Health IT Workforce Development Program

Authors: Chitra Mohla, Michelle Murray, Alicia Morton, David Muntz Slides
May 16, 2012

ONC Health IT Workforce Training

Health IT Workforce Development Program Goals

Addressing the shortfall of at least 50,000 trained workers Training for the future of health IT Helping providers implement electronic health records to improve health care quality, safety, and cost-effectiveness

Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology

Trained Workforce to Serve Priority Areas

Primary care Solo and small group practices Community & rural health centers Public & critical access hospitals Other settings predominately serving uninsured, underinsured or medically underserved patients

ONC Health IT Workforce Training

Health IT Workforce Roles Addressing the six workforce roles that are consistent with short-term training
Community College Consortia (OPAS)
Curriculum Development Centers (OCS)

Competency Examination Development (OCS)

Addressing the six workforce roles requiring longer courses of study

University-Based Training (OCS)
Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology 4

Health IT Workforce Program

HITECH Act made available $118 million for development of health IT professionals ONCs Four Integrated programs:
1. Community College Consortia to Educate Health IT professionals 2. Curriculum Development Centers 3. Competency Examination for Individuals Completing Non-degree Training 4. Program of Assistance for University-Based Training

Community College Consortia Workforce Program

REGION A REGION C REGION E

REGION B

5 regions $6 $ 21 M per region April 2010 award 2 Years 10,500 to be trained

REGION D

The Five Regional Consortia Leads

Region A: 8 Member Colleges

Bellevue College

Region B: 15 Member Colleges

Los Rios Community College

Region C: 17 Member Colleges

Cuyahoga Community College

Region D: 20 Member Colleges

Pitt Community College

Region E: 22 Member Colleges

Tidewater Community College
8

Workforce Roles (CCC)

Targeted Health IT Professional Roles

Mobile workforce supporting adoption process
1. Practice workflow and information management redesign specialists 2. Clinician/practitioner consultants 3. Implementation support specialist 4. Implementation managers

Onsite support personnel (post-adoption)

5. Technical/software support staff 6. Trainers
9

Workforce Training

10

Community College Consortia

Students Enrolled and Students Completed (Cumulative)
25,738

12,082

March, 2012

Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology

11

Workforce Training Enrollment and Graduation

Students Enrolled or Completed: 18653 Attrition Rate: 19.6%

* Enrollment to date includes unique students reported in March 2012 cycle

9/21/2012

Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology

12

University-Based Training (UBT)

HIT Workforce training grant program: April 2010 - July 2013 9 Leading Institutions
Texas State University*
University of Texas at Austin University of Texas School of Biomedical Informatics in Houston

George Washington University University of Minnesota*

University of Minnesota Crookston College of St. Scholastica

Columbia University*
Cornell University

Johns Hopkins University Oregon Health & Sciences University University of Colorado Denver, School of Nursing Duke University*
University of North Carolina

Indiana University
* Formed a consortium
13

University-Based Training Student Profile & Availability

Trainees are highly educated & mid-career clinical, public health, technology professional that have elected to move into field of HIT Training is at post-baccalaureate certificate to Masters level over 1-2 years Many graduates available for hire now contact universities directly Many students available for practicum and mentorship experiences
http://healthit.hhs.gov/universitytraining
14

Workforce Roles - UBT

1. Clinician or Public Health Leader 2. Health Information Management & Exchange Specialist 3. Health Information Privacy & Security Specialist 4. Research & Development Scientist 5. Programmers & Software Engineer 6. HIT Sub-specialist
15

UBT Trainees By Role (as of 3/20/12)

Note: Distribution by role was not predetermined by ONC and is reflective of trainee interests/desires.

16

University-Based Training

17

University-Based Training
as of 3/20/12: 571 graduates (34%)

18

Curriculum Development Centers - Program Goals

To make available high quality educational materials reflecting best practice in a rapidly changing field To enable community college programs to ramp up quickly To make curriculum publicly available

19

Curriculum Development Centers

Cooperative Agreements Awarded to 5 universities working with community colleges: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Oregon Health and Sciences University* Duke University Johns Hopkins University University of Alabama at Birmingham Columbia University
*Host to National Training and Dissemination Center

20

Global adoption of ONC health IT curriculum materials Users in nearly 100 countries across 6 continents
http://healthit.hhs.gov/curriculumdevelopment

Number of user accounts

4,500+ 100-999 1,000-3,999 <100

Version 3.0 of curriculum materials as of 5/1/12

Curriculum Development Centers

Program information
Provides $10 million in cooperative agreements to 5 institutions of higher education to support health IT curriculum development from April 2010 through December 2012. One of the awardees, Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU), also serves as the National Training and Dissemination Center (NTDC) for the materials. The volume of materials is large: 9 GB of information made up of over 12,000 files across 213 units that address 20 content areas.
Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology 22

Curriculum Development Centers

Program information
Version 3.0 was released to the public in late March 2012.
New and improved content, especially on privacy and security, meaningful use Better integration of content across components More robust accessibility features Standardized document formats and naming Search and index tools added to the download site

Each lecture consists of a PowerPoint slide presentation, an .mp3 audio file, and a transcript of the audio. Also available are Flash lecture presentations, learning activities, discussion questions, and selfassessment questions. Blueprints have been written for each component to outline component objectives and unit topics. Curriculum components should be viewed as a resource that can be modified. Components do not need to be used in their entirety; rather, instructors may choose the units that best fit their needs.
Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology

Curriculum Material Version 3 Released in March 2012 The third version of the curriculum materials is now available to the public on the NTDC website at http://www.onc-ntdc.org or http://www.oncntdc.info . New and improved content, especially on privacy and security, meaningful use Better integration of content across components More robust accessibility features Standardized document formats and naming Search and index tools added to the site
24

Curriculum Development Centers

How to Access the Materials

To obtain the curriculum materials, go to http://www.oncntdc.org or http://www.onc-ntdc.info to set up a profile and download the components. Visit the ONC website at hhs.healthit.hhs.gov to learn more about the Curriculum Development Centers program and other ONC health IT workforce development programs.

Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology

Competency Examination Program

NOT A CERTIFICATION PROGRAM
Competency exams for the six roles that Community College and Curriculum Development Centers are addressing Tests for Individuals Completing Non-Degree Training Cooperative Agreement Awarded to Northern Virginia Community College 7,000 vouchers available
26

Evaluation: Workforce Program

Data Collection Efforts What processes did the grantees use to implement the programs and meet program goals? To what extent did the grantees meet their respective Workforce Program requirements? To what extent did the students enrolled in funded community colleges and universities gain employment in health IT?
9/21/2012

Surveys
Community College Student Cohort Survey

Site Visits
Community Colleges

Focus Groups
Community College and UBT Students

University-Based Training Student Cohort Survey

Universities

Community College and UBT Faculty

Community College Faculty Survey

Competency-exam takers Fall 2011-Fall2012

27 27