title: Analysis of EU-USA cooperation opportunities on IT skills for healthcare workforce.
abstract: An overview about the state of the art about IT skills education for the healthcare workforce in the EU and USA, making a specific analysis about the current educational programmes from different perspectives (technologies, users, IT skills, policies) is presented. Main result of this paper is a recommendation plan to address current needs on the field. Authors end with a set of conclusions and references that can provide the background enough for any reader interested on these subjects, creating awareness about the importance of transnational IT educational programmes for the EU-US healthcare workforce.
authors.affiliation: Universitat Politècnica de València, Spain.
authors.forename: Vicente
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Traver
authors.affiliation: NORUT, Northern Research Institute, Norway.
authors.forename: Stathis Th
authors.initials: ST
authors.lastname: Konstantinidis
authors.affiliation: Lab of Medical Physics, Medical School, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece.
authors.forename: Panagiotis D
authors.initials: PD
authors.lastname: Bamidis
authors.affiliation: Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden.
authors.forename: Nabil
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Zary
mesh_terms: D002983:Clinical Competence; D005060:Europe; D006280:Health Workforce / Q000145:classification* / Q000458:organization & administration*; D007391:International Cooperation; D008490:Medical Informatics / Q000145:classification* / Q000458:organization & administration*; D014481:United States