CompTIA® Healthcare IT Technician (Exam HIT-001): Healthcare IT Fundamentals (Part 1 of 6)
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If you are an information technology (IT) professional looking to transition into the growing field of the healthcare industry, the CompTIA® Healthcare IT Technician series is a logical first step in preparing you for this role. As the deployment and utilization of electronic record keeping systems becomes standard in healthcare organizations, there is a growing need for IT professionals who can support these complex and integral systems. This series of courses will build on your existing knowledge and experience as an IT professional and provide essential concepts, terminology, and skills specific to the medical industry that will be required of a healthcare IT technician.The CompTIA Healthcare IT Technician certification (exam HIT-001) was developed as a supplement to both real-world experience and other IT certifications as a way for IT personnel to demonstrate basic understanding of and competency in essential healthcare and IT concepts and terminology and the integration of the two realms of practice. The target student for this course is an experienced IT professional in a role such as desktop support technician, network administrator, systems administrator, or database administrator, who is looking for opportunities within the healthcare industry or who may already be working in the healthcare environment, and needs the knowledge and skills required to implement, deploy, and support healthcare IT systems. Such students want to prove through certification that they have the knowledge and skills required to implement, deploy, and support healthcare IT systems. This series of courses will help prepare you for the CompTIA Healthcare IT Technician certification.