Congrats to HHS Grantees Brian Foley and NOVA
HHS Announces over $400 million for HIT workforce and meaningful use
AHRQ - Leveraging Health Information Technology for Patient Empowerment
California Healthcare Foundation - Is There a Consumer Pay-off for Investing in Health Information Technology?
Brookings Institute - Telehealth and Mobile Communications: The New Frontier in Modern Emergency Preparedness
2nd SHIRE Health IT Resource Teach-In
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Congrats to HHS Grantees Brian Foley and NOVA
NHIT is pleased to announce that Brian Foley, Co-chair of the NHIT Workforce Development and Training Workgroup, and Northern Virginia Community College (NOVA) were recently awarded a $6 million grant for ONC’s Competency Examination Program. This program is intended to create a tool to assess basic competency for individuals trained in short-term, non degree health IT programs and for members of the workforce seeking to demonstrate their competency in certain health IT workforce roles. The implementation and maintenance of health information technology (HIT) requires a trained workforce, and NHIT is certainly proud to have such a valued stakeholder, like Brian to play such an integral role in supporting our populations of focus in this endeavor.
HHS Announces over $400 million for HIT workforce and meaningful use
Over the past week, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has announced over $400 million in awards in ARRA funding to build and sustain the Health IT workforce, and address the barrier to achieving meaningful use of health IT. $84 million will go to 16 universities and community colleges to support the training and development of more than 50,000 new health IT professionals. Click here to read the HHS press release. $60 million was awarded to four advanced research institutions to focus on solving current and future challenges which permit barriers to adoption and meaningful implementation of HIT. Roughly $267 million has been awarded to create 28 additional Health IT Regional Extension Centers (RECs). Click here to read the HHS press release. The number of RECs created from ARRA funding now totals 60. It’s estimated that at least 100,000 primary care providers and hospitals will benefit from the RECs outreach and support services over the next two years.
AHRQ - Leveraging Health Information Technology for Patient Empowerment
This free 90-minute teleconference, April 8, 2010 from 3:00 – 4:30 p.m., ET, will explore the latest research on how patients can utilize health IT to increase participation in their healthcare. Click here for more information and to register
California Healthcare Foundation - Is There a Consumer Pay-off for Investing in Health Information Technology?
The California HealthCare Foundation will present findings from a ground-breaking new study on Americans' attitudes and experiences with health information technology. The findings document-for the first time-specific health benefits reported by people who have been using personal health records. Other findings will provide new insights to people developing new health information technologies and encouraging their use-with sometimes surprising results. Join us for a provocative conversation. This event will take place Tuesday, April 13, 2010, from 8:45 - 10:30 a.m. ET at the National Press Club, Murrow Room. Click here for more information and to RSVP
Brookings Institute - Telehealth and Mobile Communications: The New Frontier in Modern Emergency Preparedness
On April 19, the Brookings Institution will host a policy discussion on how health technology, mobile communications and telehealth can spur more efficient and effective care for disaster survivors, as well as better equip first responders. The event will also focus on the investment required to support a technologically enhanced emergency preparedness system. Darrell West, Brookings vice president and director of Governance Studies, will moderate a panel of disaster relief and emergency management experts including Alexander Vo of the University of Texas at Galveston, Marion Orr of Brown University, and Joe Becker of the American Red Cross. This event will take place Monday, April 19, 2010, from 10:00-11:30 a.m. ET at the Brookings Institution. Click here to register
2nd SHIRE Health IT Resource Teach-In
Summit Health Institute for Research and Education, Inc. (SHIRE) and The California Endowment are sponsoring the Second Health Information Technology (HIT) Resource Teach-In in Los Angeles, CA on June 23, 2010. The conference will inform participants about the opportunities, benefits and challenges of adopting and utilizing electronic health records (EHRs) that comply with meaningful use regulations under consideration or promulgated by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS). Additionally, conference participants will receive information about innovative uses of HIT among the underserved and in communities of color, as well as guidance on suggested methods to navigate EHR adoption and compliance. Click here to register
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