Technical Specialist- Expert EHR Architect
Technical Specialist- Expert EHR Architect
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Job Description
The Electronic Healthcare Application Architect is responsible for designing documenting and validating enterprise healthcare applications with a strong focus on Electronic Health Records (EHR) and related systems. This role ensures system architecture aligns with industry standards regulatory requirements and organizational goals. The Application Architect collaborates with IT clinical and business teams to create comprehensive technical documentation define integration strategies and validate system functionalities.
Key Responsibilities:
1. Application Architecture & Design
- Design scalable and secure architectures for healthcare applications including EHR clinical and ancillary systems.
- Develop best practices for application development integration and interoperability.
- Ensure system architectures comply with HIPAA HITECH and other regulatory requirements.
- Guide teams on system design ensuring high availability performance and reliability.
2. Documentation & Validation
- Develop and maintain comprehensive technical documentation for EHR applications including workflows integration points and system configurations.
- Create detailed functional and technical specifications for new and existing applications.
- Validate system configurations against clinical and operational workflows to ensure optimal performance.
- Work closely with QA teams to develop and execute application validation testing strategies.
3. System Integration & Interoperability
- Define and document integration architecture between EHR and thirdparty applications.
- Oversee FHIR HL7 APIbased interfaces and data exchange strategies.
- Ensure seamless interoperability between systems including lab imaging pharmacy and billing applications.
4. Compliance & Security
- Collaborate with IT Security to enforce data protection encryption and access control policies.
- Ensure compliance with ONC Health IT Certification CMS and Joint Commission standards.
- Document and validate security measures to safeguard patient health information (PHI).
5. Collaboration & Communication
- Work closely with clinical operational and IT stakeholders to align application architectures with business needs.
- Provide technical leadership to developers analysts and support teams.
- Train and mentor IT staff on application architecture principles and documentation best practices.
Qualifications & Experience:
Required:
- Bachelors degree in Computer Science Information Systems Healthcare Informatics or related field.
- 5 years of experience in healthcare IT application architecture EHR systems or enterprise healthcare applications.
- Proficiency in application documentation methodologies technical writing and validation processes.
- Experience with HL7 FHIR APIs and healthcare system integrations.
- Knowledge of HIPAA HITECH and HITRUST security frameworks.
- Ability to create detailed technical diagrams flowcharts and architecture blueprints.
Preferred:
- Epic Certification in Security Bridges or Integration.
- Strong experience in EHR platforms (Epic Cerner Meditech or similar).
- Experience with ServiceNow ITSM processes and change management.
- Familiarity with cloudbased healthcare architectures (Azure AWS or Google Cloud Healthcare APIs).
Competencies & Skills:
Excellent technical writing and documentation abilities
Ability to translate business requirements into system architecture
Employment Type
Full Time
