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The Value of Certification
National certification is a starting point.
Much like the red star on a map that shows “you are here.” It designates readiness for the career journey ahead because it demonstrates a standardized measure of knowledge and skills.
Employers value the standardization national certification provides.
Many employers use it to screen job applicants, but all certifications are not created equal. Nationally accredited credentials provide the measure in competency that employers are looking for.
NHA's Eight Accredited Certifications
- Medical Assistant (CCMA)
- EKG Technician (CET)
- Phlebotomy (CPT)
- Patient Care Technician (CPCT/A)
- Pharmacy Technician (CPhT)
- Medical Admin Assistant (CMAA)
- Billing and Coding Specialist (CBCS)
- Electronic Health Records (CEHRS)
Help students prepare for NHA certification exams with online study materials aligned to NHA test plans. You can be sure your students are studying the most relevant knowledge for their exam and their career.
- Online study guides with a full suite of reporting to track usage and exam readiness indicators
- Online practice exams with Focused Review® for self remediation
*The purchase of NHA exam preparation materials is not required to sit for any NCCA-accredited certification exam and use does not guarantee a passing score on an exam. All NHA exams are NCCA-accredited.
In our 2020 Industry Outlook research, 63% of employers surveyed offer increased pay for those who obtain a professional certification.
By using certification as a start, healthcare professionals can carve their paths by honing soft skills, seeking additional clinical training, taking on more responsibilities, and developing advanced skills to continue moving upward.
Industry Outlook
The 2020 Industry Outlook collected insights and data from employers of allied health professionals, digging deeper to understand what they seek in candidates, what these professionals’ daily work looks like, and what traits and skills make them most successful in their roles.
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COVID-19 Info Center
Unprecedented change and new challenges.
NHA understands the pressures and decisions you’ve been faced with while helping your staff and students navigate the transition to remote learning.
Did you know that NHA now offers live remote proctoring?
This provides a safe socially distanced option for candidates to sit for a certification exam from their home computer under the secure supervision of a virtual proctor.
Professional communities will become stronger by connecting to share ideas, tips and resources through COVID-19.
Click here to find webinar recordings full of best practices for online learning, additional resources that can be shared, and the real-time answers to your questions regarding externships, certification eligibility and testing.
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Industry leadership
You now have access™!
The fourth edition of NHA’s industry journal, access™: an allied health industry journal, is now live and ready for you. This issue digs into current industry trends and shares inspiring real stories that reveal a hopeful and bright future for allied health.
You can also download a copy of our 2020 Industry Outlook research that provides the latest stats on a number of allied health professions.
An Absence of Essential Skills in Today's Healthcare
How Apprenticeships are Filling the Need for High-Skilled Healthcare Workers
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Expanding the Role of Pharmacy Technicians
A Portable Employment Solution for the Modern Military Family
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A Human Solution for the Complex Electronic Health Record
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Benefits of working with NHA
When you work with us, you gain a team from NHA.
We help you strategize, execute and measure, all while optimizing the use of our products in your best interest.
We start by listening and understanding the specific needs of your program, your candidates and your staff.
We recommend solutions to help fill current gaps and address challenges, helping leaders like you to foster a culture of continuous learning and improvement.
Empowering you through data and reporting.
Because we strongly believe that information leads to positive change, we power our solutions with action-oriented data analytics and reporting.
This means that you can identify areas of weakness in your programs and for your individual learners, gaining the insights you need to coach them to success.
Roughly 90% of education programs using NHA preparation resources that include performance analytics reported increased exam pass rates, improved program outcomes and heightened program quality.
By helping prepare students to be workforce ready, your institution gains a significant competitive advantage, as employers look to you when trying to fill in-demand healthcare roles.
We are fully invested in your success.
At NHA, we are true advocates because we care about the professions and the professionals we serve. We take pride in doing what is right and are not afraid to use our voice if it moves the industry forward.
We regularly engage with regulatory and legislative bodies.
We continue to promote certification in communities across America. That is just one example of the many advocacy efforts we are making on behalf of allied healthcare professionals.
Helping students find jobs with our NHA Job Board.
Placing students in jobs after graduation is important to the long-term success of your programs. With our NHA job board, we are connecting your candidates with open positions from some of the most widely recognized healthcare employers in the industry.
Get started - Fill out the form below and one of our certification specialists will be in touch to help you through the process of credentialing your employees.
Simulation Learning
Simulation combines the science with the power of virtual humans and the art of conversations. Virtual humans are ideally suited to creating safe, engaging, and non-confrontational experiences that promote meaningful and effective behavior change.
Unlike videos or real-life workshops, virtual humans make people feel more comfortable speaking, experimenting with different communication styles and more open to receiving feedback about their performance.
NHA is proud to offer two products that utilize human simulation; PersonAbility™ and Principles of Health Coaching™ .
Click below to learn more about the power of virtual humans in this short presentation by our internal product development expert.
PersonAbilityTM
PersonAbilityTM is an interactive program that helps your learners and employees effectively build essential softs skills and drive behavior change through a unique learning process that utilizes learning and assessment through virtual simulation.
Topics include:
- Communication skills (verbal, nonverbal and written)
- Teamwork
- Active listening
- Emotional intelligence
- Empathy and compassion
- Adaptability
For more information about how PersonAbility can help build and apply essential soft skills for a better future in healthcare download the information sheet below.
Principles of Health Coaching
Principles of Health Coaching™ is a specialty certificate program that offers a simple, innovative way for educators and employers to help their students and clinicians build the necessary skills for better communication and engagement to improve patient outcomes.
Topics include:
- Introduction to Health Coaching
- Collaboration & Communication
- Relationships and Responsibilities of a Health Coach
- Motivational Interviewing (featuring virtual simulation)
To learn more about how Principles of Health CoachingTM can help build communication skills download the information sheet below.
