LINK Medical's Support Team demonstrates a commitment to supporting our customers in all phases of technical support, including using our software, providing assistance for installation and proceeding through post warranty support. LINK Medical strives to "productize" the development and installation of interfaces by using our LINKTools® integration technologies and a widely accepted standards messaging format such as HL7, XML and TCP/IP.

Introduction to LINKTools® : $600.00
This intense, five hour, on-line session covers all aspects of LINKTools® and provides the trainee with a solid understanding of how LINKTools® can be applied and what configuration options are available. Using Windows® NetMeeting, the user is able to follow-on, ask questions relative to their own unique requirements, experiment and learn in a one-on-one session with the trainer while avoiding any associated travel expense and time. A knowledgeable user who is familiar with interfacing in general, should be able to undertake a relatively standard interface on their own following this course.
For users who intend to undertake interfaces to a wide range of systems and use the LINKTools® IDK to its fullest extent, we strongly recommend that the user consider the more in-depth, three day session below.

NOTE: User's who are unsure as to which training option to choose, may elect to take the introductory course first and then follow-up with the more in-depth course. LINK will discount the price of the in-depth course by the cost of the on-line course, making this a cost-effective, NO-RISK training alternative.

LINKTools® Training Class
The Training class is divided into three parts:
Part One:
Part One covers:
functionalities of the LINKTools® Interface Applications, basic message structures such as: HL7, NVP, XML, user-delimited, text report etc and an overview of what integration and interfacing is and how it is used in the healthcare industry.
Part Two:
Part Two covers:
HL7 message structure, encoding rules, Bi-directional or unidirectional interface. HL7 Message created from or translated to Flat ASCII file, XML, NVP, User delimiter or SQL table using LINKTools® Dynamic Mapper.
Attendee learns detail functionalities of LINKTools® Dynamic Mapper Application, Mapper Data manipulation Field and File Rules, HL7 interface design for: ADT, Order(ORM), Result(ORU), Messages.
Part Three:
Part three focus on HL7 communication Protocols (MLP). Attendee learns how to configure the LINKTools® TCP/IP Receiver and Transmitter for HL7 Acknowledgement in original mode and Enhance mode, also cover is the custom TCP/IP MLP protocol configuration, follows by detail functionalities of LINKTools® database viewer, LINKTools® Interface Management utilities and LINKTools® interface automation. Trouble shooting, questions and answers.

LINKTools® Training Refresher Course:
The refresher course will provide the attendee with a review of the functionality of LINKTools®. Basic message structures like HL7, NVP, XML, user-delimited, text report etc. will also be reviewed to re-familiarize the attendee with these message structures. The main purpose of this course is to re-familiarize the attendee with the information, support and knowledge in order to structure an interface utilizing LINKTools®. The attendee will also be presented the latest version and newest features of LINKTools®. Prerequisites: Level One and/or Level Two training or a demonstrated knowledge of interfacing utilizing LINKTools®.

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