This course provides IT Professionals with the knowledge and skills to identify essential healthcare and IT concepts and terminology and how to integrate the two.
Learning Objectives
1. Introducing HIT
- 1.1 Goals of HIT
- 1.2 HITECH Act
- 1.3 Introduction to Healthcare Facilities, Patient Flow, Departments in a Hospital
2. Introducing Data Flow in HIT
- 2.1 Support Flow, Introduction to Hospital Information Systems,
- 2.2 Function of HIS, Interfaces and Data Flow
3. Regulatory Requirements
- 3.1 Standard Agencies, HIPAA Controls and Compliance Issues
- 3.2 Agencies Governing Healthcare, Rules of Record Retention and Disposal
- 3.3 Types of Health Records, Legal Best Practices and Documentation
4. Organizational Behavior
- 4.1 Handling PHI, Applying Proper Communication Method
- 4.2 Identifying EMR/HER Access Roles
- 4.3 Identifying Organizational Structures and Different Methods of Operations, Executing Daily Activities
5. IT Operations
- 5.1 How the Internet or Intranet Works
- 5.2 Managing Network Resources
- 5.3 Configuring a Workstation and Peripherals
6. Medical Business Operations
- 6.1 Understanding the Clinical Environment, How a Healthcare Interface Works
- 6.2 Supporting Software Used in Clinical Environments
7. Security
- 7.1 Security Attacks, Permission Levels, Security Best Practices, Disposing of PHI