Healthcare Information Technology Exam Guide for CHTS and CAHIMS Certifications

Section 1: Fundamentals of Healthcare
Chapter 1: Information Technology in Healthcare: Definitions, Stakeholders and Major Themes
Chapter 2: Computer Hardware and Architecture for Healthcare IT
Chapter 3: Programming & Programming Languages for HIT
Chapter 4: Databases, Data Warehousing, Clouds for Storage, and Data Mining for Healthcare
Chapter 5: Networks & Networking in Healthcare
Chapter 6: Systems Analysis and Design in Healthcare
Chapter 7: Defining/Visualizing Healthcare Processes and Workflows
Chapter 8: Healthcare IT Project Management
Chapter 9: Assuring Usability of HIT

Section 2: Healthcare & Information Technology in the United States
Chapter 10: Coordinating Care Across the Continuum of Care
Chapter 11: Health, Healthcare, and Dollars
Chapter 12: Healthcare Information Technology in Public Health, Emergency Preparedness, and Surveillance

Section 3: Healthcare Information Standards and Regulation
Chapter 13: Healthcare Terminology and Vocabulary Standards
Chapter 14: HIT and Standards Framework Using HL7 to Assure Secure Transmission
Chapter 15: Interoperability Within and Across Healthcare Systems
Chapter 16: Assuring Healthcare Information Privacy and Accountability Act (HIPAA)
Chapter 17: HIT and Public Policy
Chapter 18: Regulations in HIM

Section 4: Implementing, Managing, and Maintaining Healthcare IT
Chapter 19: Effective Organizational and Management Structures for HIT
Chapter 20: The EHR from Concept, to Architecture to Operations
Chapter 21: Non-EHR HIT
Chapter 22: EHR Implementation
Chapter 23: Using HIT to Measure & Improve Outcomes & Safety
Chapter 24: Training Essentials for Implementing HIT

Section 5: Optimizing HIT
Chapter 25: Clinical Decision Support
Chapter 26: Big Data & Data Analytics
Chapter 27: Innovations in Healthcare IT

Section 6: Making it all Secure: Healthcare IT Privacy, Security and Confidentiality
Chapter 28: Framework for Privacy, Security, and Confidentiality
Chapter 29: Cybersecurity and Devices
Chapter 30: Physical Safeguards
Chapter 31: Operational Safeguard
Chapter 32: Architectural Safeguards
Chapter 33: Risk Assessment and Management
Appendix A: CompTIA Healthcare IT Certification Objective Map
Appendix B: AHIMA CHTS Objective Maps
Appendix C: HIMSS CAHIMS Map
Appendix D: Composite Course in Healthcare IT Map
Appendix E: Skillsoft Maps