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ANIA (American Nursing Informatics Association) is a great place to look for info about NI. HIMSS has a NI community and a NI list serv (for those who join): HIMSS - Nursing Informatics Community

ANCC offers the Nursing Informatics exam. If you go to their web site, you can find info about the test under "Informatics Nursing" under "Certification." Informatics Nursing - American Nurses Credentialing Center - ANCC Do you know if GCU will let students sit for ANCC's Nursing Informatics exam after they complete the MSN program?

AHIMA came out with "H.I.T. or Miss: Lessons Learned from Health Information Technology Implementations" (by Leviss). You could probably find it on the AHIMA store web site, Amazon, or Half. The "H.I.T. or Miss" book has 17 case studies describing failures in HIT projects and lessons learned from those failures. It could help you with the application and analysis questions. Just a thought. Let us know if it helps.

Same experiences as RNinformatics and Ikarus7401. Real world experience (especially in project implementation) goes a long way in hiring. I also made the case to interview a candidate with one of those HITECH certifications. We had other prospective candidates that had years of on-the-job experience without those certifications. I got the same response from my hiring director, “We’ve only got time for experienced candidates.”

I'll have to take a closer look at that resource. Thanks for sharing it! "Managing Health Care Information Systems: A Practical Approach for Health Care Executives" had a 'Part 4: Senior Management IT Challenges' that applied the information to scenarios, as did Appendices A and B of that book. "Health Information Management: Concepts, Principles, and Practice" (by Latour) had a 'Part V: Knowledge-Based Healthcare Data and Information' and 'Part VI: Management of Health Information Services' that applied the concepts to situations.

You mentioned that you already have some of the references from the CPHIMS Review Guide. “Managing Health Care Information Systems: A Practical Approach for Health Care Executives” (2005) (by Wager, Lee, & Glaser) and “Health Information Management: Concepts, Principles, and Practice” (by Latour) were very helpful. “Health Information Management: Concepts, Principles, and Practice” (by Latour) had ‘Real-World Cases’ and ‘Summary’ sections at the end of each chapter that helped with application and analysis. Each chapter had a “Check Your Understanding” section, which had questions for you to answer. You can check your answers with the questions at the back of the book. I studied from the 2nd edition since the newest edition had not been published. “Managing Health Care Information Systems: A Practical Approach for Health Care Executives” (by Wager, Lee, & Glaser) had ‘Summary’ and ‘Learning Activities’ sections at the end of each chapter also. I used the 1st edition (2005) at the time.

Let us know how the online study group turns out. There may be others who are looking for an online CPHIMS study group to join. In previous posts, RNinformatics has mentioned joining professional associations and their list serves such as HIMSS and ANIA-CARING. You could let the list serves know that you would like to start an online study group. You may find interested individuals. I've seen study groups on Yahoo Groups. Just a thought. Are you going to take ANCC's NI certification? Or have you taken it? You might want to key into the allnurses search box, "ANCC NI certification." There are 5 threads that you might find more information, which are entitled "Studying for the NI Board Certification / CEUs," "Recommended Resource for Studying for the NI Certification," "Failed the ANCC NI Certification... Now What?", "ANCC certification study guide question," and "I passed my certification exam!!"

After looking at the HIMSS web site, I agree with you that the CPHIMS Review Guide, CD ROM, and Self-Assessment Exam are very expensive. Do you think you can find the review guide used on Ebay or Amazon? Just a thought. When I studied for the exam, I followed the tasks in the detailed content outline of the CPHIMS Candidate Handbook. For example, under Design (in the Systems area), the task is to "identify how a system design accommodates business processes" (CPHIMS Candidate Handbook, 2011). You and I could respond to this task with knowledge from our work experience and past education. I started studying by responding to each task (from the content outline). When I responded to all the tasks, I reviewed the information repeatedly (especially since I practice these areas at work daily). I made up my own questions from the tasks. This helped me get into a test-taking mindset rather than just a study-review-recall mindset. I understand your dilemma in trying to find practice questions for this exam. Unlike the NCLEX, there aren't numerous CPHIMS study resources out there. I had to form my own practice questions to get into the test-taking mode. I'll dig back into my study materials to see what else I used and post them. Have you looked at the tasks for the exam content outline yet?

The article was eye-opening in that hiring managers want various HIT talents even those willing to learn. I know of colleagues who would like to have students (healthcare or nursing informatics) assist them with projects. The challenge always is finding the students and/or healthcare professionals (who want to learn). Is there a common place (e.g., web site, discussion forums, professional associations) where healthcare informatics professionals, students, hiring managers, and project managers (or anyone seeking students or professionals willing to learn) can post this kind of information? The first thing that comes to mind are professional associations, such as ANIA-CARING, HIMSS, AMIA-NIWG, and Alliance for Nursing Informatics (which were mentioned in the “How to Get Started in Nursing Informatics” post and the article). These are places where students and professionals can network and discover opportunities and talents within their state and/or region. Thank you for posting “How to Get Started in Nursing Informatics” located at the top of this forum! I know this will be of Great Help to many students and professionals!

RNinformatics, Excellent article on tapping HIT talent! Thank you for posting it! The wealth of talent available in capstone/internship programs, and health care informatics programs that partner with universities is immense. Places for organizations to tap into and utilize!

ANCC has an Informatics Nursing Study group that starts 9/6/11, which is through telephone conference call. You can find this information by going on the ANCC website, and going to the Informatics Nursing certification information section. Once you get to the Informatics Nursing section, on the left hand side, you will see "Seminars/Study Groups" and below that are the dates and times of the study groups. You can then click which one you want to attend. Joyncaring, are you a member of HIMSS? Your state HIMSS chapter may already have a CPHIMS study group. Check with your state chapter. You may be able to get one started, which will help you and others study for the exam.

RNinformatics is right. If you key in “cphims” into the allnurses search box, you will find CPHIMS and/or NI study resources. There isn’t one book that covers all the information for the CPHIMS. The HIMSS website has CPHIMS Review resources on their web site that may be helpful. They also have a 100-question Self Assessment Exam for practice. The CPHIMS is divided into 3 areas (General, Systems, and Administration), which is further subdivided into General (Healthcare & Technology Environments), Systems (Analysis; Design; Selection, Implementation, Support, & Maintenance; Testing & Evaluation; Privacy & Security), and Administration (Leadership & Management). Are you looking for study materials for a particular area?