Integrates all healthcare IT competencies into an extended capstone practice that simulates professional work across FTE, consulting, and health-tech startup contexts. Students manage a multi-week clinical systems project from requirements through deployment, handle realistic incidents including compliance events and system outages, navigate cross-departmental politics, and build career development artifacts.
Levels: Remember · Understand · Apply · Analyze · Evaluate · Create — highest demands most original thinking.
Full lifecycle healthcare IT project management, clinical stakeholder alignment, phased deployment, outcomes measurement, lessons learned documentation.
Compliance incident response, system outage management, clinical communication during downtime, post-incident review facilitation, prevention measures.
Vendor assessment (BAA, data handling, training data practices), clinical validation methodology, workflow integration planning, risk/benefit analysis for AI deployment.
Certification planning (Epic, CAHIMS, CPHIMS), professional networking (CHIME, HIMSS, AMIA), progression from technical to advisory roles, specialization strategy.
Applying CORE-08 freelance foundations to health IT contexts, engagement scoping for regulated environments, compliance-grade deliverables, client relationship management in hospital settings.
Healthcare IT Professional Capstone — Student completes a comprehensive capstone combining three deliverables: (1) a full healthcare IT project from requirements through deployment with clinical outcomes data, (2) an incident response case study documenting their handling of a simulated compliance or system outage event including post-incident review and prevention recommendations, and (3) a 3-year career development plan with certification milestones, specialization rationale, networking strategy, and a consulting or employment market positioning statement.
Full simulated EHR environment covering all modules used across the M03 curriculum.
Healthcare integration engine for interface management and interoperability projects.
Querying Clarity/Caboodle for clinical data analysis and outcomes reporting.
Business intelligence platforms for clinical dashboards and project outcomes visualization.
IT service management for change management, incident tracking, and project coordination.
Project tracking tools for managing implementation tasks and capstone project milestones.
AI assistant (approved instance, de-identified) for analysis, planning, and documentation support.
Career planning, proposals, and professional development documentation.
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