PRESENTED BY: Barbara Kelley-Anderson, RHIT Student Support Specialist & Brian Cottrell Learning Management System Specialist April 11, 2012

Funding Background FEDERAL FUNDING American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA or the Recovery Act) Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act of 2009 (HITECH Act) Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC)

THE SWITCH IS ON!!! To Electronic Health Records This program will train health care and information technology professionals to be part of the country’s conversion to electronic health records. The Bureau of Labor and Statistics estimates that approximately 50,000 qualified health information technology workers will be needed by THE SWITCH IS ON!!! To Electronic Health Records This program will train health care and information technology professionals to be part of the country’s conversion to electronic health records. The Bureau of Labor and Statistics estimates that approximately 50,000 qualified health information technology workers will be needed by 2015.

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 Enrollment opportunities twice a month  Geared to students who already possess some of the competencies needed:  Education or Experience in Healthcare or Information Technology  To be completed in a maximum of six months  Only Primary components are required to be a completer  Secondary components are made available for those who want to learn more

 All coursework is provided to you through the WS learning management system (eLearn), making it available 24/7 with NO BOOKS TO BUY!!!

Structure cont.  Flexibly designed to each student ▫ Eligible to test out of components by passing a Pre-Assessment quiz with a score of 75% or higher

 STUDENT SUPPORT: ▫ Available by phone & from 8:00am - 4:30pm Mon.-Fri. ▫ Provide Help desk support for technical problems. ▫ Provide leads on job opportunities for enrollees who are near completion of the HITECH program. ▫ Assist Students With Job Search Skills ▫ Provide Career Advising Assistance

 RESUME: ▫ Provide Resume Preparation Advise and Review With Feedback  BUILDERS: ▫ Granted a certificate of completion upon successful completion of role ▫ Sit for the National competency exam (HIT Pro) created by AHIMA – you do receive a certificate for passing the exam

1. Practice workflow and information management redesign specialists 2. Clinician/practitioner consultants 3. Implementation support specialists 4. Implementation managers 5. Technical/software support staff 6. Trainers

PRACTICE WORKFLOW AND INFORMATION MANAGEMENT REDESIGN SPECIALISTS  Workers in this role assist in reorganizing the work of a provider to take full advantage of the features of health IT in pursuit of meaningful use of health IT to improve health and care  Individuals in this role may have backgrounds in health care or in information technology, but are not licensed clinical professionals

CLINICIAN/PRACTITIONER CONSULTANTS  This role brings to bear the background and experience of a professional licensed to provide clinical care or a public health professional  Individuals in this role will be licensed clinical or public health professionals; or in the case of public health, they would bring into the role significant experience in federal, state or local public health agencies

IMPLEMENTATION SUPPORT SPECIALISTS  Workers in this role provide on-site user support for the period of time before and during implementation of health IT systems in clinical and public health settings  Individuals training for this role will have a general background in information technology or health information management

IMPLEMENTATION MANAGERS  Workers in this role provide on-site management of mobile adoption support teams for the period of time before and during implementation of health IT systems in clinical and public health settings  Workers in this role will, prior to training, have experience in health and/or IT environments as well as some administrative or management experience

TECHNICAL/SOFTWARE SUPPORT STAFF  Workers in this role will support in an ongoing basis the technology deployed in clinical and public health settings. Maintain systems in clinical and public health settings, including patching and upgrading of software  Individuals training for this role will have a general background in information technology or health information management

TRAINERS  Workers in this role design and deliver training programs, using adult learning principles, to employees in clinical and public health settings  The previous background of workers in this role includes experience as a health professional, health information management specialist, or medical librarian. Experience as a trainer in the classroom is also desired

Component Number Component Name 1Introduction to Health Care and Public Health in the U.S. 2The Culture of Health Care 3Terminology in Health Care and Public Health Settings 4Introduction to Information and Computer Science 5History of Health Information Technology in the U.S. 6Health Management Information Systems 7Working with Health IT Systems 8Installation and Maintenance of Health IT Systems 9Networking and Health Information Exchange 10Fundamentals of Health Workflow Process Analysis and Redesign 11Configuring EHRs 12Quality Improvement 13Public Health IT 14Special Topics Course on Vendor-Specific Systems 15Usability and Human Factors 16Professionalism/Customer Service in the Health Environment 17Working in Teams 18Planning, Management and Leadership for Health IT 19Introduction to Project Management 20Training and Instructional Design

 Johns Hopkins University  Duke University  Columbia University  Oregon Health Sciences University  University of Alabama – Birmingham

Funding for this publication and any other related publications and/or printed materials and oral presentations, is provided by the Office of National Coordinator, Department of Health and Human Services Support, under grant number 90CC0078. Said grant was issued under the authority of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, 2009 (P.L ), Title XIII

HITECH Workforce Training Program 500 S Davy Crockett Pkwy Morristown, TN Ph: Fax: Facebook.com/ws.hit Gail Winkler, MHIIM, RHIA: Program Director Ginger Keyes, RHIA: Assistant Program Director Barbara Kelley-Anderson, RHIT: Student Support Specialist Brian Cottrell: Learning Management System Specialist Elaine Lawson: Administrative Assistant

WEB SITES TO VISIT  ONC –  Region D –  TN RECs –  HIP TN –  e-Health Initiative –  HITPRO –  HIMSS TN Chapter –  HIT Workforce Shortages - Healthcare_Workforce_Shortages_HIT.pdf Healthcare_Workforce_Shortages_HIT.pdf