Chi Zhang
ABSTRACT
Health Information technology (HIT) professionals are in increasing demand as healthcare providers need help in the adoption and meaningful use of electronic health record (EHR) systems while the HIT industry needs workforce skilled in HIT and EHR development. To respond to this increasing demand, the School of Computing and Software Engineering at Southern Polytechnic State University designed and implemented a series of HIT educational programs. An overview of HIT workforce development initiatives and major HIT and health information management (HIM) educational resources are provided. The paper summarizes our experience in the HIT curriculum development. Future improvement for the programs is also discussed.
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- Developing and improving interdisciplinary health information technology certificate programs
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