Meditech Analyst / Programmer/ Tech Lead

Profile Summary

With a highly technical academic background and an industry experience of over 8 years, I have been working in different industries like healthcare, ERP, financial and stocks. Currently focusing on healthcare industry and working as a software developer in the Integration department at The Shams Group (TSG), a Dallas based private software firm providing healthcare technology solutions. My responsibilities’ involves architecting, designing, developing, integrating/interfacing and supporting various healthcare information systems on Meditech (an enterprise healthcare information system) and Microsoft platforms. Being fascinated by the work involved in the Healthcare, I am continuing to advance my career in this industry and looking out for opportunities to work as mid-senior level position with a leading healthcare technology provider.

Knowledge & Skills

Enterprise Development / Integration:

• HEALTHCARE

o Electronic Health Record (EHR).

o Patient Revenue Cycle.

o Patient registration, scheduling and Abstracting/Case-mix.

o Clinical systems including Lab, Micro, Blood Bank, pathology.

o Nursing.

o Order Entry system (OE/CPOE).

o Imaging and Therapeutic systems (ITS).

o Healthcare level Seven (HL7).

• MEDITECH (www.meditech.com)

o Environment Magic

Experienced working in different versions from 4.0 till 5.6.

Client Server (C/S)

Experienced working in different versions from 5.4 till 5.64.

Experienced in MIS/Universe configurations, dictionaries/parameters setup, Indexes/ data tables, and version upgrades/testing.

o Programming Worked on Meditech $T Magic, Magic NPR and Client Server languages.

o User Interface NPR report writer/ Report Designer on Magic, C/S and FOCUS platforms.

o Modules

Patient administration

Admissions (ADM)

Medical Records (MRI)

Clinical & Ancillary

Laboratory (LAB), Blood Bank (BBK), Micro (MIC) &

Pathology(PTH)

Radiology (RAD)

Order Entry (OE)

Imaging And Therapeutic (ITS)

Pharmacy (PHA)

o Operating System and MIS/UNV

Using OPS to Setup local and remote devices and printers.

Define segments and directories

Monitor system performance

Monitor jobs/processes

Caretaker

Report scheduling and spooling.

Modules Parameters setup, etc…

• MICROSOFT AND OTHER PLATFORMS

o User Interface Windows Client-Server and Web.

Products/Languages

C#, VB.NET, C/C++, VB

Dot Net Nuke (DNN),

Microsoft Visual Studio .Net,

Microsoft Visual Studio 2000,

Microsoft FrontPage, Borland Turbo C++.

o Enterprise Application Development

Desktop, Intranet and eCommerce Applications.

Standards

Healthcare level 7 (HL7), COM/DCOM, XML, TCP/IP, UDP.

Products

Microsoft Visual Studio .Net,

Microsoft Visual Studio 2000,

Internet Information Server (IIS),

HP UNIX, GNU LINUX,

Crystal Reports 9, Developer 2000.

o Enterprise Information

OLAP, Relational Databases.

Standards

XML, SQL, RDBMS, ODBC.

Products

SQL, Microsoft SQL Server 2000 & 2005,

Oracle 8,

Microsoft Access 97/2000, Erwin.

o Environments

Meditech, Windows NT/2000/ XP, HP UNIX, Red Hat Linux.

o Software Engineering

Object Oriented Analysis and Design (OOAD),

System Development Life Cycle (SDLC),

UML, Enterprise Data Requirements Analysis, Object / Data Modeling,

Relational Database Design, Rapid Application Development (RAD).

Products

Rational Rose, Microsoft Project 2000, Microsoft Visio 2002, IBM Rational XDE.

Work Experience Since Jan, 2007 The Shams Group (TSG) USA

Technical Lead / Sr. Software Developer www.shamsgroup.com

Summary Of Work: TSG is a software consulting firm that possesses 20 years of vast experience in the market place in providing healthcare solutions and specializes in the integration of medical software for hospitals and healthcare facilities. I joined TSG as a computer programmer in the Integration department for Meditech and Microsoft based systems and currently working as a technical lead. My major area of work in TSG is related to software architect, design and development for Meditech applications and also provide integration/interfacing to various hospitals and vendor systems. Following are the major projects and products that I have worked on:

Meditech (Magic/Client Server): Work involves analysis of Meditech modules, develop interfaces to extract Meditech data and implement ETL processes, develop NPR reports, troubleshoot and support Meditech applications, monitor jobs/processes and provide in-house Meditech consultancy and project management.

