LEARNING OBJECTIVES
     ●  Describe the different types of professionals needed to 
        establish and work with electronic health records and link 
        them in a health information exchange.
     ●  Understand the current supply and demand for individuals in 
        the e-Health workforce.
     ●  Describe the routes for education, training, and credentialing 
        of these professionals.
     ●  Describe the specific roles and functions of health information 
        exchange professionals.
              The Nature of e-Health Professionals:
              Their Competencies, Roles, and Work
     •  Who Are the e-Health Professionals?
         – As such, e-Health refers to the work of health 
           informaticians, health information managers, health 
           information technologists, and HIE professionals, as 
           well as others
     •  Health Informaticians (HI Professionals)
         – Health informatics (HI) is the discipline that researches, 
           formulates, designs, develops, implements, and 
           evaluates information-related concepts, methods, and 
           tools (eg, ICT) to support clinical care, research, health 
           services administration, and education.
                          e-HEALTH PROFESSIONALS—
                                SUPPLY AND DEMAND
       ●   Categories within the area of information technology such as computer network 
           systems analyst (25% growth), information security analysts (37%), computer and 
           information systems managers (15%), computer network architect (15%), and 
           database administrator (15%) are all expected to grow at rates well above the 
           average (of 14% over the 10-year projection period)
       ●   Participants in the survey reported the following experiences in hiring and 
           recruiting for these positions:
           –
             Difficulty finding project management experience specific to HIEs,
           –
             Extended periods of time needed to find qualified candidates who had 
           both a cultural  and technical fit to the organization
           –
             Lack of a system for networking with peers to
           –
             Identify qualified candidates
                                          Cont.
      ●  Health Information Managers (HIM Professionals)
          –
           HIM roles are described as health information managers, clinical 
          data specialists, patient information coordinators, data quality 
          managers, information security manager, data resource 
          administrator, and research and decision support specialist.
          –
           The HIM practice domains also broadly include planning 
          (administration, policy development, information governance, and 
          strategic planning), informatics, and HIT
      ●  Health Information Technologists (HIT or HICT Professionals)
          –
            Health information technologists may have a computer science 
          or engineering background and are familiar with ICT (including 
          hardware and software), information systems and networks, and 
          programming.
                                   Cont.
     ●  Health Information Exchange Specialists (HIE Professionals)
        –
         HIE professionals extend beyond the technical, legal, 
        and regulatory requirements for data and 
        information governance.