The GW Health Services Management and Leadership Department in the School of Public Health and Health Services (SPHHS) has been awarded a $4.6 million grant, entitled “GW HITECH University Based Training,” by the Department of Health and Human Services, Office of the National Coordinator. The grant will increase the number of university-prepared persons possessing the requisite skills needed to serve in a variety of health information technology roles in public and private health care organizations across the United States

The curriculum, that emphasizes IT-related critical thinking and health care analysis skills, will link the GW School of Public Health and Health Services Department of Health Services Management

and Leadership; the GW School of Business Department of Information Systems and Technology Management.

 

“This is an exciting opportunity for GW because it enables us to make a direct impact on the great demand for well trained Health IT professionals. Students of this program will learn the right skills to address the critical needs of organizations working to adopt health information technology into their business model,” said Dr. Robert Burke, chair, GW SPHHS Health Services Management and Leadership Department and Principal Investigator on the grant.

 

The courses in this certificate program can be rolled into one-of-three nationally and/or regionally accredited masters degrees. 

 

Source: George Washington University