New York City-based Mount Sinai Health System has launched a digital health training institute in Guyana aimed at building a national workforce to support the country’s rollout of a nationwide EHR system.
Here are four things to know about the partnership:
- The Guyana Digital Health Training Institute was created in partnership with the Guyana Ministry of Health and the Greater Guyana Initiative, which is providing a $5.2 million grant to support the effort, according to a Dec. 15 news release Mount Sinai shared with Becker’s.
- The institute will serve as a center of excellence for digital health workforce development as Guyana advances its national digital health strategy. A key aim is to address the country’s shortage of health information systems and technology professionals by training more than 250 digital health workers in its first three years.
- Mount Sinai is leading the training effort through its Guyana Health Initiative. The institute will offer free online training, both live and asynchronous, to ensure accessibility across the country. A fast-track program is scheduled to begin Jan. 19 with up to 65 trainees — 50 secondary school graduates and 15 health technologists from Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation and the public health system.
- A more comprehensive program is expected to launch in early 2026, offering coursework in health IT, user support and data science. Graduates will join the Guyana Digital Health Service Corps and complete one-year placements at health facilities using the EHR system, helping to embed digital health capabilities within the country’s healthcare infrastructure.
The training institute is part of the National Health Information Systems and Technology Workforce Development Program, supported by the Greater Guyana Initiative.
