Community College Consortium Awarded:
$36 Million to Educate Health IT Professionals
Awards for Community College Consortia were announced by ONC on its Web site on April 2, 2010. The grant program will provide financial “assistance to institutions of higher education, or consortia thereof, to establish or expand health information technology (health IT) education programs.”
Excerpted from ONC Web site on April 2, 2010: “The duration of the grant award is for a maximum of two years. Total first-year funding allocation by region and lead awardees are provided below.”Excerpted from ONC site April 2, 2010:
Region: Lead Awardee of Consortium, Year 1 Funding Allocation
A: Bellevue College, $ 3,364,798
B: Los Rios Community College District, $ 5,435,587
C. Cuyahoga Community College District, $ 7,531,403
D. Pitt Community College, $10,901,009
E. Tidewater Community College, $8,492,793
“The purpose of the Community College Consortia is to provide assistance to institutions of higher education, or consortia thereof, to establish or expand health information technology (health IT) education programs. Academic programs may be offered through traditional on-campus instruction or distance learning modalities, or combinations thereof.
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Community College Consortia to Educate Health Information Technology Professionals in Health Care Program
“Training is designed to be completed within six months or less. The programs will be flexibly implemented to provide each trainee with skills and competencies that he/she does not already possess. Training at all Consortium member colleges is expected to begin by September 30, 2010. The anticipated training capacity of the Consortia as a whole is expected to be least 10,500 students annually.
“Roles supported by this program include:
- Practice workflow and information management redesign specialist
- Clinician/practitioner consultant
- Implementation support specialist
- Implementation manager
- Technical/software support staff
- Trainer
“In April 2010, ONC awarded an estimated $36 million in cooperative agreements to five regional recipients to establish a multi-institutional consortium within each designated region. The five regional consortia will include 70 community colleges in total. Each college will create non-degree training programs that can be completed in six months or less by individuals with appropriate prior education and/or experience. First year grant awards are estimated at $36 million. An additional $34 million is available for year two funding of these programs.”
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