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Health Information Systems training and certification implementation for higher education
Start date: Oct 1, 2016, End date: Sep 30, 2018 PROJECT  FINISHED 

According to the Digital Agenda for Europe one of the action areas is the sustainable healthcare and ICT-based support for dignified and independent living. The Digital Agenda for Lithuania (2014-2020) states currently a lack of modern health-related electronic services and ICT products in Lithuania and importance to introduce ICT in the national healthcare system. Most educational institutions in Lithuania haven't any health information system (HIS) learning subjects in their curricula.The Kaunas University of Technology helps to achieve this goal by starting the Health Informatics study programme in 2015. This joint programme is provided together with Lithuanian University of Health Sciences. Hence, the Kaunas University of Technology (KTU), as the main provider of this study programme, is very interested in high quality Health Information Systems (HIS) oriented module(s), which would meet health sector demand and actual health information system trends as well as personal data management requirements. In Latvia great shortage of health informatics specialists took place too, and health informatics courses are organized by private training organizations only. Datorzinibu Centrs has been selected as project partner for the most extensive experience in such training. The project aims to use the knowledge standard applicable in Europe (the ECDL Health, specifically), which defines the HIS curriculum content as well as sets the required level of knowledge and helps ensure module studies/training quality. At the same, implemented standard would help to recognize the existing qualifications of HIS professionals in Latvia and Lithuania internationally. The ECDL HIS certification modules and tools in Lithuania and Latvia will be implemented and run by ITI and LIKTA respectively. The partner DLGI has just implemented ECDL Health certification and training in Germany, so it will share it’s experience in the most of project localization and implementation activities.It is planned to examine health sector ICT needs and trends, develop an integrated solution of HIS studies module, e-learning and online knowledge assessment tool, covering the training objectives described in module syllabus. The learning material will cover safer ICT, key principles and policies in relation to patient confidentiality, knowledge about the structure and main functionality of HIS and knowledge how to access patient records securely, to retrieve, navigate and document patient data and to report appropriately. All learning products will be implemented for partners in Latvia and Lithuania activities, and offered to national higher education/VET institutions and presented for other European countries educators by ECDL products marketing line.The expected project outcomes will be:1. Health Information Systems module for higher education studies (EN template, LT, LV) suitable for VET too.2. Authorised ECDL Health Information Systems knowledge certification module for health sector specialists, including extended syllabus/guide (EN, LT, LV) and certification tests (EN demo, LT, LV).3. Distance learning course covering ECDL Health Information Systems syllabus topics (EN template, LT, LV).All learning products will be tested by and improved after analysis of pilot studies/training and testing/certification in Lithuania and Latvia.All learning products will be presented to national higher education and VET institutions, and encouraged to use in health studies curricula. Good practice guide will support their implementation. EN versions will be used for dissemination in other European countries as "demo" and further localization base.
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