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=== Using VistA in a Health IT curriculum === | === Using VistA in a Health IT curriculum === | ||
| − | There currently are several grants available to set up Health IT training curricula, at the university level, at the community college level, and as "Beacon Communities" (i.e. a local expertise extension centers). WorldVistA allows an entire EHR simulation to be set up for free in a computer lab of a training institution. There is no other complex and comprehensive EHR system like it that is available for training for free. | + | There currently are several grants available to set up Health IT training curricula, at the university level, at the [http://healthit.hhs.gov/portal/server.pt?open=512&objID=1414&parentname=CommunityPage&parentid=14&mode=2&in_hi_userid=10741&cached=true community college level], and as "[http://www.hhs.gov/news/press/2009pres/12/20091202a.html Beacon Communities]" (i.e. a local expertise extension centers). WorldVistA allows an entire EHR simulation to be set up for free in a computer lab of a training institution. There is no other complex and comprehensive EHR system like it that is available for training for free. |
| − | Solving problems related to networking, mobile access, security, access controls, interfaces with other systems (labs, PACS, etc.), | + | Solving problems related to networking, mobile access, security, access controls, interfaces with other systems (labs, PACS, etc.), and other common EHR "learning curve: issues can be done in a lab environment before a health IT student goes into the "real world." |
== Vistapedia == | == Vistapedia == | ||
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Revision as of 05:35, 6 February 2010
Contents
Vendors
Obviously, a vendor that installs your EHR ought to be able to supply training for your system.
WorldVistA
Online
- Astronaut is setting up online training resources, including a Moodle-based online curriculum.
- VistA Expertise Network -- Rick Marshall's group in Seattle
Community Colleges
Setting up a regional expertise network
- Regional Expertise Networks -- the benefits, resources, and methods for setting up a regional expertise network
Using VistA in a Health IT curriculum
There currently are several grants available to set up Health IT training curricula, at the university level, at the community college level, and as "Beacon Communities" (i.e. a local expertise extension centers). WorldVistA allows an entire EHR simulation to be set up for free in a computer lab of a training institution. There is no other complex and comprehensive EHR system like it that is available for training for free.
Solving problems related to networking, mobile access, security, access controls, interfaces with other systems (labs, PACS, etc.), and other common EHR "learning curve: issues can be done in a lab environment before a health IT student goes into the "real world."
Vistapedia
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