Fierce Healthcare June 17, 2021
The Biden administration plans to dole out $80 million to shore up public health technology, COVID-19 data collection and bolster representation of underrepresented communities in the public health workforce.
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ health IT arm is using American Rescue Plan funding to establish a public health informatics and technology workforce development program.
As part of this launch, the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) is calling for college and universities—particularly historically black colleges and universities, Hispanic serving institutions, Asian American and Native American Pacific Islander-serving institutions and other minority-serving institutions—to apply for funding through the program.
A consortium will develop the curriculum, recruit and train participants, secure paid internship opportunities, and...
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