Community College Consortia to Educate Health Information Technology Professionals in Health Care
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| Web site |
Link to program web site |
| Type |
Grant or contract |
| Sponsor |
Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology |
| Deadline |
January 22, 2010; Letter of Intent: January 6, 2010 (Required)
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| Tagged keywords |
Education and Training, Health Information Administrators, Health Information and Informatics Occupations, Health Information Coders, Health Information Technicians, National, Technology |
| Description |
The Community College Consortia to Educate Health Information Technology Professionals in Health Care program seeks to rapidly create HIT academic programs at Community Colleges (as defined by the 1965 Higher Education Act) or expand existing ones. Each student with appropriate prerequisite training and experience will be able to complete intensive training in one of six roles within six months or less. Roles include: Practice workflow and information management redesign specialists; Clinician/practitioner consultants; Implementation support specialists; Implementation managers; Technical/software support staff; and, Trainers. Academic programs may be offered through traditional on-campus instruction or distance learning modalities, or combinations thereof. This program is critical to achieving the goal of HITECH and supporting the work of the regional centers.
It is expected that by the end of the two-year project period, collectively all of the Community Colleges participating in the program will have established training programs with the capacity to train at least 10,500 students annually to be part of the HIT workforce. |
| Amount |
Total funding: $70,000,000 |
| Geographic Coverage |
Nationwide |
| Eligibility |
Lead Awardee: Each consortium must identify a lead institution which must be a institution of higher education. Any university that applies must be also be engaged in providing training in HIT.
Member Community Colleges: Each awarded consortium must have in its membership an identified set of Community Colleges.
The consortium may also contract with qualified organizations other than institutions of higher education to provide specific services in support of the consortium’s coordination activities, but funds for academic development and training implementation can only be given to member Community Colleges. |
| Instructions |
Please see the program web site for detailed application instructions. Technical Assistance calls to be held December 16th and January 15th to ensure that ONC addresses all comments and questions please submit by email (HealthITEducation@hhs.gov) three days prior to the call. |
| Contacts |
HITEducation@hhs.gov
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| CFDA |
93.721 |
Last updated November 27, 2009
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