Health Information Technology
Implementation Manager
General Description
Workers in this role provide on-site management of mobile adoption support teams for the period of time before and during implementation of health IT systems in clinical and public health settings.
Background
Workers in this role will, prior to training, have experience in health and/or IT environments as well as some administrative or managerial experience.
Competencies
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Provide leadership ensuring that implementation teams, consisting of workers in the roles described above, function cohesively.
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Apply project management and change management principles to create implementation project plans to achieve the project goals.
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Interact with diverse personnel to ensure open communication across the end-users and with the support team.
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Lead implementation teams consisting of workers in the roles described above.
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Coordinate implementation-related efforts across the implementation site and with their Health Information Exchange partners, troubleshooting problems as they arise. |
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Apply to these activities an understanding of health IT, meaningful use, and the challenges practice settings will encounter in achieving meaningful use. |
Preferred Candidate Qualifications
Our target population includes currently employed health care and information technology professionals, recent health care and IT graduates, current health care and IT students, displaced health care and IT workers, and returning veterans with health care and/or IT skills gained during military service. We will make a special effort to recruit professionals in health care and IT occupations with estimates of flat or declining annual openings.
The grant supports scholarships and tuition reimbursements for incumbent or dislocated workers with backgrounds in health care or IT. These seats will be offered to applicants who best meet the preferred candidate qualifications:
Required Educational Experience: an associate or bachelor’s degree in a healthcare career or information technology from an accredited college.
Preferred Work Experience: a minimum one year of work or military experience in a healthcare or informational technology occupation/field.
Program Selection
Applications will be reviewed and accepted on an ongoing basis. Positions will be offered to the first applicants meeting the preferred candidate qualifications.
Cost
Admission Fee: $20 - The online learning management system (D2L) used for the HIT program requires a Delta College student ID and password. Students needing to obtain a student ID and password must go through Admission to Delta College.
Textbooks: Textbooks may be required. Contact the Delta Bookstore online or call (989) 686-9030 for more information.
Course Fees: Course fees are based on required course work within your learning plan.
Schedule
Course work is self-paced, open-entry/exit and delivered predominantly online.
Student Responsibilities
- Complete program within 6 months
- Pay remaining balance due, including textbooks
- Up to date contact information on student file
- Notify Delta College of your employment success upon completion of the program
Health Information Technology Application:
Health Information Technology Application*
* Please make sure to include all supporting documents including: college transcripts and resume. You will be sent a letter of acceptance upon approval.
Submit Applications to:
Delta College LifeLong Learning, HIT Program
1961 Delta Road
University Center, Michigan 48710
Fax: (989)758-3639
Email: lifelonglearning@delta.edu
What students are saying...
"This course [Health Management Information Systems] provides much of the information of many of the HITECH goals, covering such important topics as Electronic Health Records (EHR), Computer Provider Order Entry (CPOE), and Clinical Decision Support Systems (CDSS) and how important their integration is to achieving improved patient healthcare quality. The reading references are quite comprehensive and recent.
It was well worth taking this course."
— Larry Sullivan, April, 2011
Questions?
We can help! Call us at (989) 686-9444 or send us an email at lifelonglearning@delta.edu.