Healthcare Information Technology Exam Guide for CHTS and CAHIMS Certifications

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. Health Information Technology Exam Guide for CHTS and CAHIMS Certifications prepares IT professionals to transition into HIT with coverage of topics ranging from health data standards to project management. This new edition includes broadened security content in addition to coverage of disruptive innovations such as complex platforms that support big data, genomics, telemedicine, mobile devices, and consumers. Learn about achieving true interoperability, updates to HIPAA rules, and FHIR and SMART standards.

“This book is an invaluable reference for understanding what has come before and what trends are likely to shape the future. The world of big data, precision medicine, genomics, and telehealth require us to break old paradigms of architecture and functionality while not interrupting existing care processes and revenue cycles… We’re dealing with state sponsored cyberterrorism, hacktivism, and organized crime. I describe healthcare IT security as a cold war… You’ll hear from the experts who created many of the regulations and best practices we’re using today to keep information private. I hope you enjoy this book as much as I have and that it finds a place of importance on your book shelf.”

From the Foreword by John D. Halamka, MD, Chief Information Officer, CAREGROUP, Boston, MA

Coverage includes:

• Healthcare and Information Technology in the United States
• Fundamentals of Healthcare Information Science
• Healthcare Information Standards and Regulation
• Implementing, Managing, and Maintaining Healthcare Information Technology
• Optimizing Healthcare Information Technology
• Making Healthcare Information Technology Private, Secure, and Confidential

Electronic content includes:

• Practice exams for CHTS and CAHIMS
• Secure PDF copy of the book

Kathleen A. McCormick, PhD, is an author, senior practitioner, researcher, and policy executive in healthcare informatics and bioinformatics. She spent 13 years as an informatics scientist and clinical trial researcher within the National Institutes of Health’s National Institute on Aging and Clinical Center. Dr. McCormick retired as 06 Captain in the United States Public Health Service and has spent the past 19 years in the healthcare IT industry as a scientist/executive contractor and consultant.

Brian Gugerty, DNS, RN, is CEO of GIC Informatics, LLC. He has been involved in clinical informatics for more than 20 years and his experience includes academics, software development, and consulting healthcare organizations in electronic health record implementation planning, activation, and optimization.

John E. Mattison, MD, is Assistant Medical Director and CMIO of Kaiser Permanente, SCAL. His team led the design and implementation of the largest integrated electronic health record in the US, and he is the founder of the international XML standard for health record interoperability now known as CDA, CCD, and CCDA. He chairs the eHealth Workgroup of the Global Alliance for Genomics and Health (GA4GH), and is a board member of Open mHealth, BioCOM, and the Big Data Advisory Board, among others. Dr. Mattison has taught at multiple universities including Exponential Medicine at Singularity University, UCSD, Stanford, USC, and UCLA.