
Explore the key healthcare players, including providers, payers, clearinghouses, and vendors, and their data flow with EHR systems. Understand how these entities support claims processing and billing.
Address data fragmentation by adopting interoperability standards like HL7 and FHIR to enable real-time data sharing across healthcare systems, improving care and billing.
Assess HL7v2 strengths, including flexible data exchange and broad adoption, and note limitations—inconsistent implementations, complex messaging, and lack of modern API support compared with FHIR.
Compare FHIR and HL7v2 to see how FHIR's real-time, API-based data exchange contrasts with HL7v2's message-based approach and legacy systems.
Explore the front-end, back-end, and data storage layers of electronic health records, and how APIs enable real-time, secure data exchange using HL7 and FHIR.
Transform clinical documentation into billing data by coding diagnoses and procedures with ICD, CPT, and HCPCS codes, capturing charges, and generating insurer claims through integrated systems.
Discover how databases, integration engines, APIs, and message brokers support healthcare data storage, interoperability, and scalable workflows for efficient revenue cycle management.
Explore common EHR integration scenarios, including claim submission, eligibility verification, reporting, and third-party app integrations, to streamline workflows, improve data accuracy, and boost patient engagement.
Develop FEAR and FHIR expertise to expand medical billers' career opportunities, automate eligibility checks and claim status, and collaborate with IT to enable real-time data exchange with EHR systems.
Disclosure: This course contains the use of artificial intelligence.
Build practical knowledge of HL7 Standards, FHIR API, Health Interoperability, EHR, Health IT, health data, Medical Billing, and Revenue Cycle Management (RCM) in one beginner-friendly course.
This course is designed to help learners of all backgrounds understand and apply HL7 Standards, FHIR API, Health level 7, Health IT, Health Interoperability, health data, EHR, Medical Billing, Revenue Cycle Management, and RCM concepts in real-world healthcare settings. Whether you're working in healthcare operations, medical billing, revenue cycle management, EHR support, or preparing for a Health IT role, this course provides a practical foundation in how healthcare systems communicate, exchange data, and support interoperability across organizations.
You’ll learn the fundamentals of Healthcare IT and EHR systems, the role of US healthcare regulations and standards, and the core concepts behind HL7 and FHIR. The course explains how EHR systems work internally, how healthcare data moves between systems, and how HL7 messages and FHIR APIs support integration. You will also explore how these standards connect to workflows in clinical care, administrative operations, and Revenue Cycle Management.
Designed to be beginner-friendly, this course offers clear explanations, structured lessons, and practical examples to help reinforce learning. No prior technical background is required.
What You’ll Learn
Understand the foundations of Healthcare IT and EHR systems
Learn the purpose and structure of HL7 Standards and Health level 7 messaging
Understand FHIR API concepts and how FHIR supports modern interoperability
Recognize how health data is exchanged across healthcare systems
Explore how EHR systems work internally and support integrations
Understand how interoperability connects with Medical Billing and RCM workflows
Identify the role of US healthcare regulations and standards in data exchange
Discover the skills and career paths related to Health IT and interoperability
Course Features
Beginner-friendly lessons organized by topic and real-world workflow
Clear explanations of HL7, FHIR, EHR, and health data exchange concepts
Practical focus on healthcare interoperability and system integration
Coverage of both technical and operational healthcare contexts
Useful for learners in Health IT, RCM, EHR support, and healthcare operations
Accessible on mobile, desktop, or tablet
Who This Course Is For
Aspiring Health IT professionals and interoperability learners
Medical billing and Revenue Cycle Management professionals
EHR users, analysts, and support staff
Healthcare administrators and operations professionals
Students exploring careers in healthcare technology
Anyone who wants to understand how healthcare systems exchange data
This course serves as an ideal introduction to HL7 Standards and FHIR API for practical, professional use. Whether you're new to healthcare interoperability or looking to strengthen your understanding of EHR integration, Health IT systems, and health data exchange, this course will help you build confidence in one of the most important areas of modern healthcare technology.