213204 HIT and Workforce Training: A Union Perspective

Tuesday, November 10, 2009: 3:10 PM

Cheryl Feldman, MSW , Director, District 1199c Training and Upgrading Fund, Philadelphia, PA
  
This presentation will discuss the implications for training and upgrading the skills of frontline practitioners with the implementation of HIT. This presentation will also assess the impact that exclusion of frontline professionals from the development of HIT would have on the training element of the process and how support for necessary training that may be required can be encouraged at multiple levels.

Learning Objectives:
1. Evaluate the impact of HIT implementation with respect to training needs for the workforce utilizing it. 2. Analyze how support for training tied to HIT implementation can be fostered at multiple levels.

Keywords: Training, Union

Presenting author's disclosure statement:

Qualified on the content I am responsible for because: I am qualified to be a presenter as the Executive Director of the Training Fund, a labor management education trust fund, with over 31 years working with employers and workforce development related to the healthcare industry.
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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