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The Health IT Workforce Curriculum was developed for U.S. community colleges to enhance workforce training programmes in health information technology. The curriculum consist of 20 courses of 3 credits each. Each course includes instructor manuals, learning objectives, syllabi, video lectures with accompanying transcripts and slides, exercises, and assessments. The materials were authored by Columbia University, Duke University, Johns Hopkins University, Oregon Health & Science University, and University of Alabama at Birmingham. The project was funded by the U.S. Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology. All of the course materials are available under a Creative Commons Attribution Noncommercial ShareAlike (CC BY NC SA) License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/). The course description, learning objectives, author information, and other details may be found at http://archive.org/details/HealthITWorkforce-Comp05Unit16. The full collection may be browsed at http://knowledge.amia.org/onc-ntdc or at http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewPortfolio.htm?id=842513.

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History of Health Information Technology in The U.S

The Health IT Workforce Curriculum was developed for U.S. community colleges to enhance workforce training programmes in health information technology. The curriculum consist of 20 courses of 3 credits each. Each course includes instructor manuals, learning objectives, syllabi, video lectures with accompanying transcripts and slides, exercises, and assessments. The materials were authored by Columbia University, Duke University, Johns Hopkins University, Oregon Health & Science University, and University of Alabama at Birmingham. The project was funded by the U.S. Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology. All of the course materials are available under a Creative Commons Attribution Noncommercial ShareAlike (CC BY NC SA) License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/). The course description, learning objectives, author information, and other details may be found at http://archive.org/details/HealthITWorkforce-Comp05Unit16. The full collection may be browsed at http://knowledge.amia.org/onc-ntdc or at http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewPortfolio.htm?id=842513.

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History of Health Information

Technology in the U.S.


History of Health IT Organizations
Lecture a Professional Organizations

This material Comp5_Unit16 was developed by The University of Alabama Birmingham, funded by the Department of Health
and Human Services, Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology under Award Number
1U24OC000023
History of Health IT Organizations
Learning Objectives
2
Describe the background and original
constituencies of AMIA, HIMSS, and AHIMA
Describe the changes in major interests that
have occurred at AMIA, HIMSS, and AHIMA over
time

Health IT Workforce Curriculum
Version 3.0/Spring 2012
History of Health Information Technology in the U.S.
History of Health IT Organizations
Lecture a
Organizations
Professional Associations
AMIA (American Medical Informatics
Association)
HIMSS (Health Information and
Management Systems Society)
AHIMA (American Health Information
Management Association)

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History of Health Information Technology in the U.S.
History of Health IT Organizations
Lecture a
Professional Organizations
Electronic Health Records
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Health IT Workforce Curriculum
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History of Health Information Technology in the U.S.
History of Health IT Organizations
Lecture a
AMIA
1960s and 1970s
Engineering, computer science applied to medicine
Physicians interested in computers

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Health IT Workforce Curriculum
Version 3.0/Spring 2012
History of Health Information Technology in the U.S.
History of Health IT Organizations
Lecture a
AMIA
1960s and 1970s
Engineering, computer science applied to medicine
Physicians interested in computers
International Medical Informatics Association
Representatives from most European countries

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Health IT Workforce Curriculum
Version 3.0/Spring 2012
History of Health Information Technology in the U.S.
History of Health IT Organizations
Lecture a
AMIA
1960s and 1970s
Engineering, computer science applied to medicine
Physicians interested in computers
International Medical Informatics Association
Representatives from most European countries
Society for Advanced Medical Systems
500 members
Society for Computer Medicine
500 members

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Health IT Workforce Curriculum
Version 3.0/Spring 2012
History of Health Information Technology in the U.S.
History of Health IT Organizations
Lecture a
AMIA
Symposium on Computer Applications in
Medical Care (SCAMC)
Non-membership organization
Annual fall symposium, Washington DC
Main source of information on US informatics

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Health IT Workforce Curriculum
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History of Health Information Technology in the U.S.
History of Health IT Organizations
Lecture a
AMIA
1980s
American Association of Medical Systems and
Informatics
Merger of Society for Advanced Medical Systems
(SAMS) and Society for Computer Medicine (SCM)
Spring Congress
SCAMC
2000 attendees
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Health IT Workforce Curriculum
Version 3.0/Spring 2012
History of Health Information Technology in the U.S.
History of Health IT Organizations
Lecture a
AMIA
American College of Medical Informatics
Recognition of experts in medical informatics
Meets at spring Congress and fall Symposium
Topic-related winter retreat



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Health IT Workforce Curriculum
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History of Health Information Technology in the U.S.
History of Health IT Organizations
Lecture a
AMIA
1988 Formation of AMIA
Merger of SCAMC, AAMSI, ACMI
Fall Symposium
ACMI spring and fall meetings


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Health IT Workforce Curriculum
Version 3.0/Spring 2012
History of Health Information Technology in the U.S.
History of Health IT Organizations
Lecture a
AMIA
1988 Formation of AMIA
Merger of SCAMC, AAMSI, ACMI
Fall Symposium
ACMI spring and fall meetings
Donald Lindberg, first president
Marion Ball, first International Medical Informatics
Association representative
1994 Journal (JAMIA)
2010 Organization known by acronym AMIA


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Health IT Workforce Curriculum
Version 3.0/Spring 2012
History of Health Information Technology in the U.S.
History of Health IT Organizations
Lecture a
Health Information and Management
Systems Society (HIMSS)
1960s and 1970s
Hospital Management Systems Society
Focus: Management engineering
Under American Hospital Association (AHA)









