This health information technology training program was designed for physician practices to help equip them to meet Meaningful Use (MU) criteria and to increase staff capacity for the design, configuration, use, and maintenance of EMR systems. The content is derived primarily from the national Health IT curriculum developed by the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC). This 40-hour, 8-week course covers varied health IT-related topics such as clinical decision support, workflow analysis and redesign, change management, teamwork, and project management. Educators and physician practices are free to use these materials to train staff in their regions/organizations. This project was funded by the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT U.S. Department of Health and Human Services ARRA Grant # 90CC07701 This material is freely available for use by others as stipulated under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.
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