Many hospitals and physician practices are finding that there is more to implementing health information technology (HIT) and electronic health records (EHR) than simply installing hardware and software. Health Information Exchanges (HIEs) and Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs) relying on an HIE information exchange infrastructure are finding that there are challenges in governance, technical architecture, and data stewardship. The new Affordable Care Act (ACA) Operating Rules provide opportunities and challenges for providers and health plans as they seek to understand how to meet the compliance requirements and achieve interoperability and the associated savings and efficiencies of healthcare transactions. Health IT Certification provides courseware to address the necessary planning, selecting, implementing, and ongoing management of HIT, EHR, HIE and ORA.

For those new to healthcare or to health information technology, the Certified Professional in Health Information Technology (CPHIT) track introduces the concepts of HIT, EHR, and health information exchange (HIE). It provides the foundation knowledge and skills that aids providers in navigating among the nearly one thousand EHR products on the market today. It addresses strategic IT planning, change management, workflow and process redesign, return on investment analysis, and other topics typically not addressed by vendors selling systems -- yet make a huge difference in HIT and EHR success. Professional certification in HIT enhances your career opportunities whether for a healthcare provider setting or service firm supporting this market.

For those who are in the process of implementing an EHR or on the way to optimizing its use, the Certified Professional in Electronic Health Records (CPEHR) track enhances the skills of clinicians and technicians to better manage health information. It provides advanced content for successfully gaining better adoption by clinicians, improving the quality of data in the systems, redesigning workflows and processes, and reaching advanced stages of EHR use, semantic interoperability, clinical decision support, and care coordination. Professional certification in EHR reflects mastery of the complex concepts that hospitals, clinics, and other provider settings face when moving from basic to more advanced clinical information systems.

For those who are planning participation in a health information exchange organization, the Certified Professional in Health Information Exchange (CPHIE) track provides fundamental understanding of exchange processes, exchange architectures, and organizing structures. It covers goals and governance, data stewardship, the nationwide health information network, and the role of specialized technology in exchange, such as telehealth, and home monitoring, and personal health records. Professional certification in HIE demonstrates a well-rounded knowledge base on the field and its potential benefits.

For those who are planning participation in the implementation and ongoing use of operating rules, the Certified Professional in Operating Rules Administration (CPORA) track provides a fundamental understanding of the relationship between the transaction standards and operating rules, eligibility and claim status, electronic remittance advice (ERA), electronic funds transfer (EFT), and other operating rules that will be required to support a fully automated revenue cycle management infrastructure.

CPHIT, CPEHR, CPHIE and CPORA CURRICULUM:

Health IT Certification updates its courses at least annually, and often semi-annually. The updated course content reflects new information based on provider experience earning the "meaningful use" incentives, new strategies for gaining faster adoption of technology, the latest regulations impacting HIT, EHR, HIE and ORA use, and lessons learned in addressing workflow, process, and data use challenges.

CPHIT, CPEHR, CPHIE and CPORA courses have been updated with the latest information on earning meaningful use incentives and engaging clinicians in making the clinical transformation that contributes to improving quality and patient safety, as well as improving efficiency and interoperability to be able to highly automate revenue cycle management utilizing the healthcare transactions enhanced by the operating rules.

HEALTH IT CERTIFICATION CURRICULUM

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MARKETPLACE RECOGNITION:

Health IT Certification has been serving health care since January 1, 2005. Over 4,100 individuals have taken one or more individual courses or complete tracks. The CPHIT, CPEHR, CPHIE, and CPORA professional certification designations have been recognized by employers in job descriptions and career advertisements; designated as preferred credentials for employment in some quality improvement organizations, regional extension centers, and HIT vendors; and selected as the curriculum in support of delivering workforce training programs by certain community colleges and universities. Health IT Certification has agreements with several professional healthcare associations to offer the training to their members. Employees from more than 1,000 organizations have participated in one or more of these training and professional certification programs.

FOR REGISTRATION INFORMATION:

Call toll-free (888) 599-4583, send e-mail to registration@HealthITCertification.com, or visit the Health IT Certification website at www.healthitcertification.com/regonline.html.