Rural Health Information Technology Workforce Curriculum Resources
Here you will find a complete inventory of curriculum resources, including detailed course descriptions and training materials, developed by Federal Office of Rural Health Policy (FORHP) Rural Health Information Technology (HIT) Workforce Program grantees.
The grantees' training programs were designed to ensure that others could build on their curricula, helping to seed additional health IT training programs at rural serving community colleges.
How to Use the Rural Health IT Workforce Curriculum Resources
These resources can be used as examples for rural and rural-serving community, vocation, and technical colleges
that wish to offer similar trainings in their educational institutions. Educators are encouraged to use and
adapt the information provided.
What Is Included
The programs used the ONC Health IT Curriculum Focus Areas in their course development. The six focus areas
include:
- Practice Workflow and Information Management Redesign Specialist
- Clinical/Practitioner Consultants
- Technical/Software Support
- Implementation Manager
- Implementation Support Specialists
- Trainers
- Other
In addition to course development, some grantees included information on the requirements for their individual required Apprenticeship Training Programs.
Courses may serve as preparation for health IT certifications:
- CAHIMS (Certified Associate in Healthcare Information and Management Systems), Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society
- CEHRS (Certified Electronic Health Records Specialist), National Healthcareer Association
- CHTS (Certified Healthcare Technology Specialist), including Practice Workflow and Information Management Redesign (PW), Clinical/Practitioner Consultant (CP), Technical/Software Support (TS), Implementation Manager (IM), Implementation Support Specialist (IS), and Trainer (TR) Specializations, American Health Information Management Association (No longer offered by AHIMA, as of 5/31/19)
- CPC (Certified Professional Coder), American Academy of Professional Coders
- CPEHR (Certified Professional in Electronic Health Records), Health IT Certification
- CPHIMS (Certified Professional in Healthcare Information and Management Systems), Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society
- CPHIT (Certified Professional in Health Information Technology), Health IT Certification
- RHIT (Registered Health Information Technician), American Health Information Management Association
Grantee | ONC Focus Areas | Health IT Certification |
---|---|---|
Alabama Regional Healthcare Network Childersburg, AL |
Implementation Manager | CHTS* |
California Livingston Community Health Services Fresno City College |
Practice Workflow & Information Management Redesign Specialist Technical/Software Support Specialist Trainer |
CHTS* |
Colorado Valley Citizens’ Foundation for Healthcare Pueblo Community College |
CHTS* | |
Florida North Florida Community College |
Practice Workflow & Information Management Redesign Specialist | CHTS* |
Indiana Indiana Rural Health Information Technology Education Network (IRHITEN) Ivy Tech Community College |
Clinician/Practitioner Consultant Practice Workflow & Information Management Redesign Specialist |
CHTS* |
Kentucky Northeast Kentucky Regional Health Information Organization Somerset Community College |
Clinician/Practitioner Consultant | CHTS* CAHIMS CPHIMS |
Minnesota Lac qui Parle Health Network Normandale Community College Madison, MN |
Practice Workflow & Information Management Redesign Specialist Technical/Software Support Specialist Trainer |
CAHIMS CPHIT CPEHR |
Montana Montana State University Bozeman, MT |
Clinician/Practitioner Consultant | CAHIMS CPHIMS |
New York Fort Drum Regional Health Planning Organization Watertown, NY |
Practice Workflow & Information Management Redesign Specialist | CHTS* |
North Carolina McDowell Technical Community College Marion, NC |
Practice Workflow & Information Management Redesign Specialist | CHTS-PW* RHIT CAHIMS |
Pennsylvania Pennsylvania Mountains Healthcare Alliance Penn State University |
Clinician/Practitioner Consultant Practice Workflow & Information Management Redesign Specialist |
CAHIMS CPHIMS |
South Dakota Horizon Healthcare Dakota State University, SD |
Practice Workflow & Information Management Redesign Specialist Clinician/Practitioner Consultant |
CHTS* |
Texas AHEC of the Plains Plainview, TX |
Practice Workflow & Information Management Redesign Specialist | CHTS* |
Virginia Mountain Empire Community College Big Stone Gap, VA |
CEHRS CPC RHIT (pending) |
|
Wisconsin Southwest Technical College Fennimore, WI |
Practice Workflow & Information Management Redesign Specialist Clinician/Practitioner Consultant |
RHIT (pending) |
* No longer offered by AHIMA, as of 5/31/19 |