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Publisher: Pearson IT Certification; 1 edition (June 25, 2012)
Publication Date: June 25, 2012
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Language: English
ASIN: B008EK3A00
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I took the HIT-001 yesterday and I passed it, but I can't say this book was a big help. I have been in the IT industry for 8 years and have worked in a healthcare setting for the last 3 years. 90% of the reason I passed the exam is because my current job role and previous experience gave me enough knowledge to get enough of the questions right. This book provided some help, but it is definitely not enough of its own and unfortunately with this being a very new certification there is not much in the way of study material for it yet. I do want to stress that the book contains some great information that will be very useful if you work in a Healthcare IT position. It does a good job of giving you a basic understanding of common healthcare occupations, facilities, hospital departments, patient flow, data flow, and how your job as a technician is easier when you have knowledge of these things. The problem is, the actual subject matter of the test seemed very broad and this book either completely skipped or only briefly mentioned a lot of it. There are several questions on the exam about project management and implementation, and that is not adequately covered in this book. The same can be said for other subjects, such as physical security (too brief), encryption and authentication protocols (they're mentioned but no examples of where and how they're used in healthcare), the organizational aspect of healthcare is covered but the financial side of that is not despite seeing some of it on the test, and overall the parts of the book that are purely about technical troubleshooting are too brief. I have an A+, Net+ and Security+, and I've read parts of the Project+ book. This exam seems to be a combination of all of those, mixed with information about privacy laws and healthcare.
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