This is a very exciting time to be exploring a career in Health IT Support! In this introductory course, you’ll learn about various roles in IT support that are common in healthcare. IT support staff play critical roles in many different healthcare venues. In addition to helping clinics, hospitals, and emergency rooms, you may end up providing support in a skilled nursing facility, ambulatory surgical center, virtual care setting, or even a patient’s home! On any given day, you may interact with nurses, physicians, pharmacists, physical therapists, social workers, other allied health professionals, patients or caregivers. Each of these individuals rely on IT support specialists to help them maintain a high reliability healthcare organization. As you learn about what makes Health IT unique, we hope you find inspiration in the stories shared by some of our very own IT support staff at Johns Hopkins. They’ll talk to you about the most common problems they help resolve as well as the complexity and range of issues that arise. Whether you dream of being an end-user computer support specialist, working at a healthcare help desk, or rising to an analyst role, we’re thrilled that you are embarking upon this journey. Welcome again!

The Critical Role of IT Support Staff in Healthcare
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The Critical Role of IT Support Staff in Healthcare
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Instructors: Ashwini S. Davison, M.D.
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Reviewed on Oct 25, 2022
I'm glad that i got an opportunity to get to know so much from this course and wanted to complete this course.With warm regards,Jaspreet Singh
Reviewed on Mar 15, 2023
really it was amazing to learn new things in Healthcare sector as a IT support specialist. This would be a great chance to make anyone for building a nice career.
Reviewed on Aug 17, 2025
Very informative and easy to understand, and the video materials were also helpful.

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