What is the purpose of the Competency Examination Program?

The purpose of this program is to provide support to one institution of higher education, or consortia thereof, to support the development and initial administration of a set of health information technology (health IT) competency examinations.

Development of the competency examinations will benefit all institutions of higher education by providing them with a set of health IT competency examinations that they may use to evaluate, develop, and improve health IT educational programs.