Become a certified expert in BridgeLink.
Now offering self-paced online learning options!
Upcoming classes
Each class runs for its calendar month. Registration links open closer to each start date.
The curriculum
What's in Essentials?
Key concepts, tailored for real-world use cases, explained across 25 modules. Made and presented by instructors with over 30 years of combined experience.
The problem
The integration skills gap is costing health systems.
The integration engineer's role is expanding fast. Most engineers learn open source tools like BridgeLink by trial and error, and that comes at a price.
Slower development velocity
Unstructured, learn-as-you-go adoption stretches project timelines and pushes back go-lives.
Higher project risk
Knowledge gaps turn into vulnerabilities that compromise the integrations clinical care depends on.
Missed capabilities
Teams can't use the advanced platform features they were never shown how to reach.
In healthcare, redundant work is the enemy of efficiency. That's why I'm stoked to have officially wrapped up my certification with BridgeLink from Innovar Healthcare. The scenarios we performed were precise and relevant — exactly what you need when you're moving from theory to real-world deployment.
The approach
Designed for real-world expertise.
This is not a generic webinar or a slideshow. Essentials is built from the ground up to instill practical, high-impact skills.
Hands-on, not slideware
Work directly in BridgeLink through 19 guided activities. You build channels, you don't watch someone else build them.
Best practices from the source
Learn the proven approaches straight from the team that builds and maintains the platform.
A real-world framework
Leave with a systematic way to architect production integrations, not a grab-bag of disconnected tips.
Learn at your pace
Pick your month, then work through the material on your schedule, revisiting anything as often as you need.
Program details
Self-paced, start to certified.
On your schedule
- Training: pick your month, then work through the material on your schedule. You have the full month to finish.
- Hands-on: guided activities you complete in a real BridgeLink environment.
Ends in certification
- Finish with the certification exam: a multiple-choice exam and a hands-on practical exam.
- Pass both and you're BridgeLink Essentials Certified.
- Questions along the way go straight to the BridgeLink team.
The credential
Become BridgeLink Essentials Certified.
Complete the program, sit the exam, and earn the only certification that demonstrates real-world expertise in BridgeLink. Pass it and you've proven you can:
- Architect integrations in BridgeLink's open source environment
- Configure interfaces for performance and reliability
- Identify and resolve workflow issues
- Optimize BridgeLink deployments
For your career
A credential that travels with you.
Certification turns hands-on experience into proof you can show any employer.
In-demand skills
Health systems need engineers who can run the platform their clinical data flows through.
Stand out
Show current and future employers verified, practical BridgeLink expertise: proof you can do the work.
Advance your career
Take on bigger integration work with the confidence and credential to back it up.
Future-proof
Healthcare integration is standardizing on open platforms like BridgeLink. Get ahead of it.
For your organization
Why health systems send their engineers.
When integration engineers have structured platform expertise, the business impact shows up quickly.
- Accelerated delivery: teams spend less time fighting tools and more time shipping quality interfaces
- Reduced risk: engineers learn to spot risk points and build in safeguards proactively
- Better data integrity: proper implementation keeps clinical data clean and accurate across the continuum of care
- An interoperability mindset: engineers think in data liquidity, not point-to-point interfaces
Get buy-in
Need to get your manager on board?
We'll send a customizable approval letter that lays out the case: accelerated project timelines, reduced maintenance costs, alignment with your interoperability initiatives, and risk mitigation through deeper in-house BridgeLink expertise.
FAQ
Questions, answered.
What is the BridgeLink Essentials certification?
It's the certification for the platform, from the team that builds it. Essentials is an online self-paced course: you pick your month, work through the training and hands-on activities on your schedule, then finish with the certification exam, a multiple-choice exam plus a hands-on practical exam. Pass both and you're BridgeLink Essentials Certified.
How much does it cost?
Self-paced classes start at $1,500. For invoicing, purchase orders, or group rates, call 866.857.5373 or reach us through our contact page and we'll get you a quote.
Can you train our team on site?
In-person training is available for teams. Contact sales for more information.
How long do I have to finish?
Each class runs for the calendar month it's scheduled in, so you have the full month to work through the material and sit the exam. Pick whichever month suits your workload.
What will I learn?
BridgeLink's architecture and core concepts, building and deploying channels in WebAdmin, working with HL7 v2 and other data types, filtering and transforming messages with the Mapper, Message Builder, and JavaScript, the connectors that reach real systems (TCP/MLLP, File, Database, HTTP), and running a healthy deployment, across 25 modules and 19 hands-on activities.
Who is this program for?
Integration engineers and analysts who run interfaces day to day, developers new to BridgeLink or moving over from open source Mirth® Connect, and teams standardizing on BridgeLink as their integration platform.
Do I need prior BridgeLink or open source Mirth experience?
No. The course starts from the fundamentals and builds up. If you've worked in open source Mirth Connect it'll feel familiar quickly, but newcomers are welcome and will keep up.
Ready to get certified?
Pick the month that fits your schedule, or talk to us about getting a whole team through together.
To register, pay by invoice or PO, or ask about group rates, call 866.857.5373 or reach us through our contact page.
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