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Michael Planchart

Mantra: 
To Constantly Acquire Knowledge and Expertise to be of Service to Others.
 
Vision Statement: Improving Healthcare through technology.
 
Mission Statement: My mission is to provide the Healthcare Information Technology & Information Systems Domains with ever continuosly acquired expert knowledge, consulting services, products and solutions with the objective to assist clinicians and other health care providers in improving their services through the efficient and harmonious use of technology which ultimately helps improve the quality, or save the life, of their patients.
 

The EHR Guy is an entrepreneur and an Enterprise and Solutions Architect in the Healthcare IT domain.  His specialty is Healthcare Interoperability and Integration.  He also specializes in healthcare technology standards, certification processes, and harmonization initiatives such as: HL7, DICOM, ASC X12IHE, HITSP, CCHIT and others. 

 

The EHR Guy has experience in large-scale enterprise deployments of Health Information Systems (HIS) and Electronic Health Records (EHR) in many organizations throughout the world. He has also been an independent consultant for healthcare organizations and software development companies.

  

The EHR Guy has worked in projects sponsored by the World Health Organization (WHO) and the United Nations (UN) where he played a leading role in developing Regional Health Information Organizations (RHIOs) in the South American continent.

 

The EHR Guy has implemented HL7 CCOW (Context Management) and Single Sign-on  (SSO) solutions in major healthcare delivery networks in the United States and having accomplished them in record times.

 

The EHR Guy has held diverse positions throughout his career:

 

  • Software Engineer,
  • Senior Software Engineer,
  • Software Engineering Project Manager,
  • Vice President of Software Development,
  • Chief Technology Officer (CTO),
  • Chief Operating Officer (COO),
  • Senior Enterprise and Solutions Architect,
  • Healthcare IT Standards and Interoperability Consultant,
  • Project Leader,
  • Technical Project Manager,
  • Entrepreneur and co-founder of Software Development Companies and initiatives in the Healthcare IT Domain

 

His favorite passion is working with startup companies at risk that have promising technologies.

 

Profile last updated: 4/30/2007

 This is an educational, informative, and professional blog

The EHR Guy's Healthcare Domain Knowledge:

 

STANDARDS


Health Level Seven (HL7)

 

HL7 Version 2.x series,

Reference Information Model (RIM),

HL7 Version 3.0,

Clinical Context Management (CCOW),

Clinical Document Architecture (CDA),

Arden Syntax

 

Digital Imaging and Communications in Medicine (DICOM)

 

American National Standards Institute (ANSI)

ASC X12

 

ASTM

E2369 Continuity of Care Record (CCR)

 

INITIATIVES


Integrating the Healthcare Enterprise (IHE)

 

IHE Technical Frameworks

IHE Profiles, Actors, and Transactions Implementation

 

Healthcare Information Technology Standards (HITSP)

 

HITSP Training and Consulting

 

EHR-Laboratory Interoperability and Connectivity Specification (ELINCS)

 

 

CERTIFICATION COMMITTEES


Certification Commission for Healthcare Information Technology (CCHIT)

 

  

Healthcare IT Activity History


HL7 Version 2.x series and Version 3.0 Messaging Implementation, Training, and Consulting,

 

CCHIT Inpatient and Ambulatory EHR Certification for Interoperability Consulting,

 

IHE and HITSP harmonization profiles Implementation, Training, and Consulting,

 

Identity Management, Single Sign-On (SSO), and HL7 CCOW consulting,

 

EMPI Implementation, Training, and Consulting,

 

Solutions and Enterprise Architect for Ría, a Platform for Healthcare Interoperability and Interconnectivity based on HL7 and DICOM standards and IHE and HITSP harmonization initiatives,

 

Solutions Architect and Software Engineering Project Manager for PatientGate, a high-availability Web 2.0 based Electronic Medical Record (EMR) solution powered with Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Natural Language Processing (NLP),

 

Solutions Architect for Consumer Oriented Patient Gateway that connects to Microsoft HealthVault and Google Health Repositories,

 

Developing modules and web parts for both HealthVault and Google Health PHRs <=> EMR/EHR connectivity, with

DotNetNuke and SharePoint,

 

Current Activities


I am currently seeking my next great adventure in Healthcare IT!

  

On my weekends I contribute to this Blog!


 

 


 

 

IHE, HITSP, HL7 Training and Consulting

 

The EHR Guy's Information Technology Skills and Expertise:

 

Operating Systems

Linux, Windows, i5/OS, UNIX 

Technical Frameworks

.NET, J2EE, Native

Dev Environments

Visual Studio 2005 / 2008, Eclipse, NetBeans

Languages

C++/CLI, C#, Java, MUMPS, VB.NET

Windows Scripting

AutoIT, QuickMacros, VBS 

Web Development

ASP.NET, ColdFusion, CSS, HTML, JavaScript,  VBScript, XML

Web Servers

Apache, Microsoft IIS

Application Servers 

Apache Tomcat, Coldfusion, Websphere 

HL7  

Apache Camel HL7, Carefx AETK, Cloverleaf, EasyHL7,

Interfaceware Chameleon, Interfaceware Iguana, Mirth Project,

NeoTool NeoIntegrate, Orion Rhapsody, SeeBeyond (eGate),

Sentillion Vergence, SIEMENS OpenLink,

DICOM, RIS, PACS

Agfa IMPAX, AMICAS, Aspyra, ClearCanvas, dcm4che.org,

DR Systems, Emageon, GE, Laurel Bridge, McKesson,

Merge eFilm, OFFIS DCMTK, OpenDICOM, Philips iSite, Zebra

 

EMPI Initiate Systems

Database Servers

Caché, DB2, MySQL, Oracle, SQL Server

DB Programming

PL/SQL, T-SQL 

DB Connectivity

ADO.NET, JDBC, JNDI, ODBC,

SOA & Web Services

REST, SOAP, UDDI, WSDL, XML, WCF,

Glass Fish, Mule, OpenESB, Mirth Project

Enterprise Messaging

MS Exchange 2007, BizTalk 2006 R2, BizTalk 2009

BizTalk HL7 Accelerator

Portals & Content

Management

SharePoint/MOSS, Websphere Portal, DotNetNuke, Drupal

Advanced Programming

Assembly, Hooking, Nektra Deviare, Subclassing, Trappola

UI

WinForms, WPF

 

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IHE, HITSP, HL7 Consulting and Training