Texas HITECH Community College Consortia to Educate Health Information Technology Professionals

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1 Texas HITECH Community College Consortia to Educate Health Information Technology Professionals

2 *Overview of the ONC *Role of Regional Extension Centers (RECs) *Role of Community Colleges *Applying for Grants and Award Decisions *Consortiums *Curriculum: Development and Standardization *Similarities and Differences of Participating College

3 *Division of the Office of the Secretary within the U.S. Department of Health *Executive Order in 2004 *Mandated in the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act 2009 (HITECH) *Charged with: *Building an interoperable, private and secure nationwide health information system *Support widespread and meaningful use of health IT

4 *Contracted with ONC to: *Adoption *Implementation *Meaningful Use of Electronic Health Records *Promote adoption through incentives *Nationally 62 Regional Extension Centers *Texas 4 Regional Extension Center * North Texas REC, * Gulf Coast REC, * CentrEast, * West Texas Health Information Technology REC,

5 Texas Regional Extension Centers TX RECs 62 in the country 4 in Texas Half of all advisory boards are physician members # of providers served per region varies Vendor neutral Sustainability Plan Membership fee Supplemental CAH & Rural Hospital grant Unique competencies per REC

6 REC Requirements By the end of the grant Regional Centers are to be self-sustaining Grant requirements include: * Outreach & Education * Vendor Selection * Practice & Workflow Design * Interoperability & HIE * Implementation Support * Privacy & Security * Meaningful Use * Workforce

7 TEXAS HEALTH SERVICES AUTHORITY (THSA) HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES (HHSC) Data elements HIE Standards Security/Privacy Policies State-Level HIE Services Record locator services White space coverage REGIONAL EXTENSION CENTERS (RECs) Medicaid data (Covers all of Texas) Regulatory issues Technical Consulting Population health Patients Vendor Selection e-health & Provider interface Providers Driving Meaningful Use Provider Support HEALTH INFORMATION EXCHANGE (HIE) Coalitions Vendors Community Records Medicaid HIE National ONC CoPs Weekly Meetings ONC State RECs Vendors PPCPs HIE Engaged w/ THSA Planning HIE Coalition HEALT Independent HIEs Rural & Critical Access Hospitals Rural Clinics & F QHCs WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT/RESEARCH

8 * Provide a skilled workforce of Health IT Specialists for HER transition. * ONC Developed a Community College Consortia to Educate Health IT Professionsals as part of the ONC s HIT Workforce Development Program. * Five regional groups, with 82 member colleges. * 5 Training Roles: * Practice workflow and information management redesign specialists * Clinician/practitioner consultants * Implementation support specialists * Implementation managers * Technical/software support * Trainers

9 *Letter of intent (Jan. 6, 2010) *Application (Jan. 22, 2010) *Project Abstract *Project Narrative *Letters of commitment from member colleges *Budget (region D largest award) *Award Decision based upon *Consortium structure and training capacity *Technical and educational approach *Project Management and Coordination Capacity of Lead Grant funded April 1, 2010 March 31, 2012

10 *I35 Consortia * Dallas County Community College District (Richland College and Mountain View College) * Austin Community College * Temple Community College *82 member colleges

11 *Developed by 5 Universities: *Oregon Health & Science University *University of Alabama at Birmingham *Johns Hopkins University *Columbia University *Duke University

12 * Introduction to Healthcare and Public Health in US * The Culture of Healthcare * Terminology in Healthcare & Public Health Settings * Introduction to Information and Computer Science * History of health Information Technology in US * Health Management Information Systems * Working with Health IT Systems * Installation and Maintenance of Health IT Systems * Networking and Health Information Exchange * Fundamentals of Health Workflow Process Analysis and Redesign * Configuring EHRs * Quality Improvement * Public Health IT * Special Topics Course on Vendor-Specific Systems * Usability and Human Factors * Professionalism/Customer Service in the Health Environment * Working in Teams * Planning, Management, and Leadership for Health IT * Introduction to Project Management * Training and Instructional Design

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14 Houston Community College *10 courses per role (6) *$25 per class with 100% tuition reimbursement upon successful completion in 6 months *5 week practicum with Texas Department of Criminal Justice Health Services Division (optional) *Graduate ceremony (57) *HITPro exam review course *Will incorporate into AAS program and continue as CE program

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