LINK Medical's Support Team demonstrates commitment to support our customers in all phases of interface development stages; we provide assistance from installation through post warranty support. LINKMED® interface software's training classes are recommended to all users.

Introduction to LINKMED® IDK: $2,500.00
This intense, five hour, on-line session covers all aspects of LINKMED® and provides the trainee with a solid understanding of how LINKMED® 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 LINKMED® 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.

LINKMED® IDK Training Class
The Training class is divided into three parts:
Part One:
Part One covers:
functionalities of the LINKMED® 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 LINKMED® Dynamic Mapper.
Attendee learns detail functionalities of LINKMED® 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 LINKMED® 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 LINKMED® database viewer, LINKMED® Interface Management utilities and LINKMED® interface automation. Trouble shooting, questions and answers.

LINKMED® IDK Training Refresher Course:
The refresher course will provide the attendee with a review of the functionality of LINKMED®. 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 LINKMED®. The attendee will also be presented the latest version and newest features of LINKMED®. Prerequisites: Level One and/or Level Two training or a demonstrated knowledge of interfacing utilizing LINKMED®.

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