Source: (HIMSS Legacy Workgroup, 2007)
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Health IT Workforce Curriculum
Version 3.0/Spring 2012
History of Health Information Technology in the U.S.
History of Health IT Organizations
Lecture a
Health Information and Management
Systems Society (HIMSS)
1960s and 1970s
Hospital Management Systems Society
Focus: Management engineering
Under American Hospital Association (AHA)
1980s
Information added to the name and focus
broadened
Healthcare Information and Management
Systems Society
Source: (HIMSS Legacy Workgroup, 2007)

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Health IT Workforce Curriculum
Version 3.0/Spring 2012
History of Health Information Technology in the U.S.
History of Health IT Organizations
Lecture a
Health Information and Management
Systems Society (HIMSS)
1990s
1993 HIMSS separates from AHA
1994 Clinical systems added as a focus
area for HIMSS

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Health IT Workforce Curriculum
Version 3.0/Spring 2012
History of Health Information Technology in the U.S.
History of Health IT Organizations
Lecture a
American Health Information
Management Association (AHIMA)
Earliest of the organizations
1928American College of Surgeons established the
American Record Librarians of North America
1970American Medical Record Association
1991AHIMA
Focus on management of information.
Broader than medical records
Broader than hospital records







Source: (AHIMA History)
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Health IT Workforce Curriculum
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History of Health Information Technology in the U.S.
History of Health IT Organizations
Lecture a
AHIMA: Changes in Focus
Medical record quality and certification of
practitioners
Focus on accuracy and completeness of data
Deep knowledge of medical terminology

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Health IT Workforce Curriculum
Version 3.0/Spring 2012
History of Health Information Technology in the U.S.
History of Health IT Organizations
Lecture a
AHIMA: Changes in Focus
Medical record quality and certification of
practitioners
Focus on accuracy and completeness of data
Deep knowledge of medical terminology
DRGs in the 1980s
Importance of coding for reimbursement
Involvement in new coding standards and
terminology

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Health IT Workforce Curriculum
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History of Health Information Technology in the U.S.
History of Health IT Organizations
Lecture a
AHIMA: Changes in Focus
Privacy legislation 1970s to 1990s
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Health IT Workforce Curriculum
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History of Health Information Technology in the U.S.
History of Health IT Organizations
Lecture a
AHIMA: Changes in Focus
Privacy legislation 1970s to 1990s
Beginning of focus on electronic
information 1990s Present
EHRs and PHRs
HIT Workforce

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Health IT Workforce Curriculum
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History of Health Information Technology in the U.S.
History of Health IT Organizations
Lecture a
Joint Healthcare Information
Technology Alliance (1997)
Three organizations initially
Goal: advance healthcare delivery through
information technology
Influence legislation
Computer-Based Patient Record
HIPAA
Privacy and confidentiality
Security


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Health IT Workforce Curriculum
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History of Health Information Technology in the U.S.
History of Health IT Organizations
Lecture a
Other Collaborations
Joint certification exams
Privacy and security certificationsHIMSS and
AHIMA
Joint publications
Workforce RolesAMIA and AHIMA
Co-sponsorship of meetings and groups
Alliance for Nursing InformaticsAMIA and
HIMSS


Sources: (AHIMA & AMIA, 2006)
(AHIMA & AMIA, 2008)

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Health IT Workforce Curriculum
Version 3.0/Spring 2012
History of Health Information Technology in the U.S.
History of Health IT Organizations
Lecture a
1970s
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Health IT Workforce Curriculum
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History of Health Information Technology in the U.S.
History of Health IT Organizations
Lecture a
1980s
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Health IT Workforce Curriculum
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History of Health Information Technology in the U.S.
History of Health IT Organizations
Lecture a
1990s
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Health IT Workforce Curriculum
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History of Health Information Technology in the U.S.
History of Health IT Organizations
Lecture a
2000 to Present
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Health IT Workforce Curriculum
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History of Health Information Technology in the U.S.
History of Health IT Organizations
Lecture a
History of Health IT Organizations
Summary Lecture a
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History of AMIA, HIMSS and AHIMA
Converging goals
Health IT Workforce Curriculum
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History of Health Information Technology in the U.S.
History of Health IT Organizations
Lecture a
History of Health IT Organizations
References Lecture a
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History of Health Information Technology in the U.S.
History of Health IT Organizations
Lecture a
References
AHIMA, AMIA, Building the Work Force for Health Information Transformation [Internet]. Chicago: American
Health Information Management Association. 2006 Feb. Available from:
http://www.amia.org/sites/amia.org/files/Workforce_2006.pdf
AHIMA, AMIA. Health Information Management and Informatics Core Competencies for Individuals Working with
Electronic Health Records [Internet]. Chicago: American Health Information Management Association. 2008 Oct.
Available from: http://library.ahima.org/xpedio/groups/public/documents/ahima/bok1_040723.pdf
AHIMA History [Internet]. Chicago: American Health Information Management Association. Available from:
http://www.ahima.org/about/history.aspx
HIMSS Legacy Workgroup. History of the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (formerly
Hospital Management Systems Society) [Internet]. Chicago: Healthcare Information and Management Systems
Society (HIMSS); 2007. Available from: http://www.himss.org/content/files/HIMSS_HISTORY.pdf

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