The Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology has asked for public comment on the President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology report ("Realizing the Full Potential of Health Information Technology To Improve Healthcare for Americans: The Path Forward") released this week.
The October 10, 2010 FEDERAL REGISTER provides full background and the instructions for submission of comments.
The ONC's Office of the Chief Scientist is also soliciting comments on a series of data collection efforts for the evaluation of the IT Professionals in Health Care Program. The Workforce Program, created under Section 3016 of the Public Health Service Act (PHSA), as added by Title XIII in Division A of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, directed the Secretary of Health and Human Services to provide "assistance to institutions of higher education (or consortia thereof) to establish or expand medical health informatics education programs, including certification, undergraduate, and masters degree programs, for both health care and information technology students to ensure the rapid and effective utilization and development of health information technologies."
The evaluation of the Workforce Program is a new information collection activity which will explore program challenges, provide critical formative feedback to the Workforce grantee institutions on their activities, and determine whether the Workforce Program overall was successful in helping to build a skilled workforce equipped to meet the heightened demands of the current environment. The data collection efforts include: A Web-based baseline survey of community college students; course evaluation forms; focus groups with students, faculty members, and competency exam takers; and a Web-based survey of community college faculty.
The December 8, 2010 FEDERAL REGISTER provides full background and instructions for the submission of comments. Comments are requested by January 8, 2011.
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