About AckHarbor™ AcademySelf-paced, hands-on training for the people who keep hospital systems talking

AckHarbor™ Academy teaches interface analysts how healthcare messages really work, using HL7® v2 and FHIR® R4. Lessons are short, and you practice on realistic interface tickets in a simulated hospital, with an AI tutor to help when you get stuck.

Who we are

AckHarbor™ Academy is owned and operated by DaRider Tech LLC, a New Jersey company. We build our training and free tools ourselves, and we check what we teach against the published HL7® v2.5.1 and FHIR® R4 specifications.

What we offer

• AckHarbor Interface Analyst Bootcamp™: self-paced HL7® v2 interface training covering segments, ACKs, ADT/ORM/ORU flows and practice tickets.
• AckHarbor Crossing™: self-paced FHIR® R4 and v2-to-FHIR training covering resources, REST API calls, Bundles and validation.
• Free tools: AckHarbor Spyglass™ (a viewer that explains HL7® v2 messages), AckHarbor Chart™ (a JSON viewer that explains FHIR® R4 resources), AckHarbor Manifest™ (a batch analyzer for HL7® v2 files) and AckHarbor Logbook™ (a free 2-page quick reference PDF).
• Harbor Engine Sandbox: a free practice interface engine you can download and run offline.

Courses are a one-time purchase with 6 months of access. See pricing or try the free lesson preview.

Find us

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Trademarks and independence

HL7®, and FHIR® are the registered trademarks of Health Level Seven International and their use of these trademarks does not constitute an endorsement by HL7. AckHarbor™ Academy is not affiliated with HL7 International, and our courses are not an official HL7 certification; we make no exam-pass or job guarantee. Penford Medical Center, its systems and all patients used in our training are fictional.