Sam Habiel's Curriculum Vitae

Operating Systems

• Proficient in Windows, Apple OS X, and Linux (Red Hat and Debian)

Medical Informatics

• Proficient in VISTA and RPMS database set-up; proficient in most clinical applications.
• Familiar with Medical Informatics concepts, especially those concerning Pharmacy applications.
• Familiar with concepts in HL7 2.X versions and HL7 FHIR.

Programming Languages

• Proficient in C, MUMPS, Delphi, Javascript
• Proficient in HTML, CSS, XML, XPath, XSLT
• Proficient in SQL, HL7
• Proficient in version control concepts. Used Git, SVN.
• Proficient with these build systems: Make and CMake
• Proficient with scripting languages: Bash and Csh
• Proficient with setting up Gitlab CI
• Familiar with C#, Python, Java
• Familiar with PDLs: PCL 5, HPGL, ZPL II

Notable Open Source Portfolio

• VISTA GUI Scheduling. https://trac.opensourcevista.net/wiki/SchedulingGUI
• M Web Server https://github.com/shabiel/M-Web-Server
• RxNorm for VISTA/RPMS https://trac.opensourcevista.net/wiki/RxNormForVista
• ePrescribing for VISTA https://trac.opensourcevista.net/svn/ePrescribing/
• VISTA Drug File transport and clean-up utilities http://www.vistapedia.com/index.php/KIDS_Drug_File
• VISTA XML Processing Enhancements https://github.com/shabiel/VISTA-xml-processing-utilities
• VPE v13ff https://github.com/shabiel/VPE
• GT.M Ports https://github.com/shabiel/fis-gtm

December 2020-Present

Staff Developer/VistA SQL Support
YottaDB LLC
Malvern, PA

• Help with development and support of YottaDB database and Octo SQL Reporting Engine (Languages: C, SQL, tcsh, bash)
• Support end-users with issues relating to using YottaDB/Octo and VistA
• Implement and maintain CI/CD Pipelines on Gitlab

March 2020-November 2020

VistA/Cerner Integration Developer (VA EHRM Project)
Medicasoft LLC
Arlington, VA

• Developed and deployed an HL7-based solution to report Radiology and Consult results from VistA to Cerner, including go-live support
• Integrate SMART-on-FHIR launch into an new VA Java-based Mental Health software for single-sign-on launch from Cerner

April 2017-February 2020

Technical Fellow/Director of Product Managment
Open Source Electronic Health Records Alliance (OSEHRA)
Vienna, VA

• Direct OSEHRA's Open Source Product Portfolio
• Serve as Lead VistA and RPMS expert
• Particpate in numerous open source projects; including but not limited to: VistA Security Technical Working Group; Pharmacy GUI Technical Working Group; and Synthetic Patients Project Group
• Led an effort to internationalize VistA, including implementing Unicode, addressing date formats and number formats
• Address Open Source Licensing Issues for multiple projects

January 2014-March 2017

Contractor
Document Storage Systems through VISTA Expertise Network
Seattle, WA

• Serve as Lead Pharmacy Programmer for the New York State implementation of VISTA
• Serve as Lead Printing Configuration expert for VISTA
• Serve as a member of the Go-Live team with presence at most go-lives for VISTA, for both training and go-live support

April 2012-March 2017

Director of Technology
VISTA Expertise Network
Seattle, WA

• Serve as Lead Programmer for VISTA and RPMS software
• Perform validation and verification for new community VISTA software
• Advise on software use and modification in various environments
• Teach MUMPS and VISTA Programming as part of online classes
• Provide work estimates as part of Requests for Proposals

July 2011-October 2011

Consultant
IntraCare South Hospital
Houston, TX

• Implemented VISTA Inpatient Pharmacy
• Assisted with ADT processes, including customizing some ADT VISTA options to better suit a mental health hospital

January 2010-June 2011

Programmer/Consultant
Electronic Health Solutions
Amman, Jordan

• Taught MUMPS and Fileman and other VISTA topics to local programmers
• Advised on the implementation of VISTA in Jordan
• Modified VISTA to meet localization and internationalization requirements
• Taught and assisted in the set-up of CPRS for go-live
• Assisted in the configuration of Outpatient Pharmacy for go-live
• Researched configuration of various printers in order for them to work with non-ASCII-encoded data
• Developed the GUI Scheduling software (see below) to behave in a culturally appropriate way
• Added many new features to GUI Scheduling

November 2007-January 2010

Programmer
Volunteer for WorldVistA

• Wrote MUMPS code to export Demographics and Medications from VISTA or RPMS to a Continuity of Care Record (CCR)
• Ported BMX.net on RPMS to VISTA on both Cache and GT.M implementations of the M language
• Ported the Scheduling Graphical User Interface developed by Indian Health Service to VISTA

August 2008-October 2009

Clinical Applications Coordinator
Yakama Indian Health Clinic
Toppenish, WA

• Provided technical support for users of Clinical Software (mainly RPMS) at the clinic
• Extracted data for various metrics for clinic activities from RPMS
• Evaluated and mapped workflow and suggested improvements; many improvements involved the better utilization of information technology
• Taught users about new features of RPMS
• Beta-tested new RPMS modules prior to national release
• Fully implemented VISTA Imaging scanning to make external paper-based records viewable in our Electronic Health Record interface

October 2005-July 2008

Pharmacist/Clinical Applications Coordinator
Colville Indian Health Center
Nespelem, WA

As a pharmacist:

• Selected, dispensed and compounded drugs based upon the interpretation of a licensed prescribers’ orders
• Provided patient education concerning the proper use and storage of medications
• Maintained and suggested changes to the formulary through the local Pharmacy and Therapeutics committee

As a Clinical Applications Coordinator:

• Led the successful implementation of the IHS Electronic Health Record at the Colville Indian Health Center.
• Implemented various clinical RPMS packages, including CPHAD, iCare and the Scheduling GUI
• Led the successful Implementation of VISTA Imaging Document Scanning
• Assisted in the creation of the initial set of Policy and Procedures for EHR and VISTA Imaging
• Participated in the beta-testing of RPMS packages

January 2004-July 2005

Programmer/Consultant
St. John’s University
Jamaica, NY

• Constructed a prototype database on MS Access to manage Experiential Rotation Data
• Constructed an application to randomize and place students into rotations of their choice
• Constructed a data-driven website to collect and analyze site evaluations from students
• Constructed a website to enable students, preceptors, and administrators to view placement data according to their respective permissions

June 2004-July 2004

Summer Intern
Analysis Group Inc.
Boston, Massachusetts

February 2001- September 2003

Pharmacy Intern
Montefiore Medical Center
Bronx, New York

Using TRM Approved Software to Load Synthetic Patients into VistA for Testing

VistA Internationalization Project Short Summary

RPMS Immunizations Package

One-Click Deployment of VistA Development Sandbox in Azure Cloud

PPS-N For the VistA Community

IHS RFI on RPMS Discussion

Introducing Panorama

Challenges with VISTA use outside of the US

How Objective are Drug-Drug Interactions?

Cryptography in VISTA

CS Tools

Fileman 22.2

Integrating EWD with VISTA

MUMPS-based RESTful Web Services

RxNorm for VISTA