Community College Consortia to Educate Health Information
Technology Professionals in Health Care Program:
ONC Documents
Excerpted from ONC Web site on 11/25/09:
“The Community College Consortia to Educate Health Information Technology Professionals in Health Care program seeks to rapidly create HIT academic programs at Community Colleges (as defined by the 1965 Higher Education Act) or expand existing ones.  Each student with appropriate prerequisite training and experience will be able to complete intensive training in one of six roles within six months or less. 

“Roles include:
–Practice workflow and information management redesign specialists;
–Clinician/practitioner consultants;
–Implementation support specialists;
–Implementation managers;
–Technical/software support staff; and,
–Trainers. 

“Academic programs may be offered through traditional on-campus instruction or distance learning modalities, or combinations thereof. This program is critical to achieving the goal of HITECH and supporting the work of the regional centers.

“It is expected that by the end of the two-year project period, collectively all of the Community Colleges participating in the program will have established training programs with the capacity to train at least 10,500 students annually to be part of the HIT workforce.”

“Learn more about the Community College Consortia to Educate Health Information Technology Professionals in Health Care:
Funding Opportunity Announcement: 
Community College Consortia to Educate Health Information
Technology Professionals in Health Care [MS Word doc - 964 KB]

“To see the full announcement,
go to http://www.grants.gov/search/basic.do
and search for CFDA# 93.721 

“Frequently Asked Questions”
“Please note:  This section is updated frequently.  Please check back often for updates.”

Key Dates for Application

ONC Web site for: College Consortia Program to Educate Health IT Professionals

Please see prior e-Healthcare Marketing post for initial press info on this funding initiative.