During our 5-day CPHIT/CPEHR Certification Training Camp, you will live, learn, and take the exams in one of our state-of-the-art education centers. This blended-learning course employs outcome-based (Lecture | Lab | Review)™ delivery that focuses on preparing you with the real-world skills required to pass the certification exams and will empower you to take the next pivotal step in your career.
The designation of Certified Professional in Electronic Health Records (CPEHR) indicates that the holder has mastered the common body of knowledge covering planning, implementation, and operation of EHR for knowledge management, quality improvement, patient safety, and care coordination. The CPEHR curriculum includes strategies to make the most of an EHR investment, enhancing capabilities, using new technologies, and building value.
The designation of Certified Professional in Health Information Technology (CPHIT) indicates that the holder has mastered the common body of knowledge covering planning, selecting, implementing, using, and managing health information technology (HIT) and electronic health record (EHR) applications. The CPHIT curriculum introduces the use of health information technology in any setting within the continuum of care.
Upon completion of the CPHIT/CPEHR program, individuals will be able to:
- Appreciate the scope and complexity of today's healthcare environment and the use of information technology.
- Use appropriate change management strategies, and recognize legal and regulatory opportunities and constraints to gain adoption of and hence meet the goals for HIT, HIE and EHR.
- Apply the concept of a migration path to continuously manage the data-information-knowledge continuum in ultimately achieving full functionality of a comprehensive HIT, HIE and EHR system.
- Continuously monitor the environment for emerging technologies to complement the migration path toward enhanced use of HIT and achievement of the EHR.
- Be prepared to assume a leadership role in planning and managing EHR system selection and implementation.
- Assume a leadership role in managing the quality of data in the EHR, using information from EHR and personal health records (PHR) to support care coordination, and creating knowledge for clinical decision support.
- Appreciate special considerations for development and adoption of computerized provider order entry (CPOE), bar code medication administration record (BC-MAR), e-prescribing, and other technologies to support medication management for patient safety.
- Continuously monitor and participate effectively in standard development efforts to achieve the appropriate level of interoperability required to support provider, personal, and population health information requirements.
- Appropriately apply electronic document/content management (ED/CM) system technologies to transition to and complement an EHR.
- Understand the need for, and be able to document and measure realization of a benefits portfolio that ensures appropriate return on HIT investment.
- Recognize emerging trends in the healthcare industry and lessons learned from around the globe to address local/regional health information exchange.
The U.S. healthcare market represents one of the largest and fastest growing sectors of the U.S. economy. The administration of this vast system is slowly changing, driven by the need to control costs, improve efficiencies and enhance performance. At the heart of this change stands information technology. This signals an opportunity to help healthcare practices better leverage information management technologies.
This course qualifies you for 40 PDUs necessary to maintain your PMI credentials.