The LAN Before Time
This network protocol is commonly used by Mirth Connect to send HL7 messages over TCP/IP.
What is MLLP (Minimal Lower Layer Protocol)?
The HTTP method typically used to create a new record via FHIR API.
What is POST?
This version control system is used to manage code changes in SpinSci projects.
What is Git (GitLab acceptable)?
In sales, this is often the first meeting where needs are assessed.
What is a discovery call?
The default package manager on Ubuntu.
What is APT (Advanced Package Tool)?
This type of VPN configuration allows healthcare organizations to connect securely from on-premise environments to cloud-hosted EHR systems.
What is a site-to-site VPN?
This header is required to securely call Epic’s API.
What is the Authorization header with a Bearer token?
Automated deployment pipelines run this type of file to automate builds and deployments.
What is `.yml`?
This formal document is often requested by large healthcare systems early in the procurement process to gather high-level capabilities and vendor qualifications before moving to a detailed proposal.
What is an RFI (Request for Information)?
This Linux command shows system resource usage in real time.
What is `top` (or `htop`)?
This acronym refers to a set of telephony services like voice, video, and messaging delivered over the internet by providers such as RingCentral or Five9.
What is UCaaS (Unified Communications as a Service)?
REST APIs usually return data in this lightweight text-based format.
What is JSON (JavaScript Object Notation)?
This DevOps practice ensures that every code change is automatically built and tested before merging, reducing integration issues and speeding up delivery.
What is Continuous Integration (CI)?
This type of document is issued when requirements are clearly defined and vendors are asked to submit pricing and implementation details for comparison, often leading directly to vendor selection.
What is an RFP (Request for Proposal)?
Ubuntu servers in cloud deployments often use this init system to manage services.
What is systemd?
This VoIP signaling protocol is most commonly used for establishing, modifying, and terminating real-time communication sessions in UCaaS healthcare platforms.
What is SIP (Session Initiation Protocol)?
This HTTP status code indicates unauthorized access, often due to missing/invalid token.
What is 401 Unauthorized?
CI/CD helps avoid this problem, often described as “it works on my machine.”
What is environment drift?
When a customer adds new SpinSci products to their existing contract, it’s called this.
What is upsell?
This command checks current listening ports and connections on a Linux system.
What is `netstat` or `ss`?
This term refers to the encryption method used in VPN tunnels like IPSec to ensure patient data confidentiality in motion.
What is AES-256 (Advanced Encryption Standard)?
In REST APIs like Epic’s FHIR, this strategy is used to manage large datasets (like thousands of patient records) by breaking results into smaller chunks returned across multiple requests.
What is pagination (using links such as next, previous, or _count in FHIR)?
The practice of embedding security into DevOps from the start is known as this.
What is DevSecOps?
In sales presentations, this acronym (used in hospitals) refers to the key financial decision-makers.
What is the C-Suite (CEO, CFO, CIO, CMIO, etc.)?
This Linux file, located under /etc, defines how the system resolves hostnames before querying DNS servers. Misconfigurations here can break connectivity for apps like Mirth Connect or API clients.
What is /etc/hosts?