Jim Lunceford

Jim Lunceford has a diverse work experience spanning over 25 years. Jim started their career as a Medical Technologist Intern at Unity Health System in 1993 and then moved on to work as a Medical Technologist at LabCorp from 1994 to 1999. Jim was responsible for performing diagnostic analysis of laboratory testing and provided leadership to a team of MLTs.

In 1999, Jim joined Cerner Corporation as an Application Developer and played a role in the development of the Citation Laboratory Information System (LIS) and Radiology using various programming languages. Jim also developed a proprietary HL7 Engine to connect with outside vendors. Jim managed a large support region for LIS and dealt with software, hardware, and networking issues.

In 2004, Jim joined HMS as a Product Manager for Interoperability where they oversaw interface development projects using Mirth, HL7, XML, and proprietary protocols. Jim handled projects involving interface development with Dr. First, Outreach Lab, Reference Labs, and Capsule.

From 2011 to 2013, Jim worked at Vision Consulting, LLC as an Interface Engineer. Jim then moved to Community Health Systems where they served as an Interface Engineer from 2011 to 2017. In this role, their responsibilities included coding, testing, and deployment for a wide variety of vendors for a large enterprise-level organization with 205 hospitals across 29 states. Jim played a key role in completing MU Stage I and Stage II Core Objectives, as well as various conversion and acquisition projects.

Jim also worked at HCTec Partners from 2015 to 2017 as an Integration Engineer and at Parallon Technology Solutions from 2013 to 2017 as an Integration Engineer. Jim is currently employed at Iron Bridge Corp. as an Integration Engineer.

Overall, Jim Lunceford has extensive experience as a Medical Technologist, Application Developer, and Integration Engineer. Jim has a strong background in interface development, interoperability, and project management.

Jim Lunceford has a diverse education history, with a focus on computer programming and medical technology. In 1989, they enrolled at North Dakota State University and pursued a Bachelor of Science degree in Medical Technology, which they completed in 1994. Following this, in 1998, Jim attended Lake Land College and earned an Associate of Science degree in Computer Programming, which they finished in 1999. Later, in 2001, they pursued further education at the University of Missouri Saint Louis - St and obtained a Chancellor's Certificate in Computer Programming. In addition to their formal education, Jim Lunceford has also obtained various certifications, including Crystal Reports 9.0, Medical Technologist from the American Society for Clinical Pathology (ASCP), Microsoft Certified Solutions Developer (MCSD) from Microsoft, and Mirth Connect from Mirth Corporation.