InterSystems Certification is looking for question writers for our upcoming InterSystems TrakCare Integration exam

Action Item 

Details 

Contact InterSystems Certification 

Write to certification@intersystems.com to express your interest in the Certification Subject Matter Expert Program. Tell us that you are interested in being an InterSystems TrakCare Integration SME (an individual with at least one year of experience with InterSystems TrakCare Integration tasks). 

Complete project profile - External Participants 

If you are an external volunteer looking to participate, a team member will send you a profile form to determine if your areas of expertise align with open project.  

Accept 

If you are selected for an exam development opportunity, a team member will email you a Non-Disclosure Agreement requiring your signature. 

Train 

After receiving your signed document, and before beginning to write questions, you will be asked to watch a short training video on question-item writing. 

Participate 

Once onboarded, the Certification Team will send you information regarding your first assignment. This will include: 

• an invitation to join Certiverse, our new test delivery platform, as an item writer and reviewer 

• an item writing assignment, which usually consists of the submission of 15 scenario-based questions 

• an alpha testing assignment, which usually consists of reviewing 15 items written by your peers 

You will typically be given one month to complete the assignment. 

KSA Group 

KSA 

Target Item 

1. Demonstrates mastery of foundational concepts required for TrakCare integrations 

1. Accesses TrakCare system and locates test patients and data 

1. Describes components on the EPR 

2. Explains how Edition provides region-specific functionality 

3. Uses TrakCare to perform patient and episode lookup, and to perform other basic operations 

2. Examines and configures basic TrakCare 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 TrakCare features 

3. Examines and interprets TrakCare data model and data definitions, and performs basic SQL queries 

1. Examines and interprets data definitions and relationships between tables using TrakCare 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 

4. Examines and interprets integration security configuration settings 

1. Describes TrakCare application security model 

2. Examines security settings using the Management Portal in InterSystems IRIS 

5. Interprets HL7 V2 requirements 

1. Describes common HL7 V2 message types (e.g., ADT, SIU, REF, and ORM/ORU) 

2. Correlates TrakCare triggering events with HL7 V2 message types 

3. Describes mapping between HL7 V2 data and TrakCare data model 

6. Interprets HL7 FHIR requirements 

1. Names common HL7 FHIR resources 

2. Correlates HL7 FHIR resources with TrakCare data model 

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  

2. Uses the HealthCare Messaging Framework (HMF) for TrakCare integrations 

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 

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 

3. Develops and customizes HMF productions 

1. Formulates development and customization plans 

2. Develops custom inbound/outbound methods 

3. Enhances generated DTL code 

4. Creates extensions 

5. Enables/disables Event Triggers/productions using Integration Manager 

6. Configures Outbound Query interfaces and makes process calls to search patient information from an external system. 

7. Creates additional SDA elements (extensions) at container and patient levels 

4. Deploys HMF solutions 

1. Prepares HMF adapter-based productions and interfaces 

2. Contrasts local versus remote deployments 

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 

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 

3. Configures TrakCare for external access and access to 3rd party applications 

1. Configures inbound data access 

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

2. Configures outbound data access 

1. Creates and runs SQL queries against external tables or views 

3. Uses SOAP web services 

1. Writes InterSystems ObjectScript code to invoke external SOAP web services 

2. Uses SOAP Wizard to create proxy clients 

3. Uses industry-standard tools such as SoapUI, Postman, and CURL to make SOAP calls to TrakCare 

4. Links to External Viewer 

1. Configures External Viewer for TrakCare to launch into external PACS 

2. Associates External Viewer to receiving location 

5. Launches into 3rd party application with context 

1. Names TrakCare in-process variables 

2. Creates and configures custom charts 

6. Uses TrakCare REST APIs 

1. Retrieves TrakCare API Swagger documentation 

2. Configures TrakCare REST APIs using the API Manager 

3. Audits REST API history