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This study guide helps you master all the topics on the new Healthcare IT Technician HIT-001 exam, including
- Healthcare IT roles and trends
- Standards agencies, laws, and regulations
- HIPAA controls and compliance
- Record retention, disposal, and archiving
- Comprehensive coverage of health IT security
- EHR/EMR access roles and responsibilities
- Setup and troubleshooting for EHR/EMR PCs, servers, and networks
- Legal best practices, requirements, and documentation
In this best-of-breed study guide, two leading experts bring together all the knowledge, preparation hints, and test-taking tips you'll need to succeed on your CompTIA HIT-001 exam, and transition into a successful Healthcare IT career. Their concise, focused approach explains each exam objective from a practical, real-world perspective, helping you quickly identify weaknesses, strengthen conceptual understanding and hands-on skills, and retain everything you'll need to know.
Every feature of this book is designed to support both efficient exam preparation and long-term mastery:
- Opening Topics Lists define the topics you'll need to learn in each chapter, with numbering linked directly to official exam objectives
- Concise Tables and Figures bring together knowledge in an easy-to-use format
- Exam Tips call attention to the information that's most crucial to know for the exam
- Notes provide deeper context and links to additional information
- Key Terms definitions and a complete glossary explain all of the field's essential terminology
- HIT in the Real World stories link concepts to real HIT work environments
- Chapter Summaries help you quickly review every key topic
- Acronym Drills reinforce learning of important acronyms
- Review Quizzes help you gauge your knowledge; all answers are provided and explained at the end of the book
- Practical Application critical thinking questions deepen your understanding
Well-regarded for its level of detail, assessment features, and challenging review questions and exercises, this CompTIA authorized study guide helps you master the concepts and techniques that will enable you to succeed on the exam the first time.
Autorentext
Joy Dark has worked in the healthcare IT field in several capacities. She first worked as a help desk technician providing first-level support at a company that supports more than 130 hospitals in 29 states. Later she focused on providing second-level support for clinical information systems, specializing in perioperative information systems and the emergency department information systems. Next she switched gears to become a support operations specialist, helping to design support protocols and structures as well as managing the transition of support when hospitals converted information systems. Now she has authored the CompTIA Healthcare IT Technician HIT-001 Cert Guide and contributes in writing other technical books. Before healthcare IT, Joy was an elementary school teacher in both the United States and in South America. She lives in Dalton, Georgia, with her sister and Doberman dog. She has two sisters who are physicians (anesthesiology and emergency medicine) who have shared plenty of stories, facts, and opinions about the healthcare environment that have helped to shape the content in this book.
Jean Andrews, Ph.D., has more than 30 years of experience in the computer industry, including more than 13 years in the college classroom. She has worked in a wide variety of businesses and corporations designing, writing, and supporting applications software; managing a PC repair help desk; and troubleshooting wide area networks. She has written a variety of books on software, hardware, and the Internet. She lives in northeast Georgia.
Inhalt
Introduction xxxix
Chapter 1 Introducing Healthcare IT 2
The Importance of the HITECH Act 3
Getting to Know Healthcare 5
Types of Healthcare Facilities 6
Focus on Hospitals 7
Departments in the Hospital 8
Patient Flow Through a Hospital Stay 9
Inpatient Admittance 9
Outpatient Admittance 11
Emergency Department Patient 12
The Goals of Healthcare IT 15
Why Have IT in Healthcare? 15
Prepare for a Career in Healthcare IT 16
Chapter Summary 19
The Importance of the HITECH Act 19
Getting to Know Healthcare 19
Goals of Healthcare IT 20
Key Terms 20
Acronym Drill 21
Review Questions 22
Practical Application 23
Chapter 2 Introducing Data Flow in HIT 24
Learning Support Flow 25
Getting to Know Information Systems 27
Getting to Know HIS 28
Functions of an HIS 29
Getting to Know the Interface 33
The Message 34
The Message Path 36
Following the Data Flow 38
Three IS Sources of an ADT Message 39
HIS-originated ADT Data Flow 39
EDIS ADT Data Flow 40
Perioperative IS Data Flow 42
Data Flow Other Than ADT 44
Pharmacy IS Data Flow 44
RIS Data Flow 48
LIS Data Flow 49
EDIS Data Flow 52
Chapter Summary 54
Learning Support Flow 54
Getting to Know Information Systems 54
Getting to Know HIS 54
Getting to Know the Interface 55
Following the Data Flow 55
Key Terms 56
Acronym Drill 57
Review Questions 58
Practical Application 60
Chapter 3 Regulatory Requirements 64
Identifying Standard Agencies, Laws, and Regulations 65
Agencies Governing Healthcare 65
Department of Health and Human Services 66
National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) 72
Healthcare Programs 74
Healthcare Laws 76
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) 76
American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) 77
Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) Act 78
Regulations of Healthcare Laws 79
Learning HIPAA Controls and Compliance Issues 80
Learning Rules of Record Retention and Disposal 83
Types of Health Records 83
Record Retention 85
Record Disposal 85
Learning Legal Best Practices and Documentation 86
Chapter Summary 90
Identifying Standard Agencies, Laws, and Regulations 90
Learning HIPAA Controls and Compliance Issues 91
Learning Rules of Record Retention and Disposal 91
Learning Legal Best Practices and Documentation 92
Key Terms 92
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