Just a press release, this item is nonetheless an example of an emerging trend, non-standard certification. This time the certification authority is a publishing company, the Thomson Corporation, working in concert with the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) Authority. An additional point worth making is this: from time to time I have commented on the inherent conflict of interest that occurs when training providers are the same entities as certification authorities. Typically, university professors have pooh-poohed this argument as a non-issue. But when both the training and the certification are provided by a private entity, a book publisher, is it a non-issue any more? I don't think so.
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