Developing Health Information Technology (HIT) Programs and HIT Curriculum: The Southern Polytechnic State University Experience

Authors

Chi Zhang, Kennesaw State UniversityFollow
Han Reichgelt, University of South Florida
Rebecca H. Rutherfoord, Kennesaw State UniversityFollow
Andy Ju An Wang, Southern Illinois University

Department

Computer Science

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

Fall 2014

Abstract

Health Information Technology (HIT) professionals are in increasing demand as healthcare providers need help in the adoption and meaningful use of Electronic Health Record (EHR) systems while the HIT industry needs workforce skilled in HIT and EHR development. To respond to this increasing demand, the School of Computing and Software Engineering at Southern Polytechnic State University designed and implemented a series of HIT educational programs. This paper summarizes our experience in the HIT curriculum development and provides an overview of HIT workforce development initiatives and major HIT and health information management (HIM) educational resources. It also provides instructional implications and experiences for positioning HIT programs and enhancing curriculum.

Journal Title

Journal of Information Systems Education

Journal ISSN

1055-3096

Volume

25

Issue

4

First Page

295