IT Software Engineer (EHS/LIMS interfaces, HL7, Checkpoint engine)

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Architect, develop, implement and support/maintain interfaces that enable the exchange of patient and lab data between hospital systems (such as HIS and EHR) and laboratory information management systems (LIMS).
• Productivity expectations for a Corepoint Interface Engineer include:
  • Development of 3-4 concurrent interface projects, 10-15  projects yearly.
  • Complete an interface project in 90 days, or as quickly as possible given lab/client resources and competencies
  • Handle a proportionate share of support tickets for Corepoint environment.
• Collaborate with stakeholders including clinical laboratory staff, hospital IT teams, and vendors to define requirements and technical specifications, and clearly set and maintain expectations, challenges, and proposed solutions.
• Implement industry-standard protocols and data formats, such as HL7, JSON or XML, to ensure interoperability between systems.
• Troubleshoot and resolve interface-related issues, ensuring timely and accurate data flow between systems.
• Write clean, efficient, and well-documented code for interface development and integration, without flaws, taking into account the specific needs and  idiosyncrasies of each lab and hospital/medical practice
• Conduct testing and quality assurance to validate interfaces, ensuring data consistency, accuracy, and integrity.
• Monitor and optimize system performance, ensuring efficient and reliable interface operations.
• Ensure compliance with healthcare standards, regulations (HIPAA, etc.), and best practices for patient data security.
• Participate in system upgrades, migrations, and other ongoing development efforts as needed.
• Communicate project status and issues to the management and other stakeholders through meetings, emails and key documents.
• Interact and clearly communicate with clients, industry peers, software support teams, and ELE staff as required.