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Cincinnati State Technical
and Community College
Health Information
Technology Program
Program Design: A Collaborative Effort
• Health IT community input
– Focus Group
• Health IT professionals
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Children’s
Tri-Health
The Family Medical Group
DPSciences Corporation
Health Improvement Collaborative
• Health IT faculty/staff
– Miami University
– Northern Kentucky University
Program Design: A Collaborative Effort
• Focus Group Recommendations
– Essential knowledge/skills
• Soft skills
• Project management
• Customer service
• Health care culture
• Continuum of care
• Data mining/analysis/reporting
• Software management
Program Design: A Collaborative Effort
• Focus Group Recommendations
– Workforce Needs:
• Workers with ability to understand, analyze, report
health data for ultimate goals of coordinating care
and improving patient outcomes
• Workers that understand many aspects of health
care and can work across boundaries
• Workers that can communicate and be effective
contributors to the health care team
Program Design: A Collaborative Effort
• Program Outcomes Defined
– Prepare graduates for:
• Employment in health IT positions
– Skilled in IT concepts
– Knowledgeable about health care
environment
• Continuation of educational pathway
– Bachelors/Masters
Health
Information
Technology
Majors
• Health Care
Programming
and Systems
Analysis
• Health Care
Informatics
Health Care Topics
• Medical terminology
• Language and culture of health care
• Health care reimbursement
• Health IT systems
• Health care programming
• HIT in the continuum of care
Health Care Programming and Systems
Analysis Major
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System analysis
Software development
Database design and management
Project management
Technical skills
.NET Programming
Java
HL7
SQL
SQL Server
Health Care Programming and Systems
Analysis Major
• Roles:
– Software support
– Software developer
– Health IT analyst
Health Care Informatics Major
• Skills:
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Database design and management
Statistical analysis
Data reporting
Data mining
Technical skills
• .NET Programming
• SQL
• SQL Server
Health Care Informatics Major
• Roles:
– Health Data Analyst
Current State of Program
Enrollment
Fall, 2012 – 1st cohort of students
Total admits- 76 (Fall, 2012 to date)
Student Demographics
Average age – 33
Female students – 74%