InterSystems EHR Integration Specialist

KSA

Target Item

T1

Demonstrates mastery of foundational concepts required for InterSystems EHR integrations (19)

T1.1

Accesses InterSystems EHR system and locates test patients and data

1. Describes components on the EPR
2. Explains how Edition provides region-specific functionality
3. Uses InterSystems EHR to perform patient and episode lookup, and to perform other basic operations

T1.2

Examines and configures basic InterSystems EHR settings

1. Describes important items in the Configuration Manager (e.g. Site Code, System Paths, etc.)
2. Identifies steps to configure integration-related code tables
3. Toggles InterSystems EHR features

T1.3

Examines and interprets InterSystems EHR data model and data definitions, and performs basic SQL queries

1. Examines and interprets data definitions and relationships between tables using InterSystems EHR Data Dictionary UI
2. Examines and interprets data definitions, relationships, and global storages with InterSystems class reference function
3. Performs basic SQL queries on patient, episode, and order items

T1.4

Examines and interprets integration security configuration settings

1. Describes InterSystems EHR application security model
2. Examines security settings using the Management Portal in InterSystems IRIS

T1.5

Interprets HL7 V2 requirements

1. Describes common HL7 V2 message types (e.g., ADT, SIU, REF, and ORM/ORU)
2. Correlates InterSystems EHR triggering events with HL7 V2 message types
3. Describes mapping between HL7 V2 data and InterSystems EHR data model

T1.6

Interprets HL7 FHIR requirements

1. Names common HL7 FHIR resources
2. Correlates HL7 FHIR resources with InterSystems EHR data model

T1.7

Identifies elements in an SDA

1. Identifies important elements within SDA structure
2. Examines SDA definition by using the InterSystems class reference guide
3. Correlates SDA elements with HL7 V2 message segments and fields

T2

Uses the HealthCare Messaging Framework (HMF) for InterSystems EHR integrations (21)

T2.1

Demonstrates mastery of foundational HMF concepts

1. Uses the HMF (TrakCare/SDA3) Clinical Summary
2. Uses the HMF External Search and Merge workflow
3. Uses the HMF FHIR Manager

T2.2

Designs and configures HMF productions

1. Identifies steps to define and configure HMF according to the integration solution design/architecture
2. Examines existing HMF configuration settings
3. Lists roles of each generated production (System, Router, Gateway)
4. Prepares HMF productions and interfaces according to the integration solution design

T2.3

Develops and customizes HMF productions

1. Develops custom inbound/outbound methods
2. Enhances generated DTL code
3. Creates extensions
4. Enables/disables Event Triggers/productions using Integration Manager
5. Configures Outbound Query interfaces and makes process calls to search patient information from an external system.
6. Creates additional SDA elements (extensions) at container and patient levels

T2.4

Deploys HMF solutions

1. Contrasts local versus remote deployments

T2.5

Manages and monitors HMF productions

1. Examines integration events and SDA content using Integration History UI
2. Views configuration settings (e.g., ports, URLs, file paths, etc.) for business services and business processes generated in each production (System, Router, and Gateway)
3. Identifies production status using the Production Manager and InterSystems IRIS Message Viewer
4. Examines message workflow using Visual Trace in the InterSystems IRIS Management Portal for each production

T2.6

Troubleshoots HMF productions

1. Examines and interprets low-level HMF trace details in ^zTRAK("HMF") global
2. Examines HMF production settings
3. Formulates resolution strategies

T3

Configures InterSystems EHR for external access and access to 3rd party applications (9)

T3.1

Configures inbound data access

1. Uses external SQL tools (e.g., WinSQL to perform SQL queries)