The primary goal of the Life Science Informatics Center at Bellevue College (formerly Bellevue Community College) is to create industry relevant learning for Washington’s new, incumbent and displaced workforce in the field of biomedical informatics. The Center works with industry to develop biomedical informatics skill standards and curricula for community and technical colleges and their high school partners.

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A new 18-credit certificate program started in January 2010. The six month program in Healthcare IT is designed for learners with an information technology background, seeking employment in hospitals and clinics. Our next series will begin fall quarter, September 2010.

 

Bellevue College has been named by the Department of Labor as one of five community and technical colleges to comprise the National Center for the Biotechnology Workforce.  BC is the Life Science Informatics Center of Excellence.

 

The Healthcare Information Management and Systems Society (www.HIMSS.org) appointed Bellevue College to serve on its national Distance Education Committee. 

 

Projects currently underway include economic stimulus response in the field of healthcare information technology.  The Center is immersed in Health IT workforce development, in support of Washington’s dislocated workers and state and national stimulus initiatives:

 

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This project is partially funded by a grant awarded under the President’s Community-Based Job Training Grants,  as implemented by the US Department of Labor’s Employment & Training Administration.  Bellevue College is an equal opportunity institution.  Auxiliary aids and services are available upon request to individuals with disabilities.