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Informatics for the Health Information Technology Workforce

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Interest in informatics education took a significant leap with the inclusion of funding for “workforce development” in the Heath Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) Act, the portion of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA, also known as the “economic stimulus bill”) of 2009 devoted to the adoption and meaningful use of health information technology (HIT). The focus of this chapter is on the challenges of trying to create a workforce to meet the informatics and IT needs of a nation that is rapidly changing from a paper medical record environment to electronic health records. The chapter describes the issues that motivated the program, the goals and accomplishments of its components, the lessons learned, and what the future portends after the HITECH funding ends.

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  1. Department of Medical Informatics and Clinical Epidemiology, Oregon Health and Science University, 3181 SW Sam Jackson Park Rd., Mail Code BICC, Portland, OR, USA

    William R. Hersh MD, FACMI, FACP

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    Eta S. Berner

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Hersh, W.R. (2014). Informatics for the Health Information Technology Workforce. In: Berner, E. (eds) Informatics Education in Healthcare. Health Informatics. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-4078-8_7

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