As the use of information technology within the healthcare setting increases, the impact of bridging registry data with electronic health records (EHRs) must be addressed. Current EHR implementation may create benefits as well as challenges to cancer registries in areas such as policies and regulations, data quality, reporting, management, staffing, and training.
This article describes the process undertaken to develop and validate a tool to measure students’ perceptions of their information technology (IT) fluency skills. Why is this important? There is a growing concern that students today are not prepared to live, learn, and work in a technology-rich society.1–3 Today’s college students do not have the necessary IT fluency skills despite their widespread use of the Internet.4–6
The United States Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) has emphasized the importance of utilizing health information technologies, thus making the availability of electronic resources critical for physicians across the country.
