RAPID: Increasing Healthcare Credential Open Data in Response to COVID-19

该项目旨在满足国家的需求，公开提供更多的医疗保健证书和能力，以提高国家填补2019年冠状病毒病（COVID-19）导致的医疗保健部门工作岗位的能力。利用与国家，国家医疗保健和其他协会和认证机构的合作伙伴关系将有助于收集，组织和分析医疗保健证书和能力。该项目旨在发布数千种具有能力的额外医疗保健证书，以帮助医疗保健雇主利用证书来招聘和提高员工的技能。通过使个人能够通过证书获得和推进他们的健康事业，该项目旨在帮助寻找具有所需技能和能力的合格工人，以填补空缺的医疗保健职位。 由于COVID-19，该项目将满足公众对医疗保健证书和能力数据的日益增长的需求，以促进医疗保健工作者的发展，并帮助雇主填补医疗保健行业的高需求职位。该项目将开发（1）一个全国可扩展的基础设施和一个可定制的Web应用程序，以查看和比较凭据，（2）与国家，国家医疗保健和其他协会和认证机构合作，收集，组织和分析医疗保健凭据和能力，以及（3）建立基础，以收集更多的医疗保健凭据。该项目将使用由Credential Engine开发的开放知识网络基础设施，以推进医疗保健证书和能力信息作为机器可操作数据的开发和可用性。凭证和能力数据将被编码为链接的开放数据，并发布到凭证注册表和Web。在线提供凭证和能力数据允许Web应用程序和系统使用元数据，并由人工智能应用程序摄取。该项目工作将通过Credential Engine与各种组织和协会的合作伙伴关系进行利用、沟通和扩展，以进一步嵌入凭证和能力透明度的价值，以满足医疗保健行业的劳动力市场需求。该RAPID奖项由整合办公室的融合加速器计划颁发活动并与融合加速器轨道B相关：工作的未来和人类技术前沿。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的知识价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

The project aims to serve the national need of making more healthcare credentials and competencies publicly available to increase the nation’s capacity to fill jobs in the healthcare sector due to Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19). Leveraging partnerships with state, national healthcare, and other associations and accreditors will aid in the collection, organization, and analysis of healthcare credentials and competencies. This project aims to publish thousands of additional healthcare credentials with competencies to help healthcare employers utilize credentials for hiring and upskilling workers. By enabling individuals to secure and advance their health career via credentials, the project aims to aid in finding qualified workers with the needed skills and competencies to fill open healthcare positions. Due to COVID-19, this project will address the increased need for publicly available healthcare credential and competency data to advance healthcare workers and help employers fill high-demand jobs in the healthcare sector. The project will develop (1) a nationally scalable infrastructure and a customizable web application to view and compare credentials, (2) partnerships with state, national healthcare and other associations and accreditors to collect, organize, and analyze healthcare credentials and competences, and (3) a foundation to build upon to gather additional healthcare credentials. This project will use the open knowledge network infrastructure developed by Credential Engine to advance the development and availability of healthcare credential and competency information as machine actionable data. The credential and competency data will be encoded as linked open data and published to the Credential Registry and the Web. Having the credential and competency data available online allows the metadata to be consumed by web applications and systems, and ingested by artificial intelligence applications. The project work will leverage, communicate, and be extended through Credential Engine’s partnerships with various organizations and associations to further embed the value of credential and competency transparency to meet labor market needs in the healthcare sector.This RAPID award is made by the Convergence Accelerator program in the Office of Integrative Activities and is associated with the Convergence Accelerator Track B: Future of Work and the Human-Technology Frontier.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.