that are consistent with short-term training
Community College Consortia (OPAS)
Curriculum Development Centers (OCS)
HITECH Act made available $118 million for development of health IT professionals ONCs Four Integrated programs:
1. Community College Consortia to Educate Health IT professionals 2. Curriculum Development Centers 3. Competency Examination for Individuals Completing Non-degree Training 4. Program of Assistance for University-Based Training
REGION B
REGION D
Workforce Training
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12,082
March, 2012
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9/21/2012
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Columbia University*
Cornell University
Johns Hopkins University Oregon Health & Sciences University University of Colorado Denver, School of Nursing Duke University*
University of North Carolina
Indiana University
* Formed a consortium
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Trainees are highly educated & mid-career clinical, public health, technology professional that have elected to move into field of HIT Training is at post-baccalaureate certificate to Masters level over 1-2 years Many graduates available for hire now contact universities directly Many students available for practicum and mentorship experiences
http://healthit.hhs.gov/universitytraining
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1. Clinician or Public Health Leader 2. Health Information Management & Exchange Specialist 3. Health Information Privacy & Security Specialist 4. Research & Development Scientist 5. Programmers & Software Engineer 6. HIT Sub-specialist
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University-Based Training
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University-Based Training
as of 3/20/12: 571 graduates (34%)
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To make available high quality educational materials reflecting best practice in a rapidly changing field To enable community college programs to ramp up quickly To make curriculum publicly available
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Global adoption of ONC health IT curriculum materials Users in nearly 100 countries across 6 continents
http://healthit.hhs.gov/curriculumdevelopment
Program information
Provides $10 million in cooperative agreements to 5 institutions of higher education to support health IT curriculum development from April 2010 through December 2012. One of the awardees, Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU), also serves as the National Training and Dissemination Center (NTDC) for the materials. The volume of materials is large: 9 GB of information made up of over 12,000 files across 213 units that address 20 content areas.
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Each lecture consists of a PowerPoint slide presentation, an .mp3 audio file, and a transcript of the audio. Also available are Flash lecture presentations, learning activities, discussion questions, and selfassessment questions. Blueprints have been written for each component to outline component objectives and unit topics. Curriculum components should be viewed as a resource that can be modified. Components do not need to be used in their entirety; rather, instructors may choose the units that best fit their needs.
Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology
Curriculum Material Version 3 Released in March 2012 The third version of the curriculum materials is now available to the public on the NTDC website at http://www.onc-ntdc.org or http://www.oncntdc.info . New and improved content, especially on privacy and security, meaningful use Better integration of content across components More robust accessibility features Standardized document formats and naming Search and index tools added to the site
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Surveys
Community College Student Cohort Survey
Site Visits
Community Colleges
Focus Groups
Community College and UBT Students
Universities
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