East Los Angeles College (ELAC) as a member of the Western Region HIT Community College Consortium has received funding from the HITECH portion of the American Reinvestment and Recovery Act of 2009 (ARRA) to educate individuals to fill Health IT workforce roles for the purpose of assisting health care providers to achieve "Meaningful Use" of Electronic Medical Records.

The eHealth Workforce Development Workgroup report projects that approximately 9,000 additional highly skilled health information technology (HIT) workers, with a broad range of skill sets, will be needed to support California over the next five years.

Important Links:

• Technical/Software Support Program Application
• News Release HHS Grant
• HITECH Act Summary
• Workforce Roles
• Program Brochure
• Recruitment Flyer

Internship Opportunities/Employment Resources:

ELAC is training individuals for the Technical/Software Support Staff role. These individuals maintain systems in clinical and public health settings, including patching and upgrading of software. The previous background of workers in this role includes information technology or information management. Workers in this role will:

• Interact with end users to diagnose IT problems and implement solutions
• Document IT problems and evaluate the effectiveness of problem resolution
• Support systems security and standards

This noncredit certificate program is delivered online with some face-to-face laboratory sessions. Future cohort starting dates include:

• March 30, 2011
• July 13, 2011
• October 5, 2011

Criteria for Admission - must include one of the following:

• Bachelor's Degree from a four-year college or university in Information Technology/Health Information Management/Computer Science with experience in information technology systems and at least one year of work experience
• Associate's of Science degree from a community college in Information Technology/Health Information Technology/Computer Science and at least one year of work experience
• At least one year experience in systems development and project management of information systems.
• At least one-year experience with industry certifications related to health information systems, EHRs, database management systems, or related field.
• At least one-year management experience in health information technology and/or health information management.
• Experience with industry certifications related to information technology network systems with industry certifications.

Other Healthcare Professionals:

• Associate degree in healthcare related field (RN, respiratory therapist, PA, NPs, AHIMA or AAPC certified, etc.) with one-year experience related to medical record/health information processes.
• Physician Office Manager or staff with two years experience in managing patient records and software application proficiency (i.e. Front office Medical assistants)
• Other professionals with a minimum of two years experience directly related to health information processes, database management or information technology in a hospital, clinical, or physicians office.

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If you have questions please email us at: EHRtechsupport@elac.edu.