UHIT 195 - Certified Electronic Health Records Specialist Prep Test

Information: This course prepares students for entry level Electronic Health Records specialist and to sit for CEHRS exam through the National Health Careers Association (NHA). A practice test is included.

  

1. Establish the appropriate electronic health record 

2. Prepare to take the National Healthcareer Association’s CEHRS certification exam 

3. Develop efficient patient and medical coworker communication methods 

4. Read and interpret health records 

• An Overview of Electronic Health Record and CEHRS 

  • What is an EHR 

  • The role of a CEHRS in Medical Practice Billing 

  • Major federal initiatives to promote EHR adoption 

• Steps to EHR Implementation 

  • Step 1: Assess 

  • Step 2: Plan 

  • Step 3: Select 

  • Step 4: Implement 

• The EHR Framework 

  • EHR architecture, hardware, software, networks and interfaces 

  • Human-Computer Interface (User) Devices

  • Functional, data-content, and vocabulary standards 

  • Feature and data formats 

  • Security controls 

  • Hybrid health records 

  • Disaster recovery  

• Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) Requirements and EHR Systems

  • What is HIPAA 

  • HIPAA and CEHRS 

  • HIPAA Privacy Rule

  • HIPAA Security Rule 

• The EHR and the Record Content 

  • Record purposes 

  • Record formats and types of data 

  • Record standards 

  • Medical record content 

  • Documentation practices 

• Lists, Treatment Plans, Orders and Results 

  • The lists 

  • Standards: functional, content and vocabulary 

• Patient Visit Management

  • The EHR in a medical office 

  • Master Patient Index 

  • Service payment information  

  • Scheduling 

  • Consents, acknowledgements, advance directives and authorizations 

• Coding and Billing 

  • Coding and billing workflow 

  • Code sets and clinical vocabularies

  • Coding, billing and the EHR 

  • Encoders and computer-assisted coding 

  • Electronic bill submission 

• Patient Communications 

  • Patient-focused communication

  • Patient portals 

  • Personal health records 

• Practice Reports, Research, Registries, and Reportable Events 

  • Medical product development 

  • Practice requirements 

  • Standards and support research 

  • Registries and reportable events 

• Personal Health Records and Continuing Care Records 

  • Personal health record 

  • Communication among providers for continuing care 

  • Continuity of care record 

  • Ongoing training and technical support of EHR software