[ontolog-forum] Fw: New Health IT Workforce grants

[Pavithra <pavithra_kenjige@xxxxxxxxx>]

FYI

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From: U.S. Department of Health & Human Services <subscriptions@xxxxxxx>
Subject: New Health IT Workforce grants
To: pavithra_kenjige@xxxxxxxxx
Date: Wednesday, December 23, 2009, 7:10 PM

The Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) is pleased to announce the availability of two additional grant programs to support the training and development of the skilled workforce required to support broad adoption and use of health information technology (health IT):

• Information Technology Professionals in Health Care: Program of Assistance for University-Based Training
  
  Objective: to rapidly increase the availability of highly qualified individuals to serve in specific health information technology professional roles requiring university-level training. This funding opportunity will provide, through competitively awarded training grants, approximately $32 million in funding support to 8-12 institutions of higher education (or consortia thereof) to develop academic programs that will lead to university-issued certificates of advanced studies, within or in complement to a bachelor’s degree, or to a master’s degree.
  
  Technical Assistance Call: January 5, 2010 at 3 pm EST
  
  
• Information Technology Professionals in Health Care: Program for Competency Examination for Individuals Completing Non-Degree Training
  
  Objective: to support the development and initial administration of a set of health IT competency examinations. This funding opportunity will provide, through a competitively awarded cooperative agreement, approximately $6 million of funding support to an institution of higher education (or consortium thereof) to develop these examinations for individuals who have completed non-degree training for key health IT professional roles.
  
  Technical Assistance Call: January 6, 2010 at 1 pm EST
  

Applications for both programs are due on January 25, 2010 at http://www.grants.gov.

For information on additional HITECH funding opportunities, please visit http://healthit.hhs.gov/hitechgrants.

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