Meaningful Use: Key member in achieving ONC-ATCB 2011/2012 certification for the company for the E.H.R suite and Integration Engine. Developed bi-directional HL7 interfaces for certification criteria such as: submission to Immunization registries, Incorporate laboratory test results, Public health surveillance, Electronic copy of health information and Reportable lab results.

Meditech PHA: Integrated TSG’s CPOE pharmacy orders with Meditech’s inpatient pharmacy system. Interface uses standard HL7 protocol and scripting for inbound and outbound traffic. Technologies used are Meditech C/S platform, HL7 protocol and Microsoft SQL Server.

Patient Medication And Reconciliation System: Researched and developed inpatient medication reconciliation system that would allow physicians, nurses and pharmacist to reconcile patients’ medication during the admission, transfer and discharge events. This system is fully integrated with Meditech’s Nursing and Patient Care System. Technologies used are Meditech Magic and client server platform, HL7 protocol, Microsoft .Net platform and SQL Server.

Meditech ITS: Integrated TSG’s e-transcription system with Meditech Imaging and Therapeutic module. Patients departmental and radiology reports dictated in e-transcription system are uploaded into Meditech through this interface. Interface uses standard HL7 protocol and scripting for inbound and outbound traffic. Technologies used are Meditech Magic platform, HL7 protocol and Microsoft SQL Server.

Meditech LAB/RAD: Integrated Siemens (SOARIAN), Eclipsys (SCM), IBM and ECDS order entry systems with Meditech’s Laboratory and Radiology modules. Interface uses standard HL7 protocol for inbound and outbound traffic. Technologies used are Meditech Magic and C/S platform, HL7 protocol and Microsoft SQL Server.

Meditech Admission: Integrated other vendors’ registration system with Meditech.

Meditech Pharmacy: Integrated Medplus’s ChartMax system by providing data related to admission, radiology reports, OE departmental orders, pharmacy, physician, Billing and insurance.

OOCP (Outreach Order Communication Protocol):

OOCP is designed to integrate and connect a hospital’s Lab with multi-facility Physician’s Offices. Patient’s registration and lab requisitions are entered in OOCP system at physician’s office. This information is then placed into Meditech in real time fashion hence reduces hospital staff’s workload. I am working on OOCP integration with Meditech.

July, 2005 - Jan, 2007 Shams Software Services (Pvt.) Ltd. Pakistan

Computer Programmer

Shams Software Services is a sister company of The Shams Group (TSG) USA, a leading healthcare consulting and solutions provider firm. I joined this company as a programmer for Meditech and Microsoft technologies. Being a part of Integration group my responsibilities were designing, analyzing, troubleshooting, programming and integrating different hospitals’ interfaces, and new and old sub systems over Microsoft and Meditech platforms. Some of the major projects and tasks that I worked on were:

Computerized Patient Orders Entry (CPOE): CPOE is a patient order entry interface that provides integration between Hospital’s windows based application and the Meditech. This interface is made to process Patient’s Orders like LAB, Blood Bank, Microbiology, Radiology, etc. Information stored in SQL Sever is parsed, validated and transferred using different Data Transformation Services (DTS) and VB scripts and is finally uploaded into Meditech system.

InterfaceAdmin Portal: InterfaceAdmin is a Dot Net Nuke (DNN) based portal developed for Hospitals to provide first hand knowledge of interfaces running at different facilities. It takes into account Interfaces like Pre-ER Registration, Patient registration, Lab Orders, CPOE and Document Imaging. This portal is accessed by hospital staff to take necessary actions based on the information shown. It maintains proper access and security rights and ensures high level security and protection to hospitals’ information.

