CMDP study plan
CMDP · Give each week a clear focus.
8 weeks · About 7 hours per week
Privacy, Security, and Regulatory Compliance & Healthcare Data Governance and Stewardship
Map each HIPAA Privacy Rule and Security Rule requirement to a concrete data-governance control
Define the difference between data governance and data stewardship and assign example roles for each
Identify the minimum-necessary standard and apply it to three sample data-sharing scenarios
Draft a one-page glossary of core privacy terms (PHI, covered entity, business associate, TPO)
Your checkpoint
A two-page governance-and-privacy crosswalk table linking at least 10 regulatory requirements to governance controls, with role owners named
Privacy, Security, and Regulatory Compliance & Healthcare Data Governance and Stewardship
Compare breach-notification obligations across HIPAA, state laws, and the HITECH Act
Explain how a data governance council escalates and resolves a compliance conflict
Outline the components of a data stewardship charter and a data ownership model
Distinguish de-identification methods (Safe Harbor vs. expert determination) and their residual risk
Your checkpoint
A written breach-response decision tree plus a one-page stewardship charter draft
Medical Data Standards and Terminologies & Interoperability and Health Information Exchange
Compare SNOMED CT, LOINC, ICD-10, CPT, and RxNorm by purpose and scope
Map five clinical concepts across at least two terminologies and note loss of granularity
Describe HL7 v2, CDA, and FHIR and when each is used in exchange
Explain the role of value sets and terminology servers in semantic interoperability
Your checkpoint
A terminology comparison matrix covering five standards plus a worked crosswalk of five concepts showing fidelity loss
Medical Data Standards and Terminologies & Interoperability and Health Information Exchange
Trace a patient record from source system through an HIE using a specific exchange pattern
Differentiate push, pull, and query-based exchange and the trust framework behind each
Identify common interoperability failure points (matching, coding drift, missing segments)
Apply patient-matching and consent considerations to an exchange scenario
Your checkpoint
An annotated end-to-end data-flow diagram for one HIE scenario with at least three failure points and mitigations
Data Quality, Integrity, and Validation & Clinical Data Management and Documentation
Apply data-quality dimensions (completeness, accuracy, timeliness, consistency, validity) to a sample data set
Design validation rules for a patient-registration data set
Explain clinical documentation integrity principles and common documentation gaps
Distinguish source-of-truth, golden record, and audit-trail concepts in clinical data management
Your checkpoint
A data-quality scorecard for a mock patient data set with at least 10 validation rules and documented findings
Data Quality, Integrity, and Validation & Clinical Data Management and Documentation
Build a root-cause analysis for a data-integrity defect and propose corrective actions
Describe how clinical documentation supports quality reporting and coding accuracy
Compare prospective vs. retrospective data validation approaches
Document an audit trail and change-control process for a clinical data set
Your checkpoint
A completed root-cause analysis report with corrective action plan and an audit-trail specification
Data Analytics, Reporting, and Visualization & Data Lifecycle, Architecture, and Storage
Select appropriate visualization types for clinical quality and operational metrics
Interpret a measure using numerator, denominator, and exclusion criteria correctly
Describe data-architecture layers (ingestion, staging, warehouse, presentation) and storage trade-offs
Outline data-retention, archival, and purging policies aligned with regulatory requirements
Your checkpoint
A dashboard mockup for three clinical metrics with defined measure logic, plus a one-page data-architecture diagram with retention rules
Data Analytics, Reporting, and Visualization & Data Lifecycle, Architecture, and Storage & Healthcare Data Governance and Stewardship & Medical Data Standards and Terminologies & Data Quality, Integrity, and Validation & Privacy, Security, and Regulatory Compliance & Clinical Data Management and Documentation & Interoperability and Health Information Exchange
Synthesize all domains through a full-length timed practice assessment
Review missed items and map each to its source domain and concept
Re-verify weak areas in governance, terminology, and privacy with targeted review
Consolidate a personal one-page reference sheet of key definitions and standards
Your checkpoint
A scored practice assessment with a domain-by-domain gap analysis and a completed one-page reference sheet
Milestones
Week 2: Can explain HIPAA Privacy and Security Rule obligations and governance roles without notes
Week 4: Can map five clinical concepts across terminologies and describe an HIE exchange pattern end to end
Week 6: Can apply data-quality dimensions and design validation rules for a clinical data set
Week 8: Scores at or above target on a timed practice assessment with all domains represented