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Document Type:
Grants Notice
Funding Opportunity Number:
FOA-OC-HIT-10-002
Opportunity Category:
Discretionary
Posted Date:
Dec 17, 2009
Creation Date:
Dec 17, 2009
Original Closing Date for Applications:
Jan 25, 2010
Current Closing Date for Applications:
Jan 25, 2010
Archive Date:
Feb 24, 2010
Funding Instrument Type:
Cooperative Agreement
Category of Funding Activity:
Health
Recovery Act
Category Explanation:
Expected Number of Awards:
1
Estimated Total Program Funding:
$6,000,000
Award Ceiling:
$6,000,000
Award Floor:
$0
CFDA Number(s):
93.721
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ARRA Health Information Technology Professionals in Health Care
Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement:
No
Eligible Applicants
Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification)
Additional Information on Eligibility:
Domestic institutions of higher education, or consortia thereof, are eligible to apply for the award under this funding opportunity.
Agency Name
Office of the National Coordinator
Description
This funding opportunity will support the development and initial administration of a set of health information technology competency examinations.
The awardee will create an objective mechanism to assess basic competency for individuals trained through short-duration, non-degree health IT programs, and for members of the workforce with relevant experience or other types of training who are seeking to demonstrate their competency in one or more of the workforce roles described in Appendix B, Health IT Workforce Roles and Competencies. Faculty experts from community colleges and universities participating in program and curriculum development will provide the domain knowledge to structure the examinations and compose the test items. As part of the development process, the content of the examinations will also be validated with stakeholders, including industry and employer groups.
Development of the competency examinations will benefit the awardee and other institutions of higher education by providing them with a set of health IT competency examinations that they may use to evaluate, develop, and improve health IT educational programs. The competency examinations described under this funding opportunity announcement will enable health IT professionals, employers, and other stakeholder to assess their own health IT competency levels or the competency of their health IT staff members, as appropriate. The examinations may also be used by employers to identify training gaps and personnel needs integral to achieving meaningful use of electronic health information.
Link to Additional Information
If you have difficulty accessing the full announcement
electronically, please contact:
Michelle Murray
Project Officer
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC)
HIT Workforce Competency Examination Program
Synopsis Modification History
There are currently no modifications for this opportunity.
