212999 Improving the Integration of Health Care Workers into the Design and Implementation of HIT

Tuesday, November 10, 2009: 2:50 PM

Charley Richardson, MBA , Labor Extension Program, University of Massachusetts Lowell, Lowell, MA
  
This presentation will discuss the problems of achieving real input from health care workers in the current policy and collective bargaining environment and make recommendations for improving the integration of the collective voice of health care workers into the design and implementation of HIT at all levels, from federal government policy down to individual workplace implementation.

Learning Objectives:
1. Understand the interests of those involved in the design and implementation of HIT. 2. Examine and evaluate different models of "involvement" of health care workers in HIT design and implementation and understand the importance of a strong collective/union voice.

Keywords: Information Technology, Union

Presenting author's disclosure statement:

Qualified on the content I am responsible for because: As Director, Project on Technology, Work Reorganization and Continuous Bargaining, UMass, Lowell, I have worked for more than 20 years with unions and other organizations in a wide variety of industries, including health care, on evaluating and understanding the impacts of new technologies and new forms of work organization on the work force and on developing effective, collective models for inserting work force voice into technology and work organization decision-making.
Any relevant financial relationships? No

I agree to comply with the American Public Health Association Conflict of Interest and Commercial Support Guidelines, and to disclose to the participants any off-label or experimental uses of a commercial product or service discussed in my presentation.

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