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The Complete Healthcare Information Technology Reference and Exam Guide
Gain the skills and knowledge required to implement and support healthcare IT (HIT) systems in various clinical and healthcare business settings. Healthcare Information Technology Exam Guide for CompTIA Healthcare IT Technician and HIT Pro Certifications prepares IT professionals to transition into HIT with coverage of topics ranging from health data standards to project management.
This valuable resource also serves as a study tool for the CompTIA Healthcare IT Technician exam (Exam HIT-001) and for any of the six Healthcare Information Technology Professional (HIT Pro) exams offered by the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology. You’ll get complete coverage of all official objectives for these challenging exams. Chapter summaries highlight what you’ve learned and chapter review questions test your knowledge of specific topics.
Coverage includes:
- Healthcare Organizational Behavior
- Healthcare Regulatory Requirements
- Healthcare Business Operations
- Healthcare IT Security, Privacy, and Confidentiality
- Healthcare IT Operations
Complete MasterExam practice testing engine, featuring seven practice exams, one for each exam:
- CompTIA Healthcare IT Technician
- HIT Pro Clinician/Practitioner Consultant
- HIT Pro Implementation Manager
- HIT Pro Implementation Support Specialist
- HIT Pro Practice Workflow & Information Management Redesign Specialist
- HIT Pro Technical/Software Support Staff
- HIT Pro Trainer
Plus:
- Detailed answers with explanations
- Score Report performance assessment tool
Table of contents
- Cover
- Healthcare Information Technology Exam Guide for CompTIA® Healthcare IT Technician and HIT Pro TM Certifications
- Copyright
- Dedication
- About the Lead Authors
- COMPTIA Approved Quality Content
- Contents at a Glance
- Contents
- Foreword
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
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Part I Healthcare Organizational Behavior
- Janet Marchibroda, Editor
- Chapter 1 An Overview of Healthcare in the United States
- Chapter 2 An Overview of How Healthcare Is Paid for in the United States
- Chapter 3 Ethics and Healthcare: Focus on Information Technology
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Chapter 4 The Role of Information Technology in Healthcare
- Janet M. Marchibroda with David deBronkart
- An Overview of Electronic Health Records and Their Use by Physicians and Hospitals Across the United States
- Federal Programs Designed to Address Barriers to EHR Adoption
- An Overview of Methods to Electronically Exchange Data Across Settings
- Engaging Consumers Using Electronic Tools
- Chapter Review
- Chapter 5 An Overview of Processes Associated with Healthcare Delivery Within Provider Organizations: Focus on the Ambulatory Setting
- Chapter 6 An Overview of Processes Associated with Healthcare Payment Within Ambulatory Provider Organizations
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Chapter 7 Using Healthcare IT to Measure and Improve Outcomes
- Floyd P. Eisenberg
- Considering Automated Queries for Measurement: How to Ask Questions to an EHR
- Why Measure Quality?
- What Makes a Quality Measure Worth Measuring?
- What Is the Connection Between Clinical Decision Support and Quality Measurement?
- What Is the Measure of a Measure?
- What Are the Expectations for the EHR to Perform Measurement?
- What Changes Are Needed to Enable Electronic Quality Measurement?
- How Are Value Sets Standardized?
- Moving Forward: Retooling vs. Creating Measures de Novo Based on Data in EHRs
- Chapter Review
- Chapter 8 The Role of Healthcare IT in Improving Population Health
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Chapter 9 Strategic Leadership and Management of Health Information Technology in Provider Organizations
- John Glaser
- Why Are Some Organizations Very Effective at Using Information Technology?
- Aligning the IT Strategy with the Organization’s Strategy
- Executing the Plan: Project Management
- Executing the Plan: Success Factors
- Key Leadership Capabilities of Senior Executives
- Key Leadership Capabilities of the Information Technology Leadership
- Chapter Review
- Chapter 10 Communication Skills in Healthcare IT, Building Strong Teams for Successful Healthcare IT Outcomes
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Part II Healthcare Regulatory Requirements
- Donald T. Mon, Editor
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Chapter 11 Healthcare Information Technology and Healthcare Policy
- Liz Johnson, Judy Murphy
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Forces of Change in Today’s National Healthcare System
- PITAC: The Winds of Change
- President Bush’s Executive Order and the Birth of the ONC
- Healthcare IT Training Programs: An Essential Element of Reform
- The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA): Privacy and Security
- EHR Certification and the Changing Role of CCHIT
- Standards and the National Health Information Network
- Interoperability
- Nonprofit Organizations Driving Reform: AMIA and HIMSS
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Mandate for Reform: ARRA and Its HITECH Provision
- HITECH Incentives for Meaningful Use of EHRs
- Milestones in Meaningful-Use Reform
- What’s New in Stage 2?
