Oregon Health & Science University gets $5.8 million in stimulus money for health technology and informatics training

Oregon Health & Science University will receive $5.8 million in federal stimulus money to help expand health information and health record technology.

The Portland institution learned Friday it has won two stimulus grants. The first is a $3.1 million training grant that will help put 160 students through OHSU’s informatics graduate program over the next three years.

The second is a $2.7 million grant to fund the development of an informatics and health information technology curriculum for use by community colleges across the country.

By Jeff Manning, The Oregonian

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