by
Barbara Kram, Editor | March 19, 2007
In 2005, AMIA and AHIMA co-hosted the first-ever summit to develop strategies that addressed work force challenges related to electronic health records (EHRs) and a nationwide health information infrastructure. The summit, "Building the Work Force for Health Information Transformation," produced targeted recommendations for preparing the existing health work force to use technology tools and to ensure a sufficient number of well-qualified health information specialists and informaticians to achieve effective and lasting health IT transformation. The recommendations included federal support for health IT adoption and training, and legislation to increase funding for education programs.
"AMIA is dedicated to educating informatics professionals who develop health information technology and the healthcare professionals who use the technology so important to delivering safe, effective care" according to AMIA Board Chairman Paul Tang, MD.
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For a copy of the summit report, "Building the Work Force for Health Information Transformation," visit AMIA's Web site at
http://www.amia.org or AHIMA's web site at
http://www.ahima.org/emerging_issues/Workforce_web.pdf.
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