2012

Dec. 6, 2012 - AUSTIN, Texas

Health Information Exchange Laboratory Launches at The University of Texas at Austin — The University of Texas at Austin formally launches its Health Information Exchange (HIE) laboratory this week. This laboratory simulates the national, state and local networks that are being developed to electronically exchange medical data. Read more...

October 30, 2012
Dr. Diane Kneeland featured in NeHC’s Webinar Series – Positioning For a Job in Health IT
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October 1, 2012
Dr. Leanne Field Featured in NeHC's Webinar Series—Careers in Health IT
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September 7, 2012
Enabling Trusted Exchange: Governing the Nationwide Health Information Network
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August 8, 2012
College of Natural Sciences Health IT Program Graduates New Class
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April 9, 2012
HIMSS Virtual Career Fair 2012
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April 23, 2012
Find a Job and Feed Your Career
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2011

October 5, 2011 - UT Health IT to Participate in "Healthy Ideas Showcase"

The UT Health IT Certificate Program was selected to participate in the "Healthy Ideas Showcase" hosted by the Bipartisan Policy Center and Seton Healthcare Family on October 7 from 9am to 2pm. The day-long event, featuring national and local health care leaders, will highlight significant progress in health professional workforce development and new models of care enabled by health information technology in the state of Texas. Read more about this event...

August 30, 2011 – University-Based Training: A Look at Texas' PURE-HIT Program

The Program of Assistance for University-Based Training (UBT), which is part of the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology’s (ONC) Workforce Development Program, is designed to rapidly and sustainably increase the availability of individuals qualified to serve in specific health information technology (health IT) professional roles requiring university-level training. Read more...

February 17, 2011 – Health IT Program Gets New Home In Hackerman Building
The College of Natural Sciences Health Information Technology program, held up as a national model for health IT education by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology, has a new home starting June 1. Read more...

 

Health IT Careers Begin in Texas Thanks to Recovery Act Funding
Texas Students Help Nonprofit Clinic Get Automated.
The Shalom Health Ministry Clinic in Houston, Texas, is a small nonprofit that runs on paper, making it difficult for the clinic to monitor the health of its diabetes patients and track new patients. But the clinic may be beginning to enter the 21st century in health information technology as the result of help from students in a Recovery Act-funded health information technology (IT) training program at the University of Texas at Austin. Read more...

 

2010

UT HIT a Home Run!
The year 2010 proved to be quite momentous for the University of Texas at Austin’s newly-established Health Information Technology – or Health IT (aka HIT)...
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October 15, 2010 - PRESS RELEASE - Dr. David Blumenthal Visits First in the Nation Class in Health IT at The University of Texas at Austin
-54 students successfully trained in health information technology-
David Blumenthal, MD, the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology, today toured The University of Texas at Austin learning lab at the Clinical Education Center at University Medical Center at Brackenridge and congratulated the inaugural class of 54 students for being the nation’s first job-ready graduates from a federally funded university-based training program. Read more...

 

October 12, 2010 - The Health IT Workforce Development Program: Help Is on the Way
A Message from Dr. David Blumenthal, the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology. When I talk with health professionals around the country about health information technology (health IT), they tell me they’re worried about a lack of technical support to help them become meaningful users of certified electronic health records (EHRs).
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August 30, 2010 - Federal, private money helps training program
UT’s efforts to train medical and computer science students to develop new electronic health records are getting a boost from federal and private assistance.
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August 26, 2010 - Health Information Technology Program Receives $2.7 Million in Federal Funding, Graduates First Class of Students This Summer
The University of Texas at Austin's new Health Information Technology program has received $2.7 million as a part of the Professional University Resources and Education for Health Information Technology (PURE HIT) consortium project...
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August 26, 2010 - Healthcare IT News: UT Austin receives $2.7M grant to train health IT workers
The University of Texas at Austin's new Health Information Technology program is being bolstered by a $2.7 million federal grant that will support four programs aimed at "fast tracking" university graduates into the field of healthcare information technology.
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