Comptia Healthcare IT Technician

The CompTIA Healthcare IT Technician certificate covers the knowledge and skills required to implement, deploy, and support healthcare IT systems in various clinical settings. The CompTIA Healthcare IT Technician Exam is a vendor-neutral certificate. While there is no required prerequisite, the Healthcare IT Technician is intended to follow CompTIA A+ or equivalent experience. The CompTIA Healthcare IT Technician certificate will show that the successful candidate has the knowledge and skills required to implement, deploy, and support Health IT systems in various clinical settings.

Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:

• Define and describe concepts and terminology that are fundamental to your understanding of the use of IT in a healthcare environment.
• Describe the medical environment including its organization, stakeholders, and the most significant technologies.
• Leverage core medical concepts to describe the use of IT in the medical workplace.
• Describe the essential elements of computing including hardware, software, networking, and change control.
• Provide IT support and solve IT problems in the medical workplace.
• Integrate security best practices into your daily healthcare IT workflow.

Learning Level: Intermediate

Duration: 3 day(s)-

Lesson 1: Healthcare IT Fundamentals

• Core Concepts in Healthcare IT
• EMR/EHR Issues
• Stakeholders, Regulations, and Standards
• HIPAA Controls and Compliance

Lesson 2: The Medical Environment

• Healthcare Organizations
• Medical Terminology, Equipment, and Software
• Medical Coding and Billing
• Medical Computer Interfaces

Lesson 3: Using IT in the Medical Workplace

• Roles and Responsibilities
• Manage Communication and Ethics Issues
• Legal Best Practices, Requirements, and
• Documentation
• Medical Document Imaging
• Sanitation Management

Lesson 4: Healthcare IT Technical Components

• Computing Essentials
• Networking
• Manage Servers and Software
• Hardware Support
• Set Up a Workstation
• Troubleshoot Basic IT Issues
• Troubleshoot Medical IT Issues
• Implementation of an EMR/EHR System

Lesson 5: Security

• Manage Physical and Logical Security
• Implement Security Best Practices and
• Threat Mitigation Techniques
• Manage Remote Access
• Manage Wireless Security
• Perform Backups and Disaster Recovery