- Quality Measures
- ONC and Establishment of the HIT Policy and Standards Committees
- Standards and Interoperability
- Privacy and Security
- Comparative Effectiveness Research
- Workforce Training
- NIH and NLM Grants to Support HIT Research
- SHARP Research Grants
- State and Regional Healthcare IT Programs
- HIT Federal Advisory Committees and Agencies
- Influencing HIT Transformation through Testimony and Comment
- The Future
- Chapter Review
- Chapter 12 Navigating Health Data Standards and Interoperability
- Chapter 13 Regulatory Aspects of Healthcare IT: Legal Best Practices and Requirements
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Chapter 14 The Electronic Health Record as Evidence
- Kimberly A. Baldwin-Stried Reich
- Sources and Structure of Law
- U.S. Governmental Organization and Function
- The Patient’s Medical Record
- EHR Standards for Records Management and Evidentiary Support
- The Role and Use of the Medical Record in Litigation
- The Federal Rules of Evidence (FRE)
- The Federal Rules of Civil Procedure (FRCP)
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The Path Forward: A Coming Together of Laws, Rules, and Regulations
- The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA)
- Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) Act
- The Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA)
- Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act (COBRA) of 1986
- Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA)
- The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA)
- The Emergence of Integrated Care Delivery Models
- Technology: The Underpinning of the Nation’s Health Information Infrastructure
- Chapter Review
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Part III Healthcare Business Operations
- Michael Beller, Editor
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Chapter 15 Core HIT Functionality
- Thomas Payne
- EMR Functionality
- Support of the Patient/Person
- Other Health Information Technology Systems Commonly Used Within Healthcare Organizations
- Frequently Asked Questions
- Roles and Professional Background of People Working in Healthcare Organizations
- Unique Considerations of Academic Roles
- Chapter Review
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Chapter 16 Human Factors in Healthcare IT
- Andre Kushniruk, Elizabeth Borycki
- Human Factors and Human–Computer Interaction in Healthcare
- User Interface Design and Human Cognition
- Importance of Considering Cognitive Psychology
- Approaches to Cognition and HCI
- Technological Advances in HIT and User Interfaces
- Input and Output Devices and the Visualization of Healthcare Data
- Usability of Healthcare IT
- Chapter Review
- Chapter 17 Build- and Implementation-Related HIT Success Factors
- Chapter 18 HIT Connectivity and Interoperability Opportunities and Challenges
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Chapter 19 Fundamentals of Clinical Decision Support
- Bharat R. Rao, Charles Denham
- The Scope of Clinical Decision Support
- Implementing CDS Interventions
- Success Factors for an Effective CDS Implementation
- The Benefits of CDS
- Avoiding the Pitfalls of CDS
- Patient Safety: A Critical System Property
- U.S. Healthcare Trends Driving CDS Adoption
- Chapter Review
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Chapter 20 Organizational Success Factors in Healthcare Informatics Implementation
- Greg Forzley, Rick Lemoine, J. Michael Kramer
- HIT and Continuum of Care: Understanding the Context of Organizations and HIT
- Health System Governance to Assure High-Quality Systems, Continuity of Care, and Communication: A Cross-Continuum Model
- Success Factors and EMR Governance
- Knowledge Management: What Kinds of Knowledge Must Be Managed and Maintained by HIT Professionals and a Systems Governance Team?
