American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, Information Technology Professionals in Health Care: Competency Examination for Individuals

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	Federal Grant Title:	American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, Information Technology Professionals in Health Care: Competency Examination for Individuals
	CFDA Number:	93.721
	CFDA Description:	ARRA Health Information Technology Professionals in Health Care
	Federal Agency Name:	Office of the National Coordinator
	Category of Funding Activity:	Health Recovery Act
	Category Explanation:	Information not provided
	Opportunity Category:	Discretionary
	Funding Opportunity Number:	FOA-OC-HIT-10-002
	Document Type:	Grants Notice
	Funding Instrument Type:	Cooperative Agreement
	Posted Date:	Dec 17, 2009
	Creation Date:	Dec 17, 2009
	Original Closing Date for Applications:	Jan 25, 2010
	Current Closing Date for Applications:	Jan 25, 2010
	Archive Date:	Feb 24, 2010
	Expected Number of Awards:	1
	Estimated Total Program Funding:	$6,000,000
	Federal Grant Award Ceiling:	$6,000,000
	Federal Grant Award Floor:	$0
	Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement:	No

Applicants Eligible for this Grant: Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification)
Additional Information on Eligibility: Domestic institutions of higher education, or consortia thereof, are eligible to apply for the award under this funding opportunity.
Grant Description: This funding opportunity will support the development and initial administration of a set of health information technology competency examinations. The awardee will create an objective mechanism to assess basic competency for individuals trained through short-duration, non-degree health IT programs, and for members of the workforce with relevant experience or other types of training who are seeking to demonstrate their competency in one or more of the workforce roles described in Appendix B, Health IT Workforce Roles and Competencies. Faculty experts from community colleges and universities participating in program and curriculum development will provide the domain knowledge to structure the examinations and compose the test items. As part of the development process, the content of the examinations will also be validated with stakeholders, including industry and employer groups. Development of the competency examinations will benefit the awardee and other institutions of higher education by providing them with a set of health IT competency examinations that they may use to evaluate, develop, and improve health IT educational programs. The competency examinations described under this funding opportunity announcement will enable health IT professionals, employers, and other stakeholder to assess their own health IT competency levels or the competency of their health IT staff members, as appropriate. The examinations may also be used by employers to identify training gaps and personnel needs integral to achieving meaningful use of electronic health information.
Link to Full Grant Announcement: Information not provided
Grant Announcement Contact: Michelle Murray Project Officer U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC)
HIT Workforce Competency Examination Program [HITCompetencyExam@hhs.gov]
Similar Government Grants: • University-Based Training of Health Information Technology Professionals; • Opportunity FOA-OC-HIT-10-001; • Recovery Act: Community College Consortia to Educate Health Information Technology Professionals