(a) In general
The Secretary, in consultation with the Director of the National Science Foundation, shall provide assistance to institutions of higher education (or consortia thereof) to establish or expand medical health informatics education programs, including certification, undergraduate, and masters degree programs, for both health care and information technology students to ensure the rapid and effective utilization and development of health information technologies (in the United States health care infrastructure).
(b) ActivitiesActivities for which assistance may be provided under subsection (a) may include the following:
(c) PriorityIn providing assistance under subsection (a), the Secretary shall give preference to the following:
(July 1, 1944, ch. 373, title XXX, § 3016, as added Pub. L. 111–5, div. A, title XIII, § 13301, Feb. 17, 2009, 123 Stat. 257.)