Along with Rachel, I am also curious as to Karin's comments regarding EDI.
Having been implementing EDI technologies in multiple industries since 1987 and
specifically Heathcare since 1999.
I have found that the use of EDI is indeed split in the following areas, 1.
Flat file transfer via secured FTP 2. Excel spreadsheets transferred via
multiple methodsl 3. Standard structured X.12 in the USA healthcare industry.
In terms of career as, EDI is not really understood by Heathcare systems, the
Healthcare opportunities are in the IT arena associated as part of the ERP
systems (Lawson, Peoplesoft, Epic systems) and implemented by "those
consultants" .
It is suggested that 2 options for careers may be considered:
A. - Heathcare systems such as CHE, CHI CHW, Adventist, Sanford, Sutter Health
or GPO's such as MedAssets, Premier or others based in Charlotte or Dallas.
Major suppliers such as Mckesson (Atlanta) or Cardinal (Dayton Ohio), or others
that I have dealt with.
B. - ERP Implementation Consulting Groups such as CSC, Oxford Consulting, CTG,
SPS to mention a few.
Please remember - Healthcare is like any other business however the Healthcare
staff do not seem to have the business acumen that exist in other industries,
such as Transportation, Manufacturing or Automotive. Personal opinion :-)
Hope this information is of value.
Dan and Mike, we have been acquainted for years via GEIS or Klienschmidt. Wish
you both well and continued success.
Look me up on Linkedin if I can be of assistance in any way.
Most Respectfully,
Robert M. Herron
Retired Business and Systems Professional.
On Tuesday, October 8, 2013 3:24 AM, "EDI-L@yahoogroups.com"
<EDI-L@yahoogroups.com> wrote:
There are 2 messages in this issue.
Topics in this digest:
1a. Re: job Search
From: KK
1b. Re: job Search
From: Rachel Foerster
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1a. Re: job Search
Posted by: "KK" wo...@yahoo.com wokha
Date: Mon Oct 7, 2013 3:39 am ((PDT))
Dan,
Now EDI is basically spilt into two major areas.
1) Custom EDI - with Health Care, Service Providers, B2B having their custom
layouts. Most of these also have COTS included.
This is primarily coding using Java/C# with XML
or
2) Users using COTS - Biz Talk, GenTran - convertors. These needs knowledge of
Mapping, & Configuring either of those or other similar tools.
EDI recently has picked up with Mandated use in HealthCare (Health Care Act)
for Payments, Electronic Records that are going in now or shortly.
Also a lot of activity with X12 and EDIFACT going on now.
So even tough it is kind of niche market it is doing pretty good now.
Good Luck.
Kiran
________________________________
From: Mike Rawlins <m...@rawlinsecconsulting.com>
To: PCD <pcdwhoop...@yahoo.com>
Cc: EDI--L <edi-l@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Saturday, September 28, 2013 1:59 PM
Subject: Re: [EDI-L] job Search
Dan,
Good luck. The trend I saw in my consulting practice (when I had
an active one) is that EDI has become a very mature, commodity
market, with fewer companies running their own translators. For
small companies the trend has been toward web-based solutions, and
for mid sized to large companies who want to integrate their back
end applications the trend has been toward outsourcing ("in the
cloud", managed services, whatever). If you want to stay in EDI
your best bets may be with service providers. Health care
insurance (HIPAA EDI) may be an exception to those trends, but
most employers in that niche want business experience in health
care in addition to EDI skills.
Depending on what your software skills are you may have a more
promising future in writing software.
Mike
-----------------------------------------
Michael C. Rawlins, Senior Software Engineer, GXS
Sent from personal account
On 9/27/2013 11:33 PM, PCD wrote:
>Almost 20 years since I did one. Have to start now. I'm not sure if I want to
>go back writing systems software or get another EDI gig. I'm on LinkedIn. I
>have a skeleton resume there. I have to recreate one.
>
>
>Any tips to navigate the current market will be greatly appreciated.
>
>
>Dan Mehlhorn
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1b. Re: job Search
Posted by: "Rachel Foerster" rac...@rfa-edi.com rachelfoerster
Date: Mon Oct 7, 2013 7:54 am ((PDT))
A couple of comments to Kiran's message below:
The use of X12 (EDI) in health in the U.S. is not recent, it's been mandated
by federal law since 2000 under the HIPAA law of 1996. And since the HITECH
portion of the ARRA law the use of HL7 is mandated for meaningful use of
certified EHRs.
I'm curious - please describe the "lot of activity with X12 and EDIFACT
going on now" . . .
Thanks.
Rachel Foerster
847-872-8070
From: EDI-L@yahoogroups.com [mailto:EDI-L@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of KK
Sent: Saturday, September 28, 2013 1:21 PM
To: EDI-L@yahoogroups.com
Cc: EDI--L
Subject: Re: [EDI-L] job Search
Dan,
Now EDI is basically spilt into two major areas.
1) Custom EDI - with Health Care, Service Providers, B2B having their custom
layouts. Most of these also have COTS included.
This is primarily coding using Java/C# with XML
or
2) Users using COTS - Biz Talk, GenTran - convertors. These needs knowledge
of Mapping, & Configuring either of those or other similar tools.
EDI recently has picked up with Mandated use in HealthCare (Health Care Act)
for Payments, Electronic Records that are going in now or shortly.
Also a lot of activity with X12 and EDIFACT going on now.
So even tough it is kind of niche market it is doing pretty good now.
Good Luck.
Kiran
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