Partnerships - Test

Overview of HITS program and request for QSEN Competencies

The University of Kansas School of Nursing in collaboration with the Schools of Nursing at the University of Colorado at Denver and Health Science Center, and Indiana University Indianapolis, in partnership with the National League for Nursing (NLN)  recently was awarded  a Faculty Development: Integrated Technology into Nursing Education & Practice Initiative grant. This project is a five-year grant provided by The Health Resources and Services Administration’s (HRSA’s) Bureau of Health Professions (BHPr) in partnership with the Office of Health Information Technology (OHIT).  The program is titled HITS: Health Information Technology Scholars Program

Our Purpose

The Health Information Technology Scholars (HITS) project is designed to develop, implement, evaluate, disseminate and sustain a faculty development collaborative (FDC) initiative to integrate information technologies in nursing curriculum and expand the capacity of collegiate schools of nursing to educate students for the 21st century.