HealthIT Answers May 24, 2022
By Sherilyn Pruitt and Maggie Wanis, ONC
As we continue to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic as a nation, it has been made clear that we are also in the midst of a critical public health workforce shortage. The pandemic has highlighted key areas for improving the nation’s public health infrastructure and increasing the number of highly trained public health informatics and technology professionals. In January 2021, the Biden-Harris Administration released an Executive Order to create a unified public health workforce strategy that will expand and build capacity so we can better respond to future pandemics and biological threats. In September 2021, ONC launched the ONC Public Health Informatics & Technology Workforce Development Program (PHIT Workforce Program) to help address...
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