March, 2005- May 2005 Eintelligence (Pvt.) Ltd. Pakistan

Software Developer

Intelligent ERP System: An intranet based ERP system developed for the Textile Industry. The technologies used were Microsoft Visual Studio .Net, C#, SQL Sever, Microsoft Visio 2002, and Erwin. The application comprised of Purchase, Sales, Inventory, HR, Pay Roll, Maintenance and General Ledger modules. In a team of 4 members I developed the General Ledger and Inventory modules. The General Ledger module contained all the financial information regarding the enterprise and was integrated with all other modules for capturing the cost and expenses at various levels of the enterprise. The inventory module comprised of all record tracking activities from an Item request until the Item is received.

Fortune Tech. Stocks Accounts System: A stock accounts system developed for handling all records pertaining to account holders and transactions pertaining to stock trading. Used Visual Basic .Net, Crystal Reports 9 and MS Access 97 over Windows platform.

Jan 2004 - Jul 2004 MIS Consultant Inc. Pakistan

Consultant And Web Developer

Prepared proposals and designed documents against tender requirements from different organizations. Involved studying the existing system, interacting with the users and preparing detailed reports.

Designed and developed the official website for Inteliservices, USA.

Jun 2001 -Mar 2005 Freelancer Pakistan

Team Leader /Software Engineer/Developer

PTLC Subscriber Information System: A reporting system developed to automate the routine traffic and subscriber status report generation process in Pakistan Telecommunications Company Limited telephone (PTCL) exchanges handling 10,000 to 18,000 subscribers per exchange. Technologies used were Visual Basic 6, Visual Basic .Net, Crystal Reports 9 and MS Access 97 over MS Windows platform.

Strong WillWires Industries Accounts System: It is a Client-Server Accounting application which runs on an intranet based environment and comprises of Receivables, Payables, General Ledger, Bank, Cash and Reporting modules. The project was developed using VB .Net, Crystal Reports 9 and MS SQL SERVER in MS Windows platform.

Session And District Court Information System: The system maintains the database of all the cases, their hearings, proceedings, results and case diaries. Technologies used were Visual Basic .Net, Crystal Reports 9 and MS Access over Windows platform.

Education UTA (University Of Texas at Arlington)

MS in HealthCare Administration (MHA) – Dec, 2011 USA

Sir Syed University Of Engineering And Technology Pakistan

Bachelor Of Science In Computer Engineering ( BS ) – November, 2004

Preston Intermediate College Pakistan

Higher Secondary School Certification (HSC) In Pre-Engineering – April, 2000

St. Bonaventure’s High School Pakistan

Secondary School Certification (SSC) In Science – March, 1998

Publication Aleem Khalid Alvi, Suleman Mumtaz et al. (2004), “BOLTAY HAATH: Pakistan Sign Language Recognition Using Statistical Template Matching”, International Journal of

Information And Technology (IJIT), 17 December, 2004, ICIT 2004, Istanbul, Turkey.

Certifications and Achievements TSG Employee Of The Quarter – 2009 1st quarter.

Top Ten finalist of 6th IEEE Computer Society International Design Competition –

CSIDC 2005, conducted by IEEE at Washington DC, USA. (25th -28th June, 2005)

1st position in SPARC 2005, Programming and Software Competition, organized by Muhammad Ali Jinnah University, Karachi, Pakistan. (29th-30th April, 2005)

3rd position in software competition in PROCOM 2005, 6th All Pakistan Programming and Software Competition, organized by FAST, Karachi, Pakistan. (4th-5th Feb, 2005)

Participant of 5th IEEE Computer Society International Design Competition – CSIDC

2004 conducted by IEEE at Washington, USA. (28th June, 2004)

Certified Windows Application using VB .Net. (August, 2003 )

Certified Windows Application using ASP .Net. (August, 2003)

Brainbench Certified Computer Technical Support. (Oct, 2002)

Brainbench Certified MS Windows 98 Navigation. (Jan, 2001)

Training on Microsoft Technologies PDC (Pak. Developer Conference). (15th-16th June, 2003).

Training in Intel Channel Conferences on Pentium-4 series (2.0 GHz Own wards) and Mobile Centrino Technology, Hyper Threading (HT) tech. (2002-2003)

Current Activities Member Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS).

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