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Building the Work Force for Health Information Transformation

The American Medical Informatics Association (AMIA) and the American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA) convened a Task Force to address issues related to work force needs in the era of the electronic health record and hosted a work force summit meeting in November 2005. In February 2006, AMIA and AHIMA released a report entitled, Building the Work Force for Health Information Transformation, which outlines a national action agenda to address work force challenges related to electronic health records (EHR) and the nationwide health information infrastructure.

Journal

The American Medical Informatics Association and the American Health Information Management Association

Publication Year

2006

Publication Month

Feb

Link

Building the Work Force for Health Information Transformation