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Announcement Celeste Canzano · 2 hr ago

Beta Testers Needed for our Upcoming HealthShare Unified Care Record Deployment Specialist Certification Exam

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Hi HealthShare community, 

Do you work with HealthShare Unified Care Record? InterSystems Certification is developing a new exam for HealthShare Unified Care Record Deployment specialists, and we're looking for beta testers!

About the Opportunity

  • Candidates who meet the qualifications outlined below can get an early attempt on the new exam.
  • This is a great opportunity to take the exam for free — we waive the $150 exam fee for beta testers!
  • Earn the certification if you obtain a passing score.
  • Beta testing runs from March 24 to May 15, 2026.

How it works

The exam will be administered in an online proctored environment, and our team will perform a careful statistical analysis of all data to set a passing score. This process typically takes about 6-8 weeks. Once the passing score is established, you will receive an email notification from InterSystems Certification informing you of the results. If your score on the exam is at or above the passing score, you earn the certification! 

Note: Beta test scores are completely confidential.

Exam Details

If you meet the following candidate description we would love for you to beta test the exam:

An IT professional experienced with all of the following: 

  • deploying and upgrading Unified Care Record environments
  • securely configuring individual gateways and components
  • maintaining the operational health and stability of Unified Care Record environments 

Recommended practical experience

  • At least 6-12 months full-time experience deploying, securing, and maintaining the operational health of HealthShare Unified Care Record environments.

Recommended Preparation

Review the following resources. Please note, HealthShare access is required to view the below Online Learning and Documentation links. 

Classroom: 

Online Learning:

Documentation: 

Exam Practice Questions

A set of exam practice questions are provided here to help familiarize candidates with question formats and approaches.

Exam Details and Testing Environment

Questions: 42

Time allotted: 2 hours

Format: Multiple choice and multiple response

System requirements 

  • Working camera & microphone
  • Dual-core CPU
  • At least 2 GB available of RAM memory
  • At least 500 MB of available disk space
  • Minimum internet speed:
    • Download - 500kb/s
    • Upload - 500kb/s

Exam topics and content

Review topics shown in the exam chart below. Click Details for the full view:

Topic Subtopic Knowledge, skills, and abilities
1. Installs Unified Care Record 1. Makes pre-installation decisions based on technical architecture document
  1. Interprets solution architecture document
  2. Installs software and Unified Care Record components
  1. Installs software and license key to target environments
  2. Configures Web Gateway
  3. Configures web servers on single instances and on federated systems
  4. Configures mirroring
  5. Installs Unified Care Record components with wizards
  6. Deploys Unified Care Record components with installer scripts (e.g., InstallDemo())
  7. Activates Unified Care Record components
  8. Configures FHIR endpoints
  3. Performs post-installation configuration
  1. Configures production components
  2. Configures external communication
  3. Selects pool sizes for production components
  4. Starts and stops Unified Care Record
  5. Configures Master Person Index (MPI) connectivity
  6. Validates successful deployment
  4. Upgrades existing installation
  1. Reviews release notes for the new version (especially the Breaking Changes section)
  2. Prepares Edge Gateways for upgrade
  3. Evaluates the impact of class modifications during an upgrade and identifies unsupported changes to system-supplied code
  4. Preserves custom code and layouts
  5. Upgrades instances in federated HealthShare environments
  6. Confirms upgrade in log files
  7. Reactivates namespaces
2. Secures and Administers Unified Care Record 1. Secures Unified Care Record
  1. Configures SSL/TLS
  2. Loads and configures certificate files (e.g., iris.cer) for encrypted communication
  3. Identifies the components and flow of federated SSO in a HealthShare federation
  4. Configures HealthShare federated SSO
  5. Validates and troubleshoots federated SSO configurations
  6. Identifies available user authentication options
  7. Creates internal and external security domains
  8. Configures OAuth and SAML authentication for Single Sign-On (SSO)
  9. Configures mTLS for Web Gateway authentication
  2. Handles user management
  1. Provisions and manages users in default HealthShare security domains
  2. Provisions and manages users in custom security domains (e.g., LDAP)
  3. Assigns appropriate roles to users
  4. Manages user's roles and reviews their access and permissions
  5. Manages facility assignments and delivery policies (push notifications, push subscriptions, configures message repository, etc.)
3. Maintains Operational Health of Unified Care Record 1. Monitors and troubleshoots Unified Care Record components
  1. Configures system alerts
  2. Identifies and diagnoses common production issues (e.g., component down/off, connection failures, throughput issues)
  3. Troubleshoots production performance issues (e.g., OpenMetrics APIs, ^SystemPerformance reports)
  4. Enables and configures audit logging features (ATNA, Audit Edge, etc.)
  5. Reviews and interprets logs (e.g., InterSystems IRIS audit log, HS.Util.Installer log)
  6. Manages data volume and system integrity (e.g., ^%GSIZE, journal profiles, integrity checks)

How can I sign up?

Schedule and take the exam via the exam delivery platform. 

Below are important considerations that we recommend to optimize your testing experience:

  • Read the Taking InterSystems Exams and Exam FAQs pages to learn about the test-taking experience.
  • Read the InterSystems Certification Exam Policies.
  • On the day of your exam, log in to Certiverse at least 10 minutes before your scheduled time, launch the exam under MY EXAMS, and wait for the proctor to connect.
  • Please have your valid government ID ready for identification. The proctor will walk you through the process of securing your room and releasing the exam to you. 

If you have any questions, please contact certification@intersystems.com. 

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