HITPRO
Attention current credential holders: You can earn up to 25 CEUs in the HITECH certification course.
Current RHIT & RHIA credential holders: Read the updated Jefferson Community & Technical College Policy to admit RHIA/RHITs Letter.
Click here to read the JCTC Letter.
Click on this link for the flyer to read more about it: AHIMA CEU Flyer
Listed here are 2 documents that specifies the body of knowledge in IT for RHITs and the other for RHIAs (all of the other competencies have been omitted). After selecting the correct set of competencies, review and assess your body of knowledge against them. If you feel comfortable with what you find, CONGRATULATIONS!! If you don't feel comfortable with your body of knowledge, what can you do?
IT Competencies for RHITs
IT Competencies for RHIAs
There is still time for you to take advantage of the HITECH Workforce Training Program developed by the ONC to prepare individuals with the IT and medical knowledge to function in the world of the EHR and MU. In order to take full advantage of the tuition assistance, you must start the program by September/October (depends upon the college selected).
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Why not take advantage of this training while there is still tuition assistance available? After the tuition assistance is no longer available, all costs will have to be paid by the student.
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Colleges are making special provisions for RHIAs and RHITs to take fewer components because of the knowledge base you already have PLUS you have the opportunity to test out of components!
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If you don't want to take the components but you feel ready for the exams themselves, you can do that as well. Just go to www.hitproexams.org
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On top of all that, you can gain CE credit from AHIMA for the completion of the curriculum AND for just the completion of an exam (totally free for the exam)!!
Why not use this as a means to exemplify to others in healthcare that we can be the experts in the management of health information and the implementation and maintenance of the EHR?
Go to http://healthit.hhs.gov/communitycollege for a listing of all participating colleges across the nation.
For more information about Region D HITECH Workforce Training, go to
http://hitregiond.pittcc.edu and https://sites.google.com/site/regiondhitech/
For more information about the national program, please go to
http://healthit.hhs.gov/communitycollege
Click here for: HITECH Region D Info Sheet
Here is Region D's Home Page, has all kinds of helpful information: Region D
Pitt Community Collegehas been named one of five institutions across the country to lead a regional consortium of community colleges to train thousands of new health information technology (health IT) professionals. This Pitt Community College led consortium received a $10.9 million cooperative agreement (#09CC0078) from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) for the first year of this training. Additional funding, to bring the total award to over $21.1 million is available for a second year after successful completion of a mid-project evaluation.
*This funding has enabled Pitt Community College to coordinate a consortium of 20 community colleges, across a 13-state region that stretches through the southeast from North Carolina to New Mexico, and includes almost one-third of the nation's population. Each community college in the consortium has created training programs designed to be completed in six months or less for trainees who already have either Information Technology (IT) or medical backgrounds or experience. The colleges in this region are offering this education on-line and in some locations also in a face-to-face methodology.
This curriculum was developed through federal funding by five of the foremost academic centers in the country, including Oregon Health & Science University, Duke University, Columbia University, University of Alabama at Birmingham and Johns Hopkins University.
Key Points of this Training: Health Information Technology professionals, among other capabilities, support the implementation and maintenance of electronic health records that make information exchanges possible between health care providers and public health authorities and thereby improve the quality and efficiency of medical care.
Training is funded in six health/IT priority workforce roles, including:
* Practice workflow and information management redesign specialists
* Clinician/practitioner consultants
* Implementation support specialists
* Implementation managers
* Technical/software support staff
* Trainers
Contact information for each program director is included below.
Member College/Director
Atlanta Technical College, GA
--Thomas Shlala sthomas@atlantatech.edu
Broward College, FL
--Josephine Gordon jgordon3@broward.edu
Catawba Valley Community College, NC
--Debra Cook dcook@cvcc.edu
---Thad Sparkman tsparkman@cvcc.edu
Central Piedmont Community College, NC
--Kevan Weaver Kevan.Weaver@cpcc.edu
Chattanooga State Community College, NC
--Kay McMillan Kay.McMillan@ChattanoogaState.edu
Dallas County Community College District, TX
--Shannon Ydoyaga ShannonY@dcccd.edu
Delgado Community College, LA
--Jackie Jones jjones@dcc.edu
Dyersburg State Community College, TN
--Andrea Neil neil@dscc.edu
Florence-Darlington Technical College, SC
--Kitty Finklea kitty.finklea@fdtc.edu
Hinds Community College, MS
--JoAnne Cooper JShoemakeCooper@hindscc.edu
---Michelle McGuffie MLMcGuffee@hindscc.edu
Houston Community College, TX
--Carla Tyson-Howard carla.tyson@hccs.edu
Indian River State College, FL
--Devonica Vaught dvaught@irsc.edu
Itawamba Community College, MS
--Lori Little lalittle@iccms.edu
Jefferson Community & Technical College, KY
--Mindy Nicholson mindy.nicholson@kctcs.edu
Midland Community College, TX
--Melinda Teel mteel@midland.edu
National Park Community College, AR
--Valerie Bond vbond@npcc.edu
Pitt Community College, NC
--Carol Walston cwalston@email.pittcc.edu
Santa Fe College, FL
--Tracy Jones tracy.l.jones@sfcollege.edu
Tulsa Community College, OK
--Sandra Smith SSmith@tulsacc.edu
Walters State Community College, TN
--Gail Winkler Anita.Winkler@ws.edu
On behalf of Region D, please know that we would appreciate any recommendations that you might have about how we can share this information with others to aid in meeting their respective training needs as we focus on implementation of the Electronic Health Record (EHR). Thank you in advance for your guidance and aid.
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