HealthIT Answers September 30, 2021
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) (@HHSGov) Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) (@ONC_HealthIT) awarded $73 million in cooperative agreements as part of its Public Health Informatics & Technology Workforce Development Program (PHIT Workforce Program). Announced earlier this year and funded through the American Rescue Plan, the program aims to strengthen U.S. public health information technology (IT) efforts, improve COVID-19 data collection, and increase representation of underrepresented communities within the public health IT workforce. ONC will support the overall administration of the program.
“While we work to tackle the pandemic, we won’t take our foot off the gas when it comes to preparing for any future public health challenges,” said Health and Human...
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