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Announcing the PHIT4DC Career Fair: A Prime Opportunity for Healthcare Professionals and Organizations in Washington, DC!
We are thrilled to invite you to the PHIT4DC Career Fair, an exclusive event designed to bridge the gap between healthcare professionals and organizations in the Washington, DC area. This career fair, set to take place at the University of District of Columbia's...
The Danielle Carroll Memorial Scholarship for PHIT4DC Students
This scholarship fund has been established to honor the memory of Danielle Carroll, a young employee of Zane Networks and a computer science major at the University of the District of Columbia. Danielle exemplified a person who was always willing to learn new things...
Howard University And UDC Partner To Produce Next Generation Of Healthcare Workers – HBCU Buzz
DC’s two HBCUs, The University of the District of Columbia (UDC) and Howard University have partnered to create more homegrown healthcare workers, according to WTOP News. The HBCUs have created a new program called, PHIT4DC. It allows anyone from high schoolers to...
UDC & Howard University Partner to Train Modern Healthcare Workforce
The University of the District of Columbia and Howard University have partnered to train a healthcare workforce for the modern day, WTOP News reported. The joint program, PHIT4DC, will allow those interested – from high schoolers to working healthcare professionals –...
DC’s Two HBCUs Team Up To Create More Homegrown Healthcare Workers – Bulletin Reporter
There were many lessons learned during the pandemic. Two local universities say one of them is that the District doesn’t have enough healthcare workers who know how to use cutting-edge data and technology. There were many lessons learned during the pandemic. Two local...
Partnership Between Howard University & UDC to Produce More Healthcare Workers
The University of the District of Columbia (UDC) and Howard University — both located in Washington, DC — have formed a partnership to produce more homegrown healthcare workers by creating a new program called PHIT4DC. According to an article, the program allows...
WAMU-FM (Washington, D.C.) PHIT4DC Discussion
The pandemic showed health officials in the DC region that public health data systems are not equipped to handle an outbreak of disease. Local universities are trying to improve that system, the University of the District of Columbia and Howard University have teamed...
WTOP-DC (Radio) Discussion On PHIT4DC
Professors at the District's historically black universities are joining up to fill a critical gap in the health care industry. The pandemic taught healthcare workers in DC many lessons, one in particular that they need more healthcare workers who know how to use data...
Application Update for PHIT4DC Programs
Hello PHIT4DC Community! We hope this post finds you in high spirits and, as always, inspired to push the boundaries of what's possible. We'd like to take a moment to update you on our application periods and what's coming up next at PHIT4DC. Fall Semester 2023 First...
Students train for careers in public health informatics technology
By Megan Sayles, AFRO Business Writer, msayles@afro.com The University of the District of Columbia (UDC), in partnership with Howard University (Howard), was chosen alongside nine other universities across the country to boost the public health informatics workforce...
The Washington Informer – D.C. Universities Partner to Train Upcoming Public Health Leaders
Ever since the unprecedented era of COVID-19, the health care industry has been riddled with momentous challenges, from the pressures to effectively contain the virus, to frightening shortages of medical professionals across the nation. Similarly, the District faced...
dcist – UDC, Howard University Offer Free Courses To Train Next Generation Of Public Health Investigators
Some of us may remember incessantly refreshing D.C.’s various COVID data dashboards every afternoon, trying to make sense of the bar graphs jumping up (bad) or down (good), as charts moved from yellow, to red, to green, to yellow again, and so on. Or maybe we remember...
WTOP News – DC’s two HBCUs team up to create more homegrown healthcare workers
There were many lessons learned during the pandemic. Two local universities say one of them is that the District doesn’t have enough healthcare workers who know how to use cutting-edge data and technology. The University of the District of Columbia and Howard...
Patient-Centered Medical Home Certified Content Expert Training Course
Course Objectives The Patient-Centered Medical Home (PCMH) Model is a new way of organizing primary care that puts patients at the center of care. It is designed to improve the quality of care, reduce costs, and improve patient satisfaction. The PCMH Model is based on...
Patient Identifiers – Pros & Cons of Creating a Patient Identifier
Thursday June 15, 2023 5:30 - 6:15pm: Networking 6:15 - 6:30pm: Welcome & Announcements 6:30 - 7:30pm: Program 7:30 - 9:30pm: Networking Location: LMI Headquarters 7940 Jones Branch Dr., Tysons, VA 22102 Join HIMSS National Capital Area (NCA), the only federally...
Black Maternal Health Week Is April 11-April 17
Black Maternal Health Week is April 11-April 17 and there are several opportunities to get involved here in the Great Ward 8. Please see the details below. April 12, 2023, 1:00 pm - The Ward 8 Maternal Health Summit will focus on improving the overall health of women,...
UDC Article – Workforce Development Offers Healthcare Technology Training at No Cost
Danielle Carroll represents the face of a new generation being trained for healthcare technology jobs in high demand. She is UDC’s student ambassador for the Public Health Informatics Technology (PHIT4DC) Workforce Diversification Program, which provides healthcare...
Zane Networks is a Part of a UDC-led Consortium Awarded a Public Health Informatics Technology Workforce Development Grant From U.S. Health & Human Services
Zane Networks is part of a consortium led by the University of the District of Columbia awarded a Public Health Informatics Technology Grant by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) The Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information...