CompTIA Healthcare IT Technician certification

About the CompTIA Healthcare IT Technician certification

CompTIA’s Healthcare IT Technician certification covers the knowledge and skills required to implement, deploy, and support healthcare IT systems in various clinical settings. The exam code is HIT-001 and it covers the following subjects:

• Regulatory requirements
• Organizational behavior
• IT operations
• Medical business operations
• Security

The certification tests a candidates’ understanding of Healthcare regulatory requirements, healthcare terminology and acronyms, computer H/W & S/W, code of conduct policies, and how to best apply these skills in a healthcare setting such that the IT systems are in compliance with healthcare rules and regulations.

The exam contains 75 questions that must be answered within 60 minutes. The passing score is 650 on a scale of 100-900. The certification requires you to pass only one exam – the HIT-001 exam.

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Career Options with a CompTIA Healthcare IT Technician

The CompTIA Healthcare IT Technician certification is one of the hottest certifcations for 2011-2012. According to the U.S. Department of Labor, the healthcare IT job market is expected to increase by 20% annually through 2018, making healthcare the fastest growing sector for new IT jobs.

This certification is targeted towards IT technicians looking to work/already working in a healthcare setting. With concerns over sensitive patient data at all-time highs, and all healthcare organizations being mandated to comply with HIPAA laws, everyone who works in the industry and deals with patient data in some form will be impacted. This includes System administrators, Security administrators, DBAs (Database Administrators), Compliance officers, Network engineers and more. This course is recommended for any IT professional who plans to work in the healthcare industry.

Exam objectives: Please CLICK HERE to know the complete exam objectives.

Pre-requisites: There are no mandatory pre-requisites for this exam, although it is strongly recommended that a candidate have at least 500 hours of IT technical experience in a healthcare organization, or a CompTIA A credential.

Preparing for the CompTIA Healthcare IT Technician Certification

The HIT-001 exam tests a candidate on both IT and healthcare aspects. Many IT professionals know their stuff , but can be clueless around the laws and regulations surrounding patient data confidentiality, security and integrity. You need to understand these laws and know the impact and consequences of decisions, actions, policies and procedures around IT systems, will have on the healthcare organization’s HIPAA compliance.

There is no quick mantra for success. We recommend the following approach:

• Know what you are expected to know (what are the objectives?)
• Learn as much as you can about them (study)
• Practice, practice, practice
• Track your progress (how well are you doing? Where do you need to focus?)
• Target practice (on your weak areas) until your scores indicate test readiness

Remember: The goal is not just to pass, but to actually learn the skills needed on the job!

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Benefits of the CompTIA Healthcare IT Technician certification

• A certification is an industry recognized credential that tells employers that you have the skills necessary to perform the job. Surveys indicate that those with a certification are more likely to receive higher salaries and more career opportunities than those without a certification.
• Earning CompTIA s HIT-001 certificate shows healthcare employers that you have the necessary knowledge of HIPAA to implement IT solutions that protect the integrity, confidentiality and security of sensitive patient data. Healthcare organizations that have a security breach because their supporting IT systems that are not compliant face severe penalties and consequences.
• This certification provides employers a standard measurement of a technician s knowledge of best practices for computer hardware and software systems as they apply to the healthcare industry today. It gives them a higher level of confidence towards HIPAA compliance, brings a standardized measurement of competency acros the organization, helps lower training costs and typically results in higher customer satisfaction levels because of the high skill level and professionalism of those with an HIT certification.