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Healthcare Information Technology Exam Guide
for CompTIA® Healthcare IT Technician
and HIT Pro™ Certifications
Dr. Kathleen A. McCormick and Dr. Brian Gugerty
ISBN: 9780071802802 / 0071802800
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About the Authors
Dr. Kathleen A. McCormick
Kathleen McCormick, PhD, is a senior practitioner, researcher, and policy executive
in health informatics and bioinformatics. She spent 13 years as an informatics scientist and clinical
trial researcher within the National Institutes of Health's National Institute on Aging and Clinical
Center. In 2009 Dr. McCormick joined SAIC-F as Senior Principal Scientist/Vice President. Honored with
fellowships in nursing, informatics, and gerontology, she is an elected member of the National Academy
of Sciences, Institute of Medicine and received the President's Award from the American Medical Informatics
Association of America in 1998. Dr. McCormick is the coauthor of Essentials in Nursing Informatics and
author of several other books.
Dr. Brian Gugerty
Brian Gugerty, DNS, RN, has been involved in clinical informatics for more than 20 years.
His experience includes academics, clinical informatics, software development, and counseling healthcare
providers in Electronic Health Record (EHR) implementation planning, activation, and optimization. Dr. Gugerty has
authored or co-authored more than 30 articles and book chapters on the theory, practice, and the future of
clinical informatics. He has been a frequent presenter of the theory and practice of EHRs by exploring a wide
range of subjects for institutions both in the USA and abroad.