- System Change Management
- Chapter Review
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Chapter 21 Fundamentals of Health Workflow Process Analysis and Redesign
- Mike Kramer, Sheila Ochylski, Jane Brokel
- Life Cycle of Major Information Technology Implementation and Organizational Change
- Process Management and Process Improvement Process Hierarchy: Levels of Mapping Process
- Methodologies for Understanding Processes
- Workflow Mapping Tools
- Success Factors for Implementing Clinical Process Change
- Identification and Prioritization of Targets for Workflow Improvement
- Change Management
- Chapter Review
- Chapter 22 Reporting Requirements and Regulatory and External Factors Affecting Healthcare IT
- Chapter 23 Training Essentials for Implementing Healthcare IT
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Part IV Healthcare IT Security, Privacy, and Confidentiality
- Lori Reed-Fourquet, Editor
- Chapter 24 Building Trust
- Chapter 25 Risk Assessment and Management
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Chapter 26 Physical Safeguards, Facility Security, Secure Systems and Networks, and Securing Electronic Media
- Dennis M. Seymour
- Physical Safeguard Requirements
- Locating Storage Devices, Network Hardware, Printers, and Other Devices
- Securely Handling Protected Health Information (PHI)
- Building Security Systems
- Securing and Preserving Electronic Media Storage Devices
- Secure Disposal of Electronic Media
- Chapter Review
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Chapter 27 Healthcare Information Security: Operational Safeguards
- Sean Murphy
- Operational Safeguards: A Component of Information Security
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Operational Safeguards in Healthcare Organizations
- Security Management Process
- Identity Management and Authorization
- Awareness and Training Programs
- Risk Assessment
- Software and System Development
- Configuration Management
- Consent Management
- System Activity Review
- Continuity of Operations
- Incident Procedures
- Sanctions
- Evaluation
- Business Associate Contracts
- Healthcare-Specific Implications on Operational Safeguards
- Operational Safeguards in Emerging Healthcare Trends
- Chapter Review
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Chapter 28 Unique Operational Safeguards in an Electronic Health Record and a Healthcare Information Exchange
- John Moehrke
- User Identity
- Provisioning
- Identify Proofing
- Role Assignment
- Deprovisioning
- User Account Support
- Authentication
- The Multiple Factors of Authentication
- Secondary Authentication
- Automatic Logoff
- Authentication vs. Claims About Authentication (Federated Identity)
- Accountability
- Balanced Access Control and Audit Control
- Roles and Permissions
- Systems As Well As User Roles
- Multilevel Data Confidentiality
- Medical Records Regulations
- Other Sources of Access Control Rules
- Data Treated at the Highest Level of Confidentiality
- Purpose of Use
- Patient Privacy
- Summary of Basic Access Control
- Healthcare Information Exchange
- Enforcement of Access Controls in an HIE
- HIE Access Control Information
- Metadata
- User Identity in an HIE
- Access Control Languages
- Chapter Review
- Chapter 29 Architectural Safeguards
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Chapter 30 Healthcare Cybersecurity Technology
- Braulio J. Cabral
- The Business Case for Healthcare Cybersecurity
- The Return on Cybersecurity Investment
- Balancing Usability vs. Cybersecurity
- Cybersecurity Standards and Technologies for Networks and Systems Protection
- NIST Special Publications 800 Standards for Cybersecurity
- ISO 27002 Security Standard
- Cybersecurity Technologies
- Software Vulnerabilities and Usability Safeguards
- Security Awareness Training Curriculum
- Chapter Review
- Chapter 31 Certification of HIT Products and Systems
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Part V Healthcare IT Operations
- Andre Kushniruk, Editor
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Chapter 32 Computer Hardware and Architecture for Healthcare IT
- Daniel Lachance
- Identify Commonly Used IT Terms and Technologies
- Compare and Contrast EHR/EMR Technologies and How Each Is Implemented
- Install and Configure Hardware Drivers and Devices
- Document Imaging
- Classify Different Server Types, Environments, Features, and Limitations
- Set Up a Basic PC Workstation Within an EHR/EMR Environment
- Troubleshoot and Solve Common PC Problems
- Chapter Review
- Chapter 33 Programming and Programming Languages for Healthcare IT
- Chapter 34 Databases, Data Warehousing, and Data Mining for Healthcare
- Chapter 35 Networks and Networking in Healthcare
- Chapter 36 Systems Analysis and Design in Healthcare
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Chapter 37 Healthcare Information Technology Project Management
- Brian Gugerty
- The Project Management Institute, PMBOK, and PMP
- Major Project Management Constraints/Objectives
- Healthcare Project Critical Success Factors
- Project Team Roles and Stakeholders
- Effective Communication in Projects
- Process Groups
- The Project Life Cycle
- Project Initiation
- Planning a Healthcare IT Project
- Executing, Monitoring, and Controlling HIT Projects
- Closing the Project
- Chapter Review
- Part VI Appendices
- Index
Product information
- Title: Healthcare Information Technology Exam Guide for CompTIA Healthcare IT Technician and HIT Pro Certifications
- Author(s):
- Release date: January 2013
- Publisher(s): McGraw-Hill
- ISBN: 9780071802796
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