Do you have two years or more experience in health care or information technology? Are you ready for a challenge? Consider taking advantage of the HITECH Workforce Development Training Program at Broward College while it lasts.
As the HITECH Program is nearing its end, interest in this training has accelerated. There are currently 350 students enrolled in the Program and more students are expected to enroll for the next classes starting July 9, 2012. After July 9th there will be only one more offering, which will be on September 12, 2012. The program is a six-month program and students who complete the program within the six- month period will receive a stipend of 50 percent reimbursement for the cost of their courses.
The purpose of the program is to train individuals to install and maintain electronic health records (EHR). Once students receive the training provided by the College they will receive a certificate of completion and will be qualified to work in a wide variety of healthcare settings, from large hospitals to single provider doctor’s offices.
Training at Broward College’s HITECH Program is provided for the following six health/IT priority workforce roles:
• Practice Workflow and Information Management Redesign Specialist
• Clinician/Practitioner Consultant
• Implementation Manager
• Implementation Support Specialist
• Technical/Software Support Staff
• Trainer
All of the courses are online and there are no learning materials, such as textbooks, software, etc., to purchase. The course is self-contained within the curriculum, which was developed by the following five prestigious universities: Columbia University, Duke University, the University of Alabama at Birmingham, Oregon Health & Science University, and John Hopkins University.
The federal funding from the grant enables Broward College to offer classes at a highly discounted rate of fifty dollars ($50) per class with 50% reimbursement upon completion of the primary certificate. Each workforce role consists of five to seven core courses. There are six to eight secondary courses for each role as well. Once a student completes the core courses, they are eligible to receive their certificate and stipend. However, the stipend applies to the primary certificate only.
Students may continue in another certificate workforce role if they wish, which would be easy as they would have already taken some of the required courses. A bonus is that students will also be qualified to sit for the HIT Pro national competency examination after completing the program. The first 21,700 students who have completed a certificate, nationwide, will be able to take the national competency examination free of cost.
