63531 Healthcare IT Technician
| Course/Class Number: 63531/59724 |
| Class Title: 63531 Healthcare IT Technician, Section SPA |
| Monday, Wednesday, Friday 8:00 am – 12:00 pm; 3 sessions starting April 14, 2014, ending April 18, 2014 |
Text: CompTIA Healthcare IT Technician HIT-001 Authorized Cert Guide, Joy Dark and Jean Andrews, 2012
Objectives
- Understand regulatory requirements
- Know healthcare terminology/acronyms
- Be familiar with practice workflow
- Adhere to code of conduct policies
- Engage security best practices
- Support Electronic Health Records (EHR) systems
According to CompTIA:
The CompTIA Healthcare IT Technician certification exam covers:
- U.S. regulatory requirements
- Organizational behavior
- IT operations
- Medical business operations
- Security
http://certification.comptia.org/getCertified/certifications/hittech.aspx
Or stated differently:
- Regulations, agencies and laws
- HIPAA controls and compliance
- Backup and record retention, disposal and archiving
- Healthcare IT security
- EMR access roles
- Setup and management of EHR/EMR PCs, servers and networks
- Legal practices, requirements and documentation
According to Dark and Andrews:
- Healthcare Organizational Behavior
- Healthcare Regulatory Requirements
- Healthcare Business Operations
- Healthcare IT Security, Privacy, and Confidentiality
- Healthcare IT Operations
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