Where will the Mini Army of HIT Workers Come From?

Bill Hersh, chair of the Department of Medical Informatics and Clinical Epidemiology at Oregon Health and Science University's School of Medicine, predicts many members of the new mini-army will be health professionals looking to move into the growing IT field. He says there also will be IT professionals from other industries looking for work in the newly expanding health IT arena.

Training already is under way online and in brick-and-mortar classrooms.

"The acuteness of the stimulus package requires that we build this new 'mini-army' quickly," Hersh said, adding, "They will come from short-term training and re-training programs."

You can find the article at http://www.ihealthbeat.org/Features/2009/Where-Will-MiniArmy-of-Health-IT-Workers-Come-From.aspx.