Certified Health Software Engineer (CHSE) Certification Program by Tonex
Health software shapes diagnostics, treatment, and patient engagement across hospitals, clinics, and digital health ecosystems. This program builds rigorous engineering skills for designing, validating, and maintaining interoperable, standards-aligned health applications that are safe, reliable, and compliant. You will navigate HL7 FHIR workflows, clinical safety cases, medical device data flows, and quality systems tailored to regulated environments.
Security is treated as a first-class requirement: threat models for PHI, zero-trust patterns, and secure SDLC practices are embedded throughout. The program highlights cybersecurity trade-offs in care delivery settings, showing how resilient architectures protect patient data and clinical operations against ransomware, tampering, and privacy breaches.
Learning Objectives
- Apply software engineering principles to clinical workflows and constraints
- Design interoperable APIs and data models using HL7 FHIR and related standards
- Implement verification, validation, and quality systems for regulated software
- Map risks to controls across safety, privacy, and reliability requirements
- Orchestrate deployment, monitoring, and incident response in care environments
- Collaborate with clinicians, IT, and compliance stakeholders for effective delivery
- Strengthen cybersecurity of PHI and clinical systems through secure design and testing
Audience
- Software Engineers and Architects
- Health IT Developers and Integrators
- Product Managers and Systems Engineers
- Compliance and Quality Assurance Specialists
- Clinical Informatics Professionals
- Cybersecurity Professionals
Program Modules
Module 1: Clinical Systems Foundations
- Care delivery landscape
- EHR and PACS roles
- PHI data lifecycle
- Safety vs reliability
- Risk classification basics
- Stakeholder alignment
Module 2: Standards and Interoperability
- HL7 FHIR resources
- SMART on FHIR apps
- IHE profiles overview
- Terminologies SNOMED/LOINC
- Consent and provenance
- API versioning strategy
Module 3: Architecture and Integration
- Event-driven patterns
- Data normalization layer
- Edge vs cloud trade-offs
- Identity and access control
- Audit and observability
- Resilience and failover
Module 4: Quality, Safety, and Compliance
- IEC 62304 concepts
- ISO 14971 risk process
- Safety case structure
- Design controls traceability
- V&V planning methods
- Post-market surveillance
Module 5: Secure SDLC for Health Apps
- Threat modeling PHI flows
- Secure coding practices
- Dependency risk control
- Secrets and key management
- Runtime protection checks
- Incident response playbooks
Module 6: Deployment and Operations
- Change management gates
- Blue/green releases
- Real-time monitoring
- Clinical downtime modes
- Data retention strategy
- Continuous improvement loops
Exam Domains
- Health IT Ecosystem and Clinical Context
- Standards and Data Interoperability
- Systems Architecture and Integration
- Quality Management and Regulatory Concepts
- Secure Development and PHI Protection
- Operations, Reliability, and Incident Management
Course Delivery
The course is delivered through a combination of lectures, interactive discussions, hands-on workshops, and project-based learning, facilitated by experts in the field of Certified Health Software Engineer (CHSE). Participants will have access to online resources, including readings, case studies, and tools for practical exercises.
Assessment and Certification
Participants will be assessed through quizzes, assignments, and a capstone project. Upon successful completion of the course, participants will receive a certificate in Certified Health Software Engineer (CHSE).
Question Types
- Multiple Choice Questions (MCQs)
- Scenario-based Questions
Passing Criteria
To pass the Certified Health Software Engineer (CHSE) Certification Training exam, candidates must achieve a score of 70% or higher.
Ready to build safe, interoperable, and secure health software that clinicians trust and patients deserve? Enroll in CHSE by Tonex today and accelerate your impact in digital health.