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Certificate courses are developed and taught by experts from Carnegie Mellon, AMIA, the College of Healthcare Information Management Executives (CHIME), and Dearborn Advisors.
"Successful health care IT requires special skills for physician leaders: strategy development, leadership, change management, and clinical adoption of technology."
—Michael Bakerman, MD, FACC, MMM, CPE, FACPE, Chief Medical Information Officer, UMass Memorial Health Care
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ACPE Health IT Leadership Certificate Program
Managing, leading, and implementing health care IT can be very challenging. With the right knowledge and skills—provided by ACPE's new certificate program—you can more easily and effectively lead health care IT changes.
ACPE's NEW Health IT Leadership Certificate Program will give you the information you need to
- Be conversant on IT issues and fundamentals
- Develop the skills to manage the people Implementing IT
- Successfully strategize, plan, and implement health IT changes
Course Format and CME Credits
All certificate courses are online InterAct Express — and provide Category 1 CME credits.
The 40-hour certificate curriculum (see below) PLUS an IT project conclude with a two-day Capstone Course and Project held at various ACPE Institutes. The next available one is April 29-30, 2012, in San Francisco, CA. The total program cost is $4,975, which includes $100 per credit hour or $4,000 for the 40-hour curriculum plus $975 for the 2-day Capstone Course and Project.
All courses are eligible for elective credit in ACPE's Masters Degree and CPE prerequisites.
Curriculum, Information & Registration
Certificate program participants can choose 40 hours from among the following courses. The curriculum can be completed at your own pace through ACPE's online InterAct Express. Be sure to take the online test after each course.
Already taking the Certificate Program? Log-in and check your CME totals on MyACPE »
Fundamentals in Health Information Technology
Informatics and Meaningful Use of Electronic Health Records »
Health information technology is a top national priority to improve quality and patient safety, care coordination and efficiency. This course explains the history of biomedical informatics, gives the details of each major informatics domain and how they relate to the national health information technology build-out.
This is a course in the Health IT Leadership Certificate Program.
Health Care and Information Security Threats »
As health care providers continue to leverage technology to improve patient care and services, the risk of a data breach grows greater. This course explores current and emerging trends in health care security, privacy and regulatory compliance.
This is a course in the Health IT Leadership Certificate Program.
The CMO-CIO Partnership »
The CMO-CIO partnership is key to the success of organizational information technology. This course examines the current business case for information technology in health care and the complementary roles of the chief information officer and the chief medical officer.
This is a course in the Health IT Leadership Certificate Program.
Health Information Exchange »
Data critical to informed medical decision making is often unavailable. It may be in a paper chart, geographically remote or in a format that is not compatible. Health information exchanges solve many of these problems. Learn the background and history of national efforts to advance HIEs and hear the NYCLIX story.
This is a course in the Health IT Leadership Program
Leadership in Complex Organizations »
Know your people, know your culture, create a strategy and move the agenda. Learn these tenets of leadership and you can apply them in any information technology project. This course describes the fundamentals of effective leadership: clear communication, conflict resolution and change management.
This is a course in the Health IT Leadership Program
Social Media and mHealth Care »
Social networking is here to stay, and mHealth care (“mobile” health care) is the wave of the future. To stay current, attract patients and be effective, physicians must embrace this new technology and help their organizations recognize the importance of social networking.
This is a course in the Health IT Leadership Program
Adoption and Implementation of Electronic Health Records
Organizational Culture, Planning and Strategy »
Do you understand the critical elements in your organization that contribute to successful IT change? Organizational priorities dictate organizational resources. This course defines several components of organizational planning: environmental analysis, readiness assessment, solution and clinician needs analysis, and governance and leadership and how each can make or break an IT project.
This is a course in the Health IT Leadership Certificate Program.
Implementation and Support »
Implementation of a clinical system provides the opportunity to examine and improve workflow. In this course you will learn why clinical process redesign is integral to an implementation project, how and why to develop and incorporate evidence-based practices and how to formulate a go-live support strategy for physicians.
This is a course in the Health IT Leadership Certificate Program.
Communication, Change Management and Training »
Implementation is only the beginning in integrating clinical systems. Effective communication to all stakeholder groups is a key element in ensuring the project’s success. This course explains how to develop and execute a communication and change management strategy to support organization-wide education and training.
This is a course in the Health IT Leadership Certificate Program.
Benefits Realization »
How do you define value? Once it’s defined how do you measure it? Value can vary from organization to organization. In this course you will learn how to plan ahead and build metrics before system implementation that will provide the means to measure the level of success post-live.
This is a course in the Health IT Leadership Certificate Program.
Clinical Functionality
Clinical Decision Support »
No one can dispute that there are quality and safety problems in health care. Many of the problems are well-characterized and information technology can contribute to a solution. Rule-based clinical decision support is has been documented to improve care in many instances. This course looks at the potential benefits of CDS and its limitations.
This is a course in the Health IT Leadership Certificate Program.
Patient Safety and the Electronic Health Record »
This course describes the epidemiology of safety and safety theory, how IT can improve safety and the specific technologies used to transform care.
This is a course in the Health IT Leadership Certificate Program.
E-prescribing »
This course describes the history and elements of e-prescribing. Ambulatory and in-patient applications of information technology are reviewed.
This is a course in the Health IT Leadership Certificate Program.
Liabilities in EHR »
This course reviews the legal liability of EHRs related to patient safety, documentation and medical malpractice, billing practices and meaningful use.
This is a course in the Health IT Leadership Certificate Program.
Capstone Class at ACPE's Annual Meeting & Spring Institute
HIT Leadership Certificate Capstone Course and Project »
You have finished your 40 hours of Health IT Leadership courses and now you are ready for the Capstone. This two-day course will provide updates in critical topics in the program and emerging regulatory issues. Participants will attend topical workshops and engage in shared learning opportunities. All certificate candidates will present the results of their projects* at the Capstone.
*Project Criteria:
The project must be in clinical leadership in organizational information technology.
Questions? Contact at ACPE at acpe@acpe.org or 800-562-8088.
Accreditation The American College of Physician Executives (ACPE) is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing education for physicians.
Designation The American College of Physician Executives (ACPE) designates this educational activity for 4 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s). Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
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