Building the Health Information Technology Workforce

At the 2009 National Council for Workforce Education annual conference, a session focused on the labor-market implications of “medical informatics” and other areas of health information technology, drawing on current program models and emerging research findings on occupations, training needs, and potential career pathways to middle- and higher-skilled jobs. The presenters were Mark Bony, Department Head/Instructor, Computer Science Department, Rogue Community College, OR; Bill Hersh, Professor and Chair, Department of Medical Informatics and Clinical Epidemiology, Oregon Heath and Science University, OR; Marcy Jacobs, External Relations Liaison, Department of Medical Informatics and Clinical Epidemiology, Oregon Heath and Science University, OR; Patricia Stubbs, Education Coordinator, Asante Health System, OR; and Randall Wilson (moderator), Senior Project Manager, Jobs for the Future. The documents included here are PowerPoints from each of the presenters on these issues.

• A Partnership Between Asante Health System and Rogue Community College
• Health Information Technology Workforce: Overview and Needs
• The Clinical Informatics Workforce: A Cross-Site Qualitative Study of Two Hospital Systems