1. Health IT Initiatives Lakeshore Technical College

2. Agenda What LTC has learned What LTC is planning What are you doing?

3. What LTC Has Learned Interviewed Sandy Butschli, VP Information Services at Aurora Clinical Laboratories (ACL) in West Allis IT professionals need to understand the practical use of health care systems how the user interacts with health-based applications the business of healthcare

4. What LTC Has Learned When ACL hires IT, having an exposure to healthcare is very good, but not critical Because of federal stimulus money, activities related to Electronic Health Records (EHR) are accelerating Healthcare professionals are going to be challenged moving from manual/paper processes to laptops and mobile electronic devices Healthcare facilities will be using digital records for analysis to make better decisions and to be more efficient

5. In-Demand IT for Healthcare Networking Security – this is at the core Connectivity and interfacing with equipment Web/Software Development/Database Integration of multiple software products Developing front-end Web tools to integrate with various healthcare software Computer Support Support the user who is interacting with the healthcare software Provide training to healthcare workers on new systems and new devices

6. What LTC is Doing Business Division developing a 1-year 13 credit certificate for IT professionals/IT graduates with the following existing classes: Medical Terminology Healthcare Delivery Systems Accounting for Professionals Pharmacology for Allied Health Health Insurance Reimbursement

7. What LTC is Doing Health Division creating a Clinical Information Management degree Includes Computer Concepts

8. WHAT ARE YOU DOING/WHAT HAVE YOU HEARD?