Office Of The National Coordinator For Health Information Technology: Final Report From The Evaluation Of The Workforce Development Programs

This report by program evaluator Kristina Lowell, associate director of health care research for NORC at the University of Chicago, was released on March 15, 2014. It discussses outcomes of a federal workforce development initiative to train and certify up to 20,000 health information technology professionals. The Health Information Technology and Economic and Clinical Health Act (HITECH) Workforce Development Program began in April 2010 and ended in September 2013 . . .