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Data Migration Engineer
About the role
• Develop and execute comprehensive strategies for RIS data migration
• Collaborate with stakeholders to gather and analyse migration requirements
• Extract clinical, operational, and administrative data from legacy RIS systems
• Assess and map legacy data structures, including patient demographic records, diagnostic radiology reports, scanned documents, and future appointments
• Assemble and load RIS master lists, including referring physicians, insurance providers, procedure codes, billing codes, practices, sites, rooms, and other master lookup tables
• Use ETL tools to clean, transform, and prepare data for migration
• Provide post-migration support for product go-live implementations
• Partner with customers, IT staff, compliance officers, third-party vendors, and cross-functional teams
• Document migration methodologies, tools, processes, and reports
• Train staff to manage, access, and use data in the new RIS system
• Perform comprehensive validation to ensure data completeness and resolve inconsistencies
• Conduct post-migration verification and prepare detailed stakeholder reports
• Identify and resolve migration-related issues, including data inconsistencies and system compatibility challenges
• Communicate and cooperate professionally with supervisors, co-workers, patients, visitors, and vendors
• Follow RadNet and site protocols, policies, procedures, HIPAA, OSHA, privacy, safety, and confidentiality standards
• Complete job responsibilities in a quality and timely manner
• Bachelor’s degree in information technology, computer science, healthcare informatics, or related field; or equivalent professional experience
• 3+ years proven experience in data migration within a healthcare environment
• Hands-on experience with data manipulation and/or migration within RIS, PACS, HIS, and EMR systems
• Proficiency in ETL processes, database structures, SQL, and healthcare data standards
• Proficient SQL skills and experience with database management
• Proficiency with Transact SQL, triggers, functions, stored procedures, database schema design, SQL agent jobs, and ad hoc querying
• Experience working with CSV and other delimited text files, Excel data, SQL databases, Word documents, BMP/JPG files, and PDF files
• Ability to convert formats, rename and move files, parse files, and clean data
• Excellent technical communication and interpersonal skills
• Strong problem-solving and troubleshooting abilities
• Ability to adapt to constantly changing projects
• High level of self-motivation, self-management, initiative, and ability to prioritize multiple tasks effectively
• Attention to detail and commitment to data accuracy and security
• Comfort and willingness to handle, analyze, and scrutinize large medical record datasets
• Proficiency in C# for Windows desktop programming or Python, or similar programming languages
• Familiarity with Linux OS and scripting, including Python, Pearl, VIM, and BASH
• Mirth skills, particularly with HL7
• Ability to follow HIPAA, compliance, privacy, safety, confidentiality, OSHA, and applicable legal standards
• Ability to work occasional off-hours during off-peak system times
• Remote work arrangement
• Post-migration support for product go-live implementations
• Occasional off-hours work is required to migrate during off-peak system times