Revisiting an Integrated Health Informatics and Technology Curriculum Model

Authors

Bernard T. Han, Western Michigan UniversityFollow
Tracy L. Johnson, Van Buren Intermediate School DistrictFollow
Kenneth D. Bobo, Kalamazoo County GovernmentFollow

Document Type

Article

Version

publisher_pdf

Publication Date

10-2015

Abstract

The shortage of health information technology workforce is quite significant in the health industry. The traditional education approach may not be effective enough to train college students to be an HIT workforce that requires both academic knowledge and extensive hands-on experiences in both healthcare and information technology. This paper presents an Integrated Health Informatics and Technology Curriculum Model to collapse the campus boundaries between regional Intermediate School Districts, Community Colleges, and a Four-Year health informatics and information management program to support expedited education with sufficient hands-on experiences in health informatics and technology. This model has been pilot tested by the Health Informatics and Information management Program at Western Michigan University. Early findings are very positive. More study and promotion of this curriculum model shall be continued.

WMU ScholarWorks Citation

Han, Bernard T.; Johnson, Tracy L.; and Bobo, Kenneth D., "Revisiting an Integrated Health Informatics and Technology Curriculum Model" (2015). Transactions of the International Conference on Health Information Technology Advancement. 44.
https://scholarworks.wmich.edu/ichita_transactions/44