The InterSystems HL7® Interface Specialist recertification project is designed to provide candidates that already have the InterSystems HL7 Interface Specialist certification a 2nd option to get recertified (the other option is to take the new version of the exam). Candidates are only eligible to complete the recertification project if the expiration date of their certification is within 6 months of today’s date. Please see the InterSystems Recertification Policy for more information.
Project Details
The InterSystems HL7 Interface Specialist recertification project contains a set of hands-on exercises to validate core skills for developers who use InterSystems products to build and test HL7 v2.x productions. The project is open-book, open-internet, etc. The only resource that is not allowed is consulting with another human.
Project Title: InterSystems HL7 Interface Specialist Recertification Project
Candidate Description: An IT professional who:
- designs, builds, and performs basic troubleshooting of HL7 interfaces with InterSystems products, and
- has at least six months full-time experience in the technology.
Note: This project does not require familiarity with ObjectScript
Recommended Preparation
Classroom course
Building and Managing HL7 Integrations or equivalent experience. Online courses
Configuring Validation of HL7 V2 Messages in Productions,
Building Basic HL7 V2 Integrations with InterSystems, and
Using HL7 V2 Bracket and Parentheses Syntax To Identify Virtual Properties are recommended, as well as familiarity with
InterSystems Documentation.
Project Contents
The project contains the following 3 sections.
- Learning exercise: Watch an online learning video hosted at learning.intersystems.com and answer a set of questions based on the video.
- Module 1 hands-on exercise: Build an InterSystems HL7 production from a project specification document on an instance of InterSystems IRIS for Health.
- Requires access to a virtual machine (VM) provided by InterSystems Certification.
- Module 2 hands-on exercise: Troubleshoot an InterSystems HL7 production on an instance of InterSystems IRIS for Health.
- Requires access to a virtual machine (VM) provided by InterSystems Certification.
- Requires access to a virtual machine (VM) provided by InterSystems Certification.
Project time limit
The total time estimated to complete the project is four hours. However, six hours of VM time are allotted to complete Sections 2 and 3 of the project. Candidates are required to provide InterSystems Certification a one-week time frame in which they plan to complete the project.
Passing score: 68%
Language offered: English
Practical experience required
- Only Certified InterSystems HL7 Interface Specialists with expiring credentials (expiration date is within 6 months of today's date) are eligible to complete the project.
Practice questions
The
practice questions were written for the certification exam, but provide an accurate representation of the content covered in the project exercises.
Project format
The questions are presented in pull-down list, multiple choice, and multiple response formats.
Project topics
Sections 3 and 4 of the project contains exercises that cover the areas for the stated role as shown in the KSA (Knowledge, Skills, Abilities) chart immediately below.
| TOPIC | SUBTOPIC | KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, ABILITIES |
T1 Designs HL7 productions | T1.1 Interprets interface requirements |
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T1.2 Chooses production architecture components |
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T1.3 Designs custom schemas |
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T2 Builds HL7 productions | T2.1 Adds production components to build interfaces |
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T2.2 Creates and applies routing rules |
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T2.3 Applies key configuration settings in productions |
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T2.4 Uses DTL Editor to build DTLs |
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T2.5 Creates custom schemas |
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T2.6 Applies ACK/NACK functionality |
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T2.8 Manages messages |
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T3 Troubleshoots HL7 productions | T3.1 Identifies and uses tools for troubleshooting |
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T3.2 Uses Visual Trace |
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T3.3 Uses Message Viewer |
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T3.4 Uses logs for debugging |
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