I'm not going to sugarcoat it — I bombed this thing twice before I finally passed last month. First attempt I went in after just skimming the official materials and got a 68, needed a 75. Second time I studied harder but was still fuzzy on the workflow documentation and data integrity sections, ended up with a 72. I was pretty demoralized honestly.
What changed for attempt three was finding a solid EHR study guide that actually broke down the domains by percentage weight. I spent about three weeks, maybe an hour a day, focusing almost entirely on the clinical documentation and interoperability modules since those make up the bulk of the exam. I also started doing timed EHR practice test sets instead of just reading — that was probably the biggest shift for me. Seeing my weak spots under pressure is completely different from knowing them in theory.
Curious if anyone else had a rough start with this cert. What study strategies actually clicked for you? Specifically wondering about the privacy and security portion — that section still feels a little scattered to me even though I passed.