App Analyst - Data Interoperability

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

1. Develops a strong knowledge of HL7 standards, Meditech DR databases and API structures. Learns vendor and industry resources and standards.
2. Implements and manages daily APIs, extract, transform, and load (ETL) and HL7 processes of data between MEDITECH and other hospital’s systems and databases; including but not limited to: Meditech Interop module, Meditech job/report scheduling, Meditech alerts, Summit Interface Engine, Summit Scripting Tool, FTP engines and clients, and HL7 viewers.
3. Monitors assigned systems for integrity, accuracy, availability and efficiency. Manages and administers assigned systems to maximize these characteristics. Daily monitors automated ETL operations between applications and between systems (including batch and real-time) for errors. Works with staff to reconcile current errors and reduce future errors.
4. Promptly alerts IT colleagues, supervisors, managers and CIO to any suspicions, observations, or findings of a data breach or of degraded data integrity.
5. Learns and abides by regulations, and industry standards that pertain to data integrity, reliability, and security.
6. Writes operating procedures, “how to” instructions, and system configuration documentation for consumption and reference by IT colleagues. Cross-trains designated colleagues who serve as relief, coverage and back-up.
7. Learns and adheres to standard IT development lifecycle, which includes approval checkpoints for design, testing, go-live and post-live validation.
8. Participates in the planning and evaluation of current and future system needs in support of evolving business requirements.
9. Participates in after-hours and weekend on-call rotation and provides over the phone, remote, in-person support to users.

Specify the certification, licensure or registration:

           Preferred:  ITIL, or other healthcare IT related.

The hospital prohibits discrimination based on age, race, ethnicity, religion, culture, language, physical or mental disability, socioeconomic status, sex, sexual orientation, and gender identity